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ὕστατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕστατος ὕστατη ὕστατον

Structure: ὑστατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: v. u(/steros B.

Sense

Examples

  • κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀπλακήμαθ’, ὡσ λόγοσ, Ζεὺσ ἄλλοσ ἐν καμοῦσιν ὑστάτασ δίκασ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 2:20)
  • καὶ τὰσ Πλαγκτὰσ [δὲ] καὶ τὰσ Συμπληγάδασ ἐνθάδε μεταφέρουσί τινεσ, ταύτασ εἶναι νομίζοντεσ στήλασ, ἃσ Πίνδαροσ καλεῖ πύλασ Γαδειρίδασ, εἰσ ταύτασ ὑστάτασ ἀφῖχθαι φάσκων τὸν Ἡρακλέα. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 10:10)

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

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