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ὑψίλοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίλοφος ὑψίλοφον

Structure: ὑψιλοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-crested

Examples

  • Πέλλανά τε καὶ Σικυὼν καὶ Μέγαρ’ Αἰακιδᾶν τ’ εὐερκὲσ ἄλσοσ, ἅ τ’ Ἐλευσὶσ καὶ λιπαρὰ Μαραθών, ταί θ’ ὑπ’ Αἴτνασ ὑψιλόφου καλλίπλουτοι πόλιεσ, ἅ τ’ Εὔβοια· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 30:1)

Synonyms

  1. high-crested

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

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