υψιτενής

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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

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Greek Monolingual

-ές / ὑψιτενής, -ές, ΝΜ
αυτός που εκτείνεται σε ύψος, ψηλός.
επίρρ...
υψιτενώς Ν
κατά τρόπο υψιτενή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὕψι «ψηλά» + -τενής (< τείνω), πρβλ. πολυ-τενής].