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ὑπερέχω,
Epic dialect ὑπειρ- [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. below 1.2)] Refs 6th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ὑπείρεχον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ὑπερέσχον, and in poetry form -έσχεθον, [[ 11.735, 24.374 ] Refs]: future -έξω[[ “PCair.Zen.” 60.6 (3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—hold over, σπλάγχνα.. ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο held them over the fire, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426; μου τὸ σκιάδειον ὑπέρεχε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1508; ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν [prev. author] “Eq.” 1176 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπερέχοντα τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς θαλάσσης holding it up out of the sea, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 537b1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ὑ. χεῖρά (χεῖράς) τινος hold one's hand over him, so as to protect, μάλα γάρ ἑθεν εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς χεῖρα ἑὴν ὑπερέσχε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, 687; τις.. ἐμεῖο θεῶν ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα 24.374; Ζεὺς τῆσδε πόληος ὑπειρέχοι.. χεῖρα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757; so πόλεως ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 215 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 199.7: with _dative_ _person_, οἱ.. ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.433; αἴ κ᾽ ὔμμιν ὑπέρσχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων 4.249, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.184. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 hold above, ὑ. τὸ ῥύγχος, ὅπως ἀναπνέῃ, of the dolphin, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589b11, compare 566b15, 599b27, +others; ὑ. ὀφρύν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]elevate, [[ Anthologia Graeca 5.298 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II intransitive, to be above, rise above the horizon, εὖτ᾽ ἀστὴρ ὑπερέσχε φαάντατος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.93 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐτῆς [Αἰγύπτου] εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον no part of it was above water, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕδωρ,.. ὃ μόλις ὑπερέχοντες ἐπεραιώθησαν which they crossed, with their heads only just above it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕψεται ἄχρι ἂν ὑπερέχῃ τὸ ὕδωρ till it sticks out above the water, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ ὥστε ὑπερέχειν till it covers (i.e. the contents of the vessel), [[ [prev. author] 5.87; τὸ κέρας τὸ ἕτερον ἢ καὶ ἀμφότερα ὑπερέχοντα ] Refs]projecting above the ground, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γεῖσον.. ὑπερέχον τρία ἡμιπόδια projecting a foot and a half, [[ “IG” 22.1668.34, compare 7.3073.71 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC): with _genitive_, ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης] Refs 2nd c.BC+] rose above, overlooked the earth, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.735; ὄμμ᾽ ὑπερσχὸν ἴτυος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1384; [σταυροὺς] οὐχ ὑπερέχοντας τῆς θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25; σκεύη ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ τειχίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.7; ὤφθη.. ὁ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμὸς ὑπερέχειν θατέρου παμπόλλῳ δή τινι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).301. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 overtop, be prominent above, στάντων μὲν Μενέλαος ὑπείρεχεν εὐρέας ὤμους, i. e. stood (head and) shoulders above them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.210; ὅκως τινὰ ἴδοι τῶν ἀσταχύων ὑπερέχοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a37; φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα πάντα κολούειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.έ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.17 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ᾡ] ὁ πρῶτος ὅρος ὑ. τοῦ δευτέρου.. μέρει by the fraction by which the first term exceeds the second, [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2: τὸ ὑπερέχον] Refs 4th c.BC+] the excess, [[ 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1.6. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.3 in military phrase, outflank, τῶν πολεμίων ὑ. τῷ κέρατι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.18, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.107. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 metaphorically, with accusative, overtop, excel, outdo, βροτῶν πάντων ὑπερσχὼν ὄλβον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 709 (troch.); σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1365 (_anapaest meter_); πελταστικῷ εἰκὸς ὑ. τὴν ἡμετέραν δύναμιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.b with genitive, πάντων ὑ. μεγέθει καὶ ἀρετῇ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 24e, compare “Prm.” 150e, “Grg.” 475c; ὑ. τῶν πολλῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.206, cf. NT.Phil.2.3; ἁπάντων ὑπερέχουσι τῶν κακῶν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.7 (troch.). ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.4.c absolutely, prevail, θεῶν ὑπερέσχε νόος [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 202 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; οἱ ὑπερσχόντες the more powerful, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 215; τῶν πόλεων αἱ ὑπερέχουσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ὑπερέχοντες those in authority, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.78, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 61.30, +others; ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] ἐπειδὰν ἡ θάλαττα ὑπέρσχῃ has prevailed, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.69 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς πολεμίοις ὑ. excel in.., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 642 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐνδέχεται.. μὴ τοσοῦτον ὑ. τῷ ποσῷ, ὅσον λείπεσθαι τῷ ποιῷ exceed so much.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ ὧν πλειονάκι ἐντετευχυιῶν ὑπερέχων ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους καθίστησι being too strong for us, [[ “Sammelb.” 4638.18 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πᾶν κρύφιον οὐχ ὑπερεῖχε σέ was beyond thee (i. e. thy comprehension), [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Eze.28.3. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]
__II.4.d passive, to be outdone, ὑπό τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 102c, 102d; τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ὑπερέχειν καὶ ὑπερέχεσθαι [prev. author] “Prm.” 150d; κατὰ πλοῦτον ὑπερέχειν κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν δ᾽ ὑπερέχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a7, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.805. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 in Logic, have a wider extension, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 99a24, compare “Rh.” 1363b8 (_active_ and _passive_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.6 ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσι δανεῖσαι to lend on the security of excess value, of a second mortgage, [[ “SIG” 364.33 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III with genitive of things, rise above, be able to bear, τῆς ἀντλίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 17; τῶν ἀναλωμάτων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.80 (variant for{ὑπερεῖδον}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV have over, ὑπερέχει he has in hand, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 292.498, compare 790.25 (3rd c.BC); ὑπερέξομεν πρὸς τὸ διὰ χερός [prev. work]355.93 (3rd c.BC).] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Cf. ὑπερίσχω.
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