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ὑπόπτερος

upopteros

winged, whose sails are wings, soaring

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ὑπόπτερος · hypopteros — LSJ

winged, whose sails are wings

winged, ὄφιες Hdt. 3.107; πέλειαι S. Ph. 288; νῶτα, δέμας, E. Hec. 1264, Hel. 618; τίς ἦν ὁ γράψας πρῶτος . . Ἔρωθʼ ὑπόπτερον; Eub. 41.2, cf. Pl. Alc. 1.135e; also of a ship, whose sails are wings, Pi. O. 9.24, cf. Mimn. 12.7, Pherecyd.Syr. 2; also σύμφυτος δύναμις ὑποπτέρον ζεύγους τε καὶ ἡνιόχου Pl. Phdr. 246a; ὄχημα Lib. Ep. 1457.1.

2 soaring, swift as flight, light, fly, has wings

metaph., ὑ. ἀνορέαι soaring spirits, Pi. P. 8.91; ἴτω ὑπόπτερον (sc. τὸ νεῖκος) let it pass swift as flight, E. Hel. 1236; ὑ. φροντίσιν light-minded, A. Ch. 603 (lyr.); δόμον . . κλῇσον ὑπόπτερος fly and shut it, Ion Trag. 14 (lyr.): prov., ὑ. δʼ ὁ πλοῦτος wealth has wings, E. Fr. 420.4.

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