Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψίκρημνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίκρημνος ὑψίκρημνον

Structure: ὑψικρημν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with high crags
  2. built on a high crag

Examples

  • Ἀραβίασ τ’ ἄρειον ἄνθοσ, ὑψίκρημνον οἳ πόλισμα Καυκάσου πέλασ νέμονται, δάιοσ στρατόσ, ὀξυπρῴ‐ ροισι βρέμων ἐν αἰχμαῖσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, antistrophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. built on a high crag

Similar forms

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

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