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

  • σχολὴν μὲν οὖν αὐτοῖσ καὶ διατριβὴν τὸ περὶ Μίεζαν Νυμφαῖον ἀπέδειξεν, ὅπου μέχρι νῦν Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἕδρασ τε λιθίνασ καὶ ὑποσκίουσ περιπάτουσ δεικνύουσιν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 7 3:1)

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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