hўperbăton transposition of words hўperbŏlaeus adj. extreme hўperbŏlē exaggeration; hyperbole hўperbŏlĭcē adv. hўperbŏlĭcus adj. excessive; overstrained; hyperbolical; pledged; hyperbolically Hўperbŏlus an Athenian orator Hўperbŏrĕi a fabulous people living at the extreme north; the Hyperboreans; belonging to t… hўpercătălectus a verse that has at the end a syllable or a foot too much; hypercatalectic Hўpĕrīa a fountain at Pherœ; in Thessaly hўpĕrīcon a plant; called also; ground-pine Hўpĕrīdes a celebrated orator in Athens Hўpĕrīon Son of a Titan and the Earth; father of the Sun; belonging to Hyperion; The Sun… Hўpermnestra the youngest of the daughters of Danăus; the only one who preserved her husband… hўpĕrŏcha excess; superabundance hўperthўrum the lintel of a door-way Hўphăsis hўphĕar the mistletoe hўphen a rhetorical figure hypnălē a kind of adder hypnōtĭcē a soporific plant hypnōtĭcus adj. putting to sleep; soporific; the pedestal; base Hўpŏbŏlĭmaeus The Counterfeit hўpobrўchĭum a drowning whirlpool hўpŏcausis a furnace that heats from below hўpŏcaustum a bathing-room heated from below; a sweating-chamber hўpŏchoeris a plant hўpŏchondrĭa the soft part of the body from the ribs to the groin; the abdomen hўpŏchўma a cataract in the eye hўpŏchўsis a cataract in the eye hўpŏcisthis a parasitic plant that grows on the cisthus hўpŏcŏrĭăsis a disease under the pupil of the eye in cattle hўpŏcŏrisma a diminutive hўpocrĭsis an imitation of a person's speech and gestures; mimicry; hypocrisy; pretended s… hўpocrĭta A mime who accompanied the delivery of an actor by gestures; a hypocrite hўpŏdĭācŏnus a sub-deacon hўpŏdĭdascălus an under-teacher hўpŏgaeum hўpŏgēson a kind of houseleek that grows in the gutters of roofs hўpŏgēus adj. underground; subst; a vault; cellar under ground; a burying-vault hўpoglossa a kind of butcher's broom hўpoglottĭon a plant; called also; broad-leaved ruscus hўpogrăphum a rough draught; sketch hўpŏlўsos a plant; also called hўpŏmēlis a kind of sourish fruit hўpomnēma a written remark; note hўpomnēmătŏgrăphus a registrar hўpŏmochlĭon the support of a lever; a fulcrum hўpŏmŏnē a holding back of the principal thought for a surprise hўpŏphŏra an objection hўpŏpŏdĭum a footstool hўpostăsis a substance; personality; hypostasy hўpŏtaurĭum the part of the body between the scrotum and fundament hўpŏtēnūsa the hypothenuse; belonging to the hypothenuse hўpŏthēca a pledge; security; relating to a mortgage hўpŏthĕtĭcus a mathematician who proceeds hypothetically hўpŏtrăchēlĭum the neck of a column below the capital hўpotrimma a sauce made of all sorts of condiments Hypsa a river in Sicily; Belici Hypsaeus a surname of P. Plautius Hypseus one who was present at the nuptials of Perseus Hypsicrătes a grammarian Hypsĭpўlē daughter of Thoas; queen of Lemnos in the time of the Argonauts; she saved her … hypsōma height Hyrcāni the Hyrcanians on the Caspian Sea; the Hyrcanians intermixed with Macedonians i… Hyrgălētĭci campi the Hyrgaletic plains Hўrĭē a lake; and town situated by it; in Bœotia Hўrĭeus a poor Bœotian; father of Orion Hyrtăcus father of Nisus hysgĭnum the darkred color obtained from the plant hȳsōpītes hyssop-wine hȳsōpum hyssop Hystaspes father of the Persian king Darius I hystĕrĭcus adj. hysterical hystĕrŏlŏgĭa the hysteron proteron hystrĭcōsus adj. prickly; thorny hystrĭcŭlus adj. prickly; hairy; bearded hystrix a porcupine