Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόγειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόγειος ὑπόγειη ὑπόγειον

Structure: ὑπογει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gh=

Sense

  1. under the earth, subterraneous

Examples

  • φρούριον ἦν τι Μιθριδάτῃ, ἔνθα λανθάνοντεσ ὑπόγειοι θησαυροὶ πολλῶν σιδηροδέτων χαλκέων πολλὰ χρήματα ἔκρυπτον. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. under the earth

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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