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ὑψιμέλαθρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hypsimelathros

Principal Part: ὑψιμέλαθρος ὑψιμέλαθρον

Structure: ὑψιμελαθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-built

Examples

  • ἀκμῆτες δ ἵκανον ἐπ αὔλιον ὑψιμέλαθρον καὶ ληνοὺς προπάροιθεν ἀριπρεπέος λειμῶνος. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 12:6)
  • ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν κατέθηκεν ἐς αὔλιον ὑψιμέλαθρον, δημὸν καὶ κρέα πολλά, μετήορα δ αἶψ ἀνάειρε, σῆμα νέης φωρῆς: (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 14:1)
  • ἀγροὺς δ ἐξίκοντο καὶ αὔλιον ὑψιμέλαθρον, ἡχοῦ δὴ τὰ χρήματ ἀτάλλετο νυκτὸς ἐν ὡρ´ῃ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 43:2)

Synonyms

  1. high-built

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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