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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, above”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hý.pe.ros/ → /ˈy.pe.ros/ → /ˈi.pe.ros/
Noun
ὕπερος • (húperos) m (genitive ὑπέρου); second declension
- pestle
- Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (láktis), ναγεύς (nageús)
- club, cudgel
- Synonyms: κορύνη (korúnē), ῥόπαλον (rhópalon)
- lever for stretching dislocated joints
- (zoology) pupa of a geometrid moth
- Synonym: πηνίον (pēníon)
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