ὑπερβολ-ή, ἡ,
(ὑπερβάλλω) a throwing beyond others, δίσκων ὑπερβολαῖς [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in intransitive sense, altitude of a star, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 342b32. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 overshooting, superiority, χερῶν ὑπερβολαῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 434; στρατιᾶς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356a, 357a, 357b; θερμασίης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.65; ὑ. δισσὴ.., τῷ ποσῷ καὶ τῷ ποιῷ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668b14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν with accusative et infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.33, etc.: hence in various phrases, χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ.. πρίασθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] at an extravagant price, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 232 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119, compare 25.54; ἃ μηδὲ πιθανὰς τὰς ὑ. ἔχει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἥρως” 62 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.5,110, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.25; οὐδεμίαν ὑ. καταλείπων φιλοτιμίας “SIG” 545.13 (Delph., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.66, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐχ ὑ.; is not this the extreme, the last degree? [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.38 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπερβολὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, [[ [prev. author] 19.332 ] Refs]; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε.. to go so far that.., [[ [prev. author] 18.190: followed by a _genitive_, ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐκείνων τῆς αὑτοῦ βδελυρίας] Refs] to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, [[ [prev. author] 22.52, compare 23.201, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259a26; εἰς ὑ. εὐδαιμονίας ἥκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.14; τοσαύτας ὑ. δωρειῶν παρές χηται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.141 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr.p.27 W.