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

  • εἴσ γε μὴν τὸ πρανὲσ καὶ ἑαυτὸν ὑπτιώτερον ποιητέον καὶ τοῦ ἵππου ἀντιληπτέον τῷ χαλινῷ, ὡσ μὴ προπετῶσ εἰσ τὸ κάταντεσ μήτε αὐτὸσ μήτε ὁ ἵπποσ φέρηται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 10:2)

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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