Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπότυφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπότυφος ὑπότυφον

Structure: ὑποτυφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat arrogant

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ ποιητὴσ Ιὤν μοθωνικήν φησι τὴν ὁμιλίαν καὶ ὑπότυφον εἶναι τοῦ Περικλέουσ, καὶ ταῖσ μεγαλαυχίαισ αὐτοῦ πολλὴν ὑπεροψίαν ἀναμεμῖχθαι καὶ περιφρόνησιν τῶν ἄλλων· (Plutarch, , chapter 5 3:2)
  • ὁ δὲ ποιητὴσ Ιὤν μοθωνικήν φησι τὴν ὁμιλίαν καὶ ὑπότυφον εἶναι τοῦ Περικλέουσ καὶ ταῖσ μεγαλαυχίαισ αὐτοῦ πολλὴν ὑπεροψίαν ἀναμεμεῖχθαι καὶ περιφρόνησιν τῶν ἄλλων· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 42)

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

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