Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὕπτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕπτιος ὕπτιη ὕπτιον

Structure: ὑπτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 라틴어 sub에서 supinus가 파생되었듯이, u(po/에서 파생되었음.

Sense

  1. laid back, laid on one's back, backwards, falling backwards
  2. with the under side uppermost, the hollow of, upturned, with the hollow uppermost, with the concave side uppermost, with the bottom uppermost, on the back
  3. sloping evenly

Examples

  • τόν τ’ ἰχθυόρρουν ποταμὸν Ὑπερείδην περᾷσ, ὃσ ἠπίαισ φωναῖσιν, ἔμφρονοσ λόγου κόμποισ παφλάζων, ὑπτίοισ πυκνώμασι πρὸσ πᾶν ἀπαντῶν κλῇθρ’ ὅταν λύσασ ἔχῃ, μισθωτὸσ ἄρδει πεδία τοῦ δεδωκότοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 27 2:5)
  • αὕτωσ δὲ ναὸσ ὅστισ ἐγκρατῆ πόδα τείνασ ὑπείκει μηδέν, ὑπτίοισ κάτω στρέψασ τὸ λοιπὸν σέλμασιν ναυτίλλεται. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:16)
  • ἀντιπεπονθότα δέ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖσ ὑπτίοισ, ἃ ὕπτια ὄντα ἐνεργήματα [δέ] ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν Κείρεται· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 64:8)

Synonyms

  1. sloping evenly

Related

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

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