The corpus record

ὑπερπόντιος

uperpontios

over the sea

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k

What it meant

ὑπερπόντιος · hyperpontios — LSJ

over the sea, overseas

over the sea, πόθῳ δʼ ὑπερποντίας, i.e. for Helen, A. l.c., cf. Supp. 41 (lyr.); φοιτᾶς ὑπερπόντιος S. Ant. 785 (lyr.); ὑπάρχοντα . . ὑ. properties overseas, IG 12(7).67.44 (Amorgos, iv/iii B. C.).

2 from beyond the sea, foreign, strange

from beyond the sea, i.e. foreign, strange, γλῶσσα Pi. l.c.

In the wild

ὑπερποντίας · hyperpontias Aeschylus, Agamemnon 414–415
ὑπερπόντιον · hyperpontion Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 40–44
ὑπερπόντιος · hyperpontios Sophocles, Antigone 781–785

Where it came from

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