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ὑπερόπτης

uperoptes · ὁ

contemner, disdainer

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Where it lives

Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

ὑπερόπτης · hyperoptēs — LSJ

contemner, disdainer, disdainful, haughty

contemner, disdainer, χρυσοῦ καναχῆς ὑπερόπτας (dub. l.) S. Ant. 130 (anap.); ὑ. τῶν εἰωθότων Th. 3.38: abs., disdainful, haughty, πρὸς πάντα παλίγκοτος ἠδʼ ὑ. Theoc. 22.58; ὑ. καὶ ὑβρισταί Arist. EN 1124a29, cf. Phld. Vit. p.36J., Jul. ad Them. 264d (10).

In the wild

ὑπερόπται · hyperoptai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124a (DIORISIS sentence 1311)
ὑπερόπται · hyperoptai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124a (DIORISIS sentence 1301)
ὑπερόπται · hyperoptai Thucydides, History 3.38.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1971)

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