Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψιπαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψιπαγής ὑψιπαγές

Structure: ὑψιπαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pagh=nai

Sense

  1. high-built, towering

Examples

  • στενάχει δ’ ὑψιπαγὴσ Σίπυλοσ, γλώσσᾳ θνατοῖσιν δολία νόσοσ, ἇσ ἀχάλινοσ ἀφροσύνα τίκτει πολλάκι δυστυχίαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 132 1:2)

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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