ὑπεράκριος

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English (LSJ)

ον, (ἄκρα)

   A over or beyond the heights, οἱ Ὑπεράκριοι, = οἱ Διάκριοι, the poor inhabitants of the Attic uplands beyond the heights (which bound the plain of Athens), opp. to the richer classes of the plains and coasts (cf. πεδιακός 11, πάραλος 11), Hdt.1.59, D.H.1.13.    2 τὰ ὑ. the heights above the plain, the uplands, Hdt.6.20.