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ὑπερμεγέθ-ης

upermegethes

exceedingly difficult

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Where it lives

Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Cyropaedia 3 · 0.38/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

ὑπερμεγέθ-ης · hypermegeth-ēs — LSJ

exceedingly difficult

= ὑπέρμεγας, [λίθοι], ὄφιες, κέρεα, Hdt. 2.175, 4.191, 7.126; κυούμενον Sor. 2.55; ἀδίκημα Aeschin. 3.7; παρασκευάς Isoc. 9.61; εὐεργεσίαι, ψεῦδος, D. 18.316, 43.29; μηδὲν ὑ. τὴν πόλιν βλάψειν Id. 23.190; ὑ. ἔργον exceedingly difficult, X. Cyr. 1.6.8. Adv. -θως Ph. 1.103; κολάζεσθαι Phld. Ir. p.57 W.

In the wild

ὑπερμεγέθης · hypermegethēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 5455)
ὑπερμεγέθους · hypermegethous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7503)
ὑπερμεγέθει · hypermegethei Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 279)
ὑπερμεγάθεας · hypermegatheas Herodotus, Histories 2.175.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2816)
ὑπερμεγάθεες · hypermegathees Herodotus, Histories 4.191.4 (DIORISIS sentence 5287)
ὑπερμεγάθεα · hypermegathea Herodotus, Histories 7.126.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7759)

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