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ὑπότροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπότροπος ὑπότροπον

Structure: ὑποτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(potre/pw

Sense

  1. returning
  2. rallying

Examples

  • οὐ μὲν ἔμελλεν νοστήσειν Κήρινθον ὑπότροποσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 2:16)
  • εἶμι δ’ ὑπότροποσ αὖτισ ἀνὰ πτόλιν, εὖτ’ ἂν ἕκαστα ἐξείπω κατὰ κόσμον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 15:3)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖσι φόωσ πόροι ἦ τ’ ἂν ὀίω γηθήσειν, ὅσον εἴπερ ὑπότροποσ οἴκαδ’ ἱκοίμην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 7:24)
  • "Μνώεο δ’, ἢν ἄρα δή ποθ’ ὑπότροποσ οἴκαδ’ ἵκηαι, οὔνομα Μηδείησ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 18:4)
  • ἠιέ δ’ ἐσ πτολίεθρον ὑπότροποσ ἄμμιγα Κόλχοισ, πορφύρων, ᾗ κέ σφι θοώτερον ἀντιόῳτο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:81)

Synonyms

  1. returning

  2. rallying

Related

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

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