Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόπετρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόπετρος ὑπόπετρον

Structure: ὑποπετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat rocky

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ κύκλῳ δὲ χωρία ἔχει τελέωσ ἄφορα καὶ ἀγεώργητα καίπερ ὄντα πεδινά, ἀλλ’ ἔστιν ἀμμώδη καὶ ὑπόπετρα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 12:15)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat rocky

Related

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

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