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ὑπόλιθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόλιθος ὑπόλιθον

Structure: ὑπολιθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat stony

Examples

  • ὥσπερ οἶμαι καὶ πυρὸν ἢν τὸν αὐτὸν ἐσ διαφόρουσ χώρασ ἐμβάλῃσ, ἄλλωσ μὲν ἐν τῇ πεδινῇ καὶ βαθείᾳ καὶ ποτιζομένῃ καὶ εὐηλίῳ καὶ εὐηνέμῳ καὶ ἐξειργασμένῃ ἀναφύσεται, εὐθαλὴσ οἶμαι καὶ εὔτροφοσ καὶ πολύχουσ καρπόσ, ἄλλωσ δὲ ἐν ὄρει καὶ ὑπολίθῳ γηδίῳ, ἄλλωσ δὲ ἐν δυσηλίῳ, ἄλλωσ δὲ ἐν ὑπωρείᾳ, καὶ ὅλωσ διαφόρωσ καθ’ ἑκάστουσ τόπουσ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 27:5)
  • ὁ Τίμων οὑτοσὶ σκάπτει πλησίον ὀρεινὸν καὶ ὑπόλιθον γήδιον. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 31:1)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat stony

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

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