ὕπερος,ὁ, orὕπερον,τό,v.infr.:—
A. pestle,
ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν
Hes. Op. 423
; λεήναντες ὑπέροισι
Hdt. 1.200
;ὑπέρου μοι περιτροπὴ γενήσεται,prov. of never-ending and ineffectual labour, Pl.Com. 1 , cf. Pl. Tht. 209e , Philem. 30 , Plu. 2.1072b ; so εἰ ἐς ὅλμον ὕδωρ ἐκχέας ὑπέρῳ σιδηρῷ πτίττοι
Luc. Herm. 79
; ὕπερα σιδηρᾶ
Poll. 7.107
, with which Bgk. compared . .έροις σιδηροῖς,the mutilated title of a successful comedy in IG 14.1097 .
II. anything shaped like a pestle,
1. club, cudgel,
Plu. Alex. 63 , Luc. Demon. 48 .
2. lever for stretching dislocated joints,