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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[insolent]], [[presumptuous]] (never of persons in Hom. or Hes.); in Hom. only <b class="b3">ὑπέροπλον εἰπεῖν</b> to speak [[insolently]], [[presumptuously]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.185</span>,<span class="bibl">17.170</span>; in Hes., <b class="b3">ἠνορέη, βίη ὑπέροπλος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span> 516</span>,<span class="bibl">619</span>,<span class="bibl">670</span>; ἀτασθαλίη <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>120</span>; ἥβα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.48</span>; of persons, <b class="b3">Λαπίθαι ὑ</b>. ib <span class="bibl">9.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[big]], [[mighty]], <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ ὑ</b>. a [[monstrous]] man, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 22.44</span>; of fishes, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.103</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of conditions, [[overwhelming]], ἄτα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.57</span>; μηδὲν μέγα μηδ' ὑ. <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.59</span> (v.l. [[ὑπέροφρυ]], cf. Hsch.).—Ep. word.</span>