ὑπεράκριος

ὑπεράκριος, ον, (ἄκρα)

• over or beyond the heights, οἱ Ὑπεράκριοι, = οἱ Διάκριοι, the poor inhabitants of the Attic uplands beyond the heights (which bound the plain of Athens), opp. to the richer classes of the plains and coasts (cf. πεδιακός II, πάραλος II), Hdt. 1.59, D.H. 1.13.
• • • 2 τὰ ὑ. the heights above the plain, the uplands, Hdt. 6.20.

ὑπεράκριος, über den Höhen od. Bergen liegend ; τὸ ὑπεράκρια, die darüber liegenden Anhöhen, Her. 6.20. – In Attika hießen οἱ ὑπεράκριοι die ärmeren Bewohner der Hügel, im Ggstz der reicheren Bewohner der Ebenen u. der Küstenbewohner, πεδάσιοι u. παράλιοι, Her. 1.59 u. Sp., wie Dion.Hal., s. διάκριοι.

ὑπεράκριος ὑπερ-άκριος, ον, ἄκρα

• • • 1over or upon the heights, οἱ Ὑπεράκριοι, οἱ Διάκριοι, the highlanders or inhabitants of the Attic uplands, opp. to the richer classes of the plains and coasts, Hdt.
    • 2τὰ ὑπ. the heights above the plain, the uplands, Hdt.