Ὑπερήφανον

prodigious

Translated by Ioannis Doukas7 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] much/very. "All the walls having been whitened to a prodigious height".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπερήφανον· πολύ. πάντων τῶν τοίχων κεκονιαμένων ἐς ὕψος ὑπερήφανον.

Betacode
*(uperh/fanon: polu/. pa/ntwn tw=n toi/xwn kekoniame/nwn e)s u(/yos u(perh/fanon. 

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is neuter singular of this adjective (found more usually in an adverse sense: see LSJ), for which see also upsilon 290; and cf. upsilon 288.
  2. 1Aelian fr. 329 Domingo-Forasté (331 Hercher). ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded primary note — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note 1 — Catharine Roth
  5. augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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