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upper rope ὑπέρα [ῠ],ἡ, (ὑπέρ) an A. upper rope: mostly in pl.ὑπέραι,thebracesattached to the ends of the sailyards (ἐπίκρια), by means of which the sails are shifted fore and aft, acc. to the direct
overweening, arrogant, ὑπερήφᾰν-ος,ον, Dor. ὑπερά- Pi. P. 2.28 , B. 16.49 :—mostly in bad sense, A. overweening, arrogant, Hes. Th. 149 , Pi. , B. ll. cc., A. Pr. 405 (lyr.), Isoc. 12.196 , D. 4.9
ὕπερον , τό , v. ὕπερος, ὁ , and ὕπερα, τά. ὕπερον,τό,v. ὕπερος,ὁ,andὕπερα, τά.
a pestle ὕπερος, ὁ, or ὕπερον, τό, see below:— pestle, ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 423; λεήναντες ὑπέροισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.200 ] Refs 8th c.BC
pestle, 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, P