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ὑπέργηρ-ως

upergeros

exceedingly old, of extreme age

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ὑπέργηρ-ως · hypergēr-ōs — LSJ

exceedingly old, of extreme age, extreme old age, past the age of service

exceedingly old, of extreme age, Ph. 1.622, Babr. 47.1, Luc. DMort. 22[27].9, etc.; τὸ ὑ. extreme old age, A. Ag. 79 (anap.); past the age of service, PGiss. 59iv 14 (ii A. D.): prob. proparox.: sts. ὑπέργηρος, ον, in codd. (so in Gloss.); pl. ὑπέργηροι Vett.Val. 350.19.

In the wild

ὑπέργηρων · hypergērōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 76–82
ὑπέργηρως · hypergērōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.5 (DIORISIS sentence 692)
ὑπέργηρων · hypergērōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 7984)

Where it came from

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