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ὑπεραίρω

ὑπεραίρω, to lift or raise up over; (intr.) to excel, exceed

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ὑπεραίρουσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ὑπεραίρω

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ὑπεραίρω,
  • lift or raise up over, εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν Pl. Phdr. 248a; τὴν ὀφρῦν ὑπὲρ τοὺς κροτάφους Luc. Am. 54; ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος over the rocks, Philostr. VA 3.23; ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα raise it very high, Luc. Ner. 9:—Med., lift oneself or rise above, πάντων Anon. in Rh. 1.632 W.: abs., to be lifted up, 2 Ep.Cor. 12.7; give oneself airs, be coy, Aristaenet. 1.17, 2.6; exalt oneself above, ἐπὶ θεόν 2 Ep.Thess. 2.4.
      • 2 heighten, ναῦν τοίχοις Philostr. VA 3.35.
    • II intr.,
      • 1 c. acc., jump over, τειχία X. Eq.Mag. 8.3; cross, Ἄλπεις Plb. 2.23.1; ὑ. τὸ πέλαγος pass over, Id. 1.28.1; ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν double the cape, Id. 1.54.7; κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς . . Id. 1.25.8; also τὸν Καταράκτην OGI 654.6 (Egypt, i B. C.): abs., cross the sea, Plb. 1.47.2: as naval and military term, outflank, τὸ λαιὸν τῶν πολεμίων Plb. 1.50.6, cf. 3.73.7, etc.: without a sense of motion, rise above, τὸ ὕδωρ Thphr. HP 4.8.10; τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ δένδρου Id. CP 5.14.9.
      • 2 excel, τινι in a thing, D. 18.220: c. acc., excel, Id. 60.21, Aristeas 16, Philostr. Her. 2.19; τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντας SIG 877 A 5 (Delph., ii/iii A. D.); νοῦν ὑπεραίρει Plot. 6.7.22.
      • 3 overshoot, go beyond, μήθʼ ὑπεράρας μήθʼ ὑποκάμψας καιρόν A. Ag. 786 (anap.); ὑ. τὸν ὡρισμένον καιρόν Plb. 9.14.11; τὴν συνήθειαν Id. 28.14.2; exceed, ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας τὸ μέγεθος ὁ τῶν τέκνων ἀριθμός Arist. Pol. 1266b11; οὗ ἡ πρόνοια τὰς πάντων εὐχὰς οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπερῆρε BMus.Inscr. 894.8 (Halic., i A. D.); πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον a little more, Thphr. HP 4.6.8; τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων the priests in excess (of a certain number), BGU 1.16 (iii A. D.); τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων (sic) τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων PLond. 2.347.6 (iii A. D.); τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον the money (received) in excess, SIG 976.27 (Samos, ii B. C.); τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν] he so far exceeded him in his expenditure, D.C. 37.8; λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις overdone, Philostr. VA 8.6; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον exaggeration, Plb. 16.12.9.
    • III c. gen., pass beyond, double a cape, τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου Philostr. VA 3.24; rise above, τῆς γῆς Id. Her. 19.16.
      • 2 transcend, exceed, μήθʼ ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων (τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον Stob.) μήτʼ ἐλλείποντα Pl. Lg. 717d, cf. D.C. 75.13 (c. gen.), etc.; ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει τινῶν D.S. 20.91, etc.; overcome, τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου Philostr. VA 7.26.
      • 3 c. gen., despise, ib. 1.2, Philostr.Jun. Im. 7.
    • IV overflow, τὰ ἀγγεῖα Arist. Mir. 835a32: abs., of a stream, ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία D. 55.10.
      • 2 ὑ. ὑπέρ τι project beyond . ., Arr. Tact. 12.9; οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ, i.e. their σάρισαι project beyond . ., Ael. Tact. 14.4; ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα project beyond the eyelids, of a tumour, Aët. 7.36, cf. 15; overlap, Aristarch.Sam. 8.
    • V Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ, Most Excellent, = Lat. Exsuperatorius, name given to December by Commodus, D.C. 72.15.

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