Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπώροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπώροφος ὑπώροφον

Structure: ὑπωροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = u(pwro/fios

Sense

  1. under the eaves

Examples

  • ἔγειρε, τλῆμον, γυῖα δεμνίων ἄπο καὶ λίπε μελάθρων τὴν ὑπώροφον στέγην. (Lucian, 11)
  • κλύεισ ὑπώροφον βοάν; (Euripides, choral, lyric1)

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

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