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ὑπόψαρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόψαρος ὑπόψαρον

Structure: ὑποψαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat dappled

Examples

  • ἴδιον δ’ εἴρηκεν Ἰβηρίᾳ ὁ Ποσειδώνιοσ καὶ τὸ τὰσ κορώνασ μελαίνασ εἶναι καὶ τὸ τοὺσ ἵππουσ τῶν Κελτιβήρων ὑποψάρουσ ὄντασ, ἐπειδὰν εἰσ τὴν ἔξω μεταχθῶσιν Ἰβηρίαν, μεταβάλλειν τὴν χρόαν. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 30:9)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat dappled

Similar forms

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

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