Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόλοιπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόλοιπος ὑπόλοιπον

Structure: ὑπολοιπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. left behind, staying behind, those who remained alive
  2. still remains, remained to be done

Examples

  • τὰ δέ γ’ ὡσ ἑτέρωσ αὖ διῃρημένα, μέροσ μὲν ἓν ἀφ’ ἑκατέρασ τῆσ μερίδοσ αὐτοποιητικόν, τὼ δ’ ὑπολοίπω σχεδὸν μάλιστ’ ἂν λεγοίσθην εἰδωλοποιικώ· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 300:5)
  • πέμπτῳ δὲ καὶ ἕκτῳ, τῷ μέν ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ ἐπιγράμματοσ γνώμη τά τε ἄλλα ἐσ ἔπαινον Ἠλείων καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐπὶ τῇ ζημίᾳ τῶν πυκτῶν, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ὑπολοίπῳ διδασκαλίαν πᾶσιν Ἕλλησιν εἶναι τὰ ἀγάλματα μηδένα ἐπὶ Ὀλυμπικῇ νίκῃ διδόναι χρήματα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. still remains

Related

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

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