ὑπάργυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὑπάργυρον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[having silver underneath]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of rocks and the like, [[containing silver]], [[veined with silver]], [[πέτρα]], [[χθών]], E.''Cyc.''294, ''Rh.''970; [[γῆ]], [[λόφοι]], X.''Vect.''1.5, 4.2: metaph. of men, [[containing a proportion of silver]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 415c; cf. [[ὑποσιδηρος]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[silver underneath]], of gilded plate, πρόσωπον ὑ. κατάχρυσον ''IG''12.280.76, cf. 92.60, al.; <b class="b3">κρατὴρ ὑ. ἐπίτηκτος</b> ib.22.1388A44; <b class="b3">τὰ ὑ. χρυσία</b>, of false gold coins, S.E.''P.''2.30, cf. Poll.7.104; ὑπέλαβον ἑαυτοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ὑπαργύρους καὶ ὑποχρύσους θεούς, νομίσματος κεκιβδηλευμένου τὸν τρόπον Ph.1.542.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[silver-plated]], δακτύλιοι ''Inscr.Délos'' 298.40 (iii B. C.), 442''B''61 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sold for silver]] or [[hired for silver]], [[mercenary]], [[venal]], φωνά Pi.''P.''11.42; ὑπάργυρα λέγειν Tz.''H.''8.828: cf. [[καταργυρόω]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[κινάμωμον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (prob. so called because [[worth its weight in silver]]).