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ὑψόροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψόροφος ὑψόροφον

Structure: ὑψοροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-roofed, high-ceiled

Examples

  • Νικαρέτησ τὸ πόθοισι βεβαμμένον ἡδὺ πρόσωπον, πυκνὰ δι’ ὑψορόφων φαινόμενον θυρίδων, αἱ χαροπαὶ Κλεοφῶντοσ ἐπὶ προθύροισ ἐμάραναν, Κύπρι φίλη, γλυκεροῦ βλέμματοσ ἀστεροπαί. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1531)

Synonyms

  1. high-roofed

Related

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

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