Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψίπυργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίπυργος ὑψίπυργον

Structure: ὑψιπυργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-towered

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐοίκεν ἀνώνυμον ἐνθάδ’ Ἀρχεναύτεω κεῖσθαι θανοῦσαν ἀγλαὰν ἄκοιτιν, Ξανθίππην Περιάνδρου ἀπέκγονον, ὃσ ποθ’ ὑψιπύργου σήμαινε λαοῖσ τέρμ’ ἔχων Κορίνθου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 262)

Synonyms

  1. high-towered

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

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