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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=ὕπερθεν
|Medium diacritics=ὕπερθεν
|Low diacritics=ύπερθεν
|Capitals=ΥΠΕΡΘΕΝ
|Transliteration A=hýperthen
|Transliteration B=hyperthen
|Transliteration C=yperthen
|Beta Code=u(/perqen
|Definition=also ὕπερθε <span class="bibl">Il.5.503</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.476</span>, (ὕπερθ') <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>228</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">PHib.</span> (v. infr.); Aeol. ὕπερθα <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>193.13</span>: Adv.: (ὑπέρ):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from above</b> or (more freq.) merely <b class="b2">above</b>, τάφρος καὶ τεῖχος ὕ. <span class="bibl">Il.12.4</span>, etc.: of the body, <b class="b2">above, in the upper parts</b>, ὕ. φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">2.218</span>; ἔνερθε πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕ. <span class="bibl">13.75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.122</span>; τὰ ματρόθεν μὲν κάτω, τὰ δ' ὕ. πατρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.48</span>: rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor. 1.18</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὕ. [τῆς γῆς</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>391b14</span>; Ὀξυρύγχων πόλις ἡ ὕπερθε Μέμφεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.95.5</span> (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">from heaven above</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.344</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>13</span>; i. e. from the gods, <span class="bibl">Il.7.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Degree, <b class="b3">τοτὲ μὲν ἄπορα, τοτὲ δ' ὕ</b>. sometimes <b class="b2">yet more</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1745</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">above, over</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.192</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.37.9</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>232</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ὕ. μόχθων ἐγένεθ'</b> got <b class="b2">the better</b> of... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>904</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ὕπερθεν ἢ</b> . . <b class="b2">above</b> or <b class="b2">beyond</b>, i. e. worse than... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>650</span> (lyr.).</span>
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