Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψίθρονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίθρονος ὑψίθρονον

Structure: ὑψιθρον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-throned

Examples

  • ἔγαμεν ὑψιθρόνων μίαν Νηρεί̈δων, εἶδεν δ’ εὔκυκλον ἕδραν, τᾶσ οὐρανοῦ βασιλῆεσ πόντου τ’ ἐφεζόμενοι δῶρα καὶ κράτοσ ἐξέφαναν ἐγγενὲσ αὐτῷ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 4 19:1)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ὑψίθρονον Κλωθὼ κασιγνήτασ τε προσεννέπω ἑσπέσθαι κλυταῖσ ἀνδρὸσ φίλου Μοίρασ ἐφετμαῖσ. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 6 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. high-throned

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

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