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Hyperbŏrĕi , ōrum, m., = Ὑπερβόρεοι (-ειοι),
I.a fabulous people living at the extreme north, the Hyperboreans, Mel. 1, 2, 4 sq.; 3, 5, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57.—
II. Derivv.
A. Hyper-bŏrĕus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hyperboreans, Hyperborean, poet., also i. q. northern: “campi,Hor. C. 2, 20, 16: “orae,Verg. G. 3, 196: “glacies,id. ib. 4, 517; cf. “pruinae,Val. Fl. 8, 210: “ursa,Luc. 5, 23: “septentrio,Verg. G. 3, 381: “Pallene,Ov. M. 15, 356: “triumphus (gained over the Catti and Dacii),Mart. 8, 78, 3.—
B. Hyper-bŏrĕānus , a, um, adj., the same, Hier. ap. Chron. Euseb. ad Ann. 1560.
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