ὑπερφυής
ὑπερφυής, overgrown, enormous
ὑπερφυ-ής, ές, Att. acc. sg. ὑπερφυᾶ Ar. Eq. 141, Nu. 76: Att. neut. pl. ὑπερφυῆ Pl. Grg. 467b, -φυᾶ Ar. Ra. 611: (φύομαι):
- I literally, growing above the ground, Dsc. 4.73, Luc. Lex. 6; growing higher than the rest, οἱ ὑ. τῶν ἀσταχύων D.L. 1.100.
- 2 overgrown, enormous, σμίνθος A. Fr. 227 (troch.); λίθοι ὑ. τὸ μέγαθος Hdt. 2.175, cf. Ar. Pax 229, Pl. 734; ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει ψόφος Arist. Cael. 291a21.
- II without a distinct sense of bulk, monstrous, extraordinary, in good and bad sense, ἔργον ὑ. μέγαθός τε καὶ κάλλος Hdt. 9.78; ἔργον ὑ. ἐργάσατο Id. 8.116; ἀτραπὸς δαιμονίως ὑ. Ar. Nu. 76; ὑ. τέχνη Id. Eq. 141; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές; is it not most strange? D. 29.14; κἀκεῖνʼ ὑ., εἰ . . Isoc. 17.30; τὸ δὲ πάντων -έστατον, ὅτι . . Lys. 27.12, cf. Ar. Th. 831 (troch.): freq. joined with a relat., ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος Id. Pl. 750; ὑπερφυεῖ τινι . . ὡς μεγάλῃ βλάβῃ Pl. Grg. 477d: freq. also joined with other Adjs., in which case, as a rule, it stands second, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ ὑ. ib. 467b; δεινὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ ὑ. D. 21.88, etc.; but it stands first in Plu. Lib.educ. 2.12b, Symp. 155a, al.
- 2 Sup. -έστατος, as an honorific title, Stud.Pal. 20.129.3 (v A. D.), etc.: also in Posit., ἡ ὑ. ὑμῶν ἐξουσία PMasp. 2i 1 (vi A. D.), etc.
- III Adv. -ῶς marvellously, strangely, exceedingly, φιλαθήναιος ἦν ὑ. Ar. Ach. 142; ὑ. σπουδάζειν Pl. Grg. 481b; in affirm. answers, ὑ. μὲν οὖν Id. R. 525b: Comp. -εστέρως Philostr. Gym. 36.
- 2 ὑ. ὡς . ., before a Verb, ὑ. ὡς χαίρω Pl. Smp. 173c, cf. Tht. 155c; before an Adj., ὑ. ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγεις Id. Phd. 66a.
ὑπερφυής, ής, ές :
1 qui croît ou se développe au-dessus de, gén. DL. 1, 100 ||
2 qui pousse sur terre, p. opp. à ὑπόγειος, Luc. Lex. 6 ||
3 qui croît démesurément, qui passe les bornes, d’où extraordinaire, prodigieux, merveilleux, Eschl. fr. 226 ; Hdt. 2, 175, etc. ; Ar. Pax 229, etc. ; Luc. Ind. 8 ; en mauv. part, Hdt. 8, 116 ; Plat. Gorg. 467b ; Dém. 543, 2, etc. ; suivi d’un relat. : ὑπ. ὅσος, Ar. Pl. 750 ; ὑπ. ὡς, Plat. Gorg. 477d, prodigieux ||
Sup. -έστατος, Lys. 178, 40 ; Plut. Demetr. 11 ||
➳ Acc. sg. att. ὑπερφυᾶ, Ar. Eq. 141, Nub. 76 ; plur. neutre att. ὑπερφυῆ, Plat. Gorg. 467b ; ὑπερφυᾶ, Ar. Ran. 611.
Étym. ὑπερφύομαι.
ὑπερφυής, ές, über die Natur hinausgehend, sowohl an Größe, als in seiner ganzen Beschaffenheit, dah. übermäßig, außerordentlich ; im guten Sinne, Her. 9.78 ; Aesch. frg. 208 ; ὑπερφυὴς τὸ μέγεθος Ar. Pax 229 ; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος Plut. 750 ; ὑπερφυεῖς ἔργοις Plut. Thes. 6 ; Rom. 3 ; im schlimmen Sinne, Her. 8.116 ; bes. sonderbar, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ ὑπερφυῆ Plat. Gorg. 467b ; ὑπερφυέστατος, Lys. 27.12 ; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές ; ist es nicht überaus sonderbar ? Dem. – Bes. adv. = wunderbar, sonderbar, d.i. gar sehr, ὑπερφυῶς ἐδόκει ἅπασιν ἀληθῆ εἶναι τὰ εἰρημένα Plat. Prot. 358a ; ὑπερφυῶς ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγεις Phaed. 66a, u. öfter ; auch absolut in der Antwort, ὑπερφυῶς μὲν οὖν, Rep. VII.525b.
ὑπερφυής
ὑπερ-φυής, ές
φύομαι
- 1overgrown, enormous, Hdt., Ar.
- 2monstrous, marvellous, extraordinary, Hdt., Ar.:—joined with a relat., ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος extraordinary how great, i. e. extraordinarily great, Ar., Plat.
- IIadv. -ῶς, over-much, marvellously, strangely, exceedingly, Ar., Plat.; in affirm. answers, ὑπερφυῶς μὲν οὖν Plat.