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ὑψίπυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίπυλος ὑψίπυλον

Structure: ὑψιπυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/lh

Sense

  1. with high gates

Examples

  • ταί τ’ ἐπ’ ε[ὐν]αεῖ πόρῳ οἰκεῦσι Θερμώδοντοσ, ἐγχέων ἵστορεσ κοῦραι διωξίπποι’ Ἄρηοσ, σῶν, ὦ πολυζήλωτε ϝάναξ ποταμῶν, ἐγγόνων γεύσαντο, καὶ ὑψιπύλου Τροίασ ἕδοσ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. with high gates

Related

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

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