Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑψόροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψόροφος ὑψόροφον

Structure: ὑψοροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-roofed, high-ceiled

Examples

  • ὣσ φάν, ὁ δ’ ὑψόροφον θάλαμον κατεβήσετο πατρὸσ εὐρύν, ὅθι νητὸσ χρυσὸσ καὶ χαλκὸσ ἔκειτο ἐσθήσ τ’ ἐν χηλοῖσιν ἅλισ τ’ ἐυῶδεσ ἔλαιον· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 34:1)
  • ὣσ γάρ οἱ μοῖρ’ ἐστὶ φίλουσ τ’ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐσ ὑψόροφον καὶ ἑὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 4:4)
  • οὐ γάρ οἱ τῇδ’ αἶσα φίλων ἀπονόσφιν ὀλέσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἔτι οἱ μοῖρ’ ἐστὶ φίλουσ τ’ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐσ ὑψόροφον καὶ ἑὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 10:12)
  • εἴ κέν τοι κείνη γε φίλα φρονέῃσ’ ἐνὶ θυμῷ, ἐλπωρή τοι ἔπειτα φίλουσ τ’ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐσ ὑψόροφον καὶ σὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 7:16)
  • "δαιμόνι’, ἤδη νῦν μιμνήσκεο πατρίδοσ αἰήσ, εἴ τοι θέσφατόν ἐστι σαωθῆναι καὶ ἱκέσθαι οἶκον ἐσ ὑψόροφον καὶ σὴν ἐσ πατρίδα γαῖαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 58:1)

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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