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ὑψίτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίτερος ὑψίτερᾱ ὑψίτερον

Structure: ὑψιτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Comp. of adv. u(/yi

Sense

  1. loftier

Examples

  • ἔνθ’ ὀίσ, ἔνθ’ αἶγεσ διδυματόκοι, ἔνθα μέλισσαι σμήνεα πληροῦσιν, καὶ δρύεσ ὑψίτεραι, ἔνθ’ ὁ καλὸσ Μίλων βαίνει ποσίν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 35)

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

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