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ὑψιμέλαθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψιμέλαθρος ὑψιμέλαθρον

Structure: ὑψιμελαθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/laqron

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 ὡρ́ῃ. (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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