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

  • τηνικαῦτά γε μὴν τοῖσ ὑπογείοισ πεποιθότεσ αὐτοὶ πλείονα τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐνεπίμπρασαν, καὶ τοὺσ ἐκ τῶν καιομένων καταφεύγοντασ εἰσ τὰσ διώρυχασ ἔκτεινόν τε ἀνέδην καὶ ἐσύλων καὶ εἴ τινοσ εὑρ́οιεν τροφὴν ἁρπάζοντεσ αἵματι πεφυρμένην κατέπινον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 421:1)

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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