Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπωρόφιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπωρόφιος ὑπωρόφιον

Structure: ὑπωροφι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/rofos

Sense

  1. under the roof, in the house

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ γυνὴ μαλερῷ περὶ κάρφεα χεύατο δαλῷ χερνῆτισ, τῇπερ ταλασήια ἔργα μέμηλεν, ὥσ κεν ὑπωρόφιον νύκτωρ σέλασ ἐντύναιτο, ἄγχι μάλ’ ἐγρομένη· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 5:21)

Synonyms

  1. under the roof

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

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