Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόσκιος ὑπόσκιον

Structure: ὑποσκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. under shade

Examples

  • ἰδὼν δ’ ἀμηχανοῦντά σε Ζεὺσ "οἰκτερεῖ, νεφέλην δ’ ὑποσχὼν νιφάδι γογγύλων πέτρων ὑπόσκιον θήσει χθόν’, οἷσ ἔπειτα σὺ βαλὼν "διώσει ῥᾳδίωσ Λίγυν στρατόν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 14:17)

Synonyms

  1. under shade

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

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