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ὑπέρθεσις

ὑπέρθεσις, postponement

ὑπέρ-θεσις, εως, ἡ,
  • putting over or across, τῆς χειρὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν στρωτῆρα Apollon Cit. I.
      • 2 = ὑπέρβασις I. I. pass, Str. 16.2.8, al.
    • II transposition, of words or propositions, παθητικαὶ ὑ. Phld. Rh. 1.198 S., cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.83; distd. fr. παρένθεσις, Hermog. Id. 1.12; also, = μετάθεσις I.4, EM 3.25, al.
    • III delay, postponement, Plb. 3.112.4, Sammelb. 7404.55 (ii A. D.), POxy. 2106.5 (iv A. D.); ὑ. σχεῖν to be put off, Plb. 2.51.7; ὑ. ἔλαβε τὸ διαβούλιον ἐπὶ τοὺς δέκα was postponed for the sake of consulting them, was referred to them, Id. 18.42.7; μηδεμίαν ὑ. ποιησάμενος IG 7.2712.62 (Acraeph., i A. D.), cf. 9 (2).517.37 (Larissa, iii B. C.), D.S. 16.94, Ph. 2.2; ἄνευ πάσης ὑ. freq. in Pap., PTeb. 386.23 (i B. C.), etc.:—a usage censured by Poll. 9.137:— εἶναι τὴν ἀναβολὴν ὑπέρθεσιν ἐνεργείας διʼ ὄκνον· ὑπερτίθεσθαι δέ τινα μόνον, ἀνεγκλήτου τῆς ὑ. οὔσης Stoic. 3.163.
    • IV like ὑπερβολή, excess, extraordinary character, κατὰ τὴν ὑ. τῆς ἐπιβολῆς Plb. 30.5.10; καθʼ ὑπέρθεσιν in an ascending scale, D.S. 19.34; μηδεμίαν ὑ. καταλιπεῖν no power of exceeding, Id. 17.114; τὸ καθʼ ὑ. αὐτοῦ μεγαλομερές his superlative munificence, prob. in IGRom. 4.293a ii 53 (Pergam., ii B. C., cf. Wiener Sitzb. 214(4).38).
    • V Gramm., the superlative degree, Poll. 5.106, Phryn. PS p.1 B., Procl. in Prm. p.943 S.

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