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|Definition=Ep. [[ὑπειρέχω]] Thgn. (v. infr. 1.2):<br><span class="bld">A</span> Ep. impf. ὑπείρεχον Il.2.426: aor. ὑπερέσχον, and in ''poet.'' form -έσχεθον, 11.735,24.374: fut. -έξω ''PCair.Zen.''60.6 (iii B. C.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]:—[[hold over]], <b class="b3">σπλάγχνα.. ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο</b> [[held]] them [[over]] the fire, Il.2.426; μου τὸ σκιάδειον ὑπέρεχε [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1508; ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν Id.''Eq.''1176; <b class="b3">ὑπερέχοντα τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς θαλάσσης</b> [[holding]] it [[up out of]] the sea, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 537b1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὑ. χεῖρά ([[χεῖράς]]) τινος</b> [[hold]] one's hand [[over]] him, [[so as to protect]], μάλα γάρ ἑθεν εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς χεῖρα ἑὴν ὑπερέσχε Il.9.420, 687; τις.. ἐμεῖο θεῶν ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα 24.374; Ζεὺς τῆσδε πόληος ὑπειρέχοι.. χεῖρα Thgn.757; so πόλεως ἵν' ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν A.''Th.''215 (lyr.), cf. ''Fr.''199.7: c. dat. pers., οἱ.. ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων Il. 5.433; αἴ κ' ὔμμιν ὑπέρσχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων 4.249, cf. Od.14.184.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[hold above]], <b class="b3">ὑ. τὸ ῥύγχος, ὅπως ἀναπνέῃ</b>, of the dolphin, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''589b11, cf. 566b15, 599b27, al.; ὑ. ὀφρύν [[elevate]], AP5.298 (Agath.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., to [[be above]], [[rise above the horizon]], εὖτ' ἀστὴρ ὑπερέσχε φαάντατος Od.13.93; <b class="b3">αὐτῆς [Αἰγύπτου] εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον</b> no part of it [[was above water]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.4; <b class="b3">ὕδωρ,.. ὃ μόλις ὑπερέχοντες ἐπεραιώθησαν</b> which they crossed, [[with their heads]] only just [[above]] it, Th.3.23; <b class="b3">ἕψεται ἄχρι ἂν ὑπερέχῃ τὸ ὕδωρ</b> till it [[sticks out above]] the water, Dsc.3.7; but <b class="b3">ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ ὥστε ὑπερέχειν</b> till it [[covers]] (''[[sc.]]'' the contents of the vessel), Id.5.87; τὸ κέρας τὸ ἕτερον ἢ καὶ ἀμφότερα ὑπερέχοντα [[projecting above the ground]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.41; <b class="b3">γεῖσον.. ὑπερέχον τρία ἡμιπόδια</b> [[projecting]] a foot and a half, ''IG''22.1668.34, cf. 7.3073.71 (Lebad., ii B.C.): c. gen., <b class="b3">ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης</b> [[rose above]], [[overlooked]] the earth, Il.11.735; ὄμμ' ὑπερσχὸν ἴτυος E.''Ph.''1384; [σταυροὺς] οὐχ ὑπερέχοντας τῆς θαλάσσης Th.7.25; σκεύη ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ τειχίου [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 514c, cf. X.''An.''3.5.7; ὤφθη.. ὁ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμὸς ὑπερέχειν θατέρου παμπόλλῳ δή τινι Gal.18(2).301.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[overtop]], [[be prominent above]], <b class="b3">στάντων μὲν Μενέλαος ὑπείρεχεν εὐρέας ὤμους</b>, i.e. stood (head and) shoulders above them, Il.3.210; ὅκως τινὰ ἴδοι τῶν ἀσταχύων ὑπερέχοντα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.92.ζ, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1284a37; φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα πάντα κολούειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.10.έ, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 6.2.17; <b class="b3"> ὁ πρῶτος ὅρος ὑ. τοῦ δευτέρου.. μέρει</b> by the fraction by which the first term [[exceeds]] the second, Archyt.2: <b class="b3">τὸ ὑπερέχον</b> the [[excess]], Dioph.1.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in military phrase, [[outflank]], τῶν πολεμίων ὑ. τῷ κέρατι X.''HG''4.2.18, cf. Th.3.107.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., c. acc., [[overtop]], [[excel]], [[outdo]], βροτῶν πάντων ὑπερσχὼν ὄλβον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''709 (troch.); σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑ. E.''Hipp.''1365 (anap.); πελταστικῷ εἰκὸς ὑ. τὴν ἡμετέραν δύναμιν X.''HG''6.1.9.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., πάντων ὑ. μεγέθει καὶ ἀρετῇ Pl.''Ti.''24e, cf. ''Prm.''150e, ''Grg.''475c; ὑ. τῶν πολλῶν D.23.206, cf. ''Ep.Phil.''2.3; ἁπάντων ὑπερέχουσι τῶν κακῶν Anaxil. 22.7 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> abs., [[prevail]], θεῶν ὑπερέσχε νόος Thgn.202; <b class="b3">οἱ ὑπερσχόντες</b> the [[more powerful]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''215; τῶν πόλεων αἱ ὑπερέχουσαι Isoc.4.95; οἱ ὑπερέχοντες [[those in authority]], D.L.6.78, cf. Vett.Val. 61.30, al.; ἐπειδὰν ἡ θάλαττα ὑπέρσχῃ [[has prevailed]], D.9.69; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς πολεμίοις ὑ.</b> [[excel]] in... Men.642; <b class="b3">ἐνδέχεται.. μὴ τοσοῦτον ὑ. τῷ ποσῷ, ὅσον λείπεσθαι τῷ ποιῷ</b> [[exceed]] so much... Arist.''Pol.''1296b23; <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ ὧν πλειονάκι ἐντετευχυιῶν ὑπερέχων ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους καθίστησι</b> [[being too strong for]] us, ''Sammelb.''4638.18 (ii B. C.); <b class="b3">πᾶν κρύφιον οὐχ ὑπερεῖχε σέ</b> [[was beyond]] thee (i.e. thy comprehension), Thd.''Ez.''28.3.<br><span class="bld">d</span> Pass., to [[be outdone]], ὑπό τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 102c, 102d; τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ὑπερέχειν καὶ ὑπερέχεσθαι Id.''Prm.''150d; κατὰ πλοῦτον ὑπερέχειν κατ' ἀρετὴν δ' ὑπερέχεσθαι Arist.''Pol.''1281a7, cf. Gal.15.805.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Logic, [[have a wider extension]], Arist.''APo.''99a24, cf. ''Rh.''1363b8 (Act. and Pass.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσι δανεῖσαι</b> to lend on the security of [[excess value]], of a second mortgage, ''SIG''364.33 (Ephesus, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> c. gen. rei, [[rise above]], [[be able to bear]], τῆς ἀντλίας Ar.''Pax''17; τῶν ἀναλωμάτων D.S.4.80 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ὑπερεῖδον]]).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[have over]], [[ὑπερέχει]] he [[has in hand]], PCair.Zen.292.498, cf. 790.25 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ὑπερέξομεν πρὸς τὸ διὰ χερός</b> ib.355.93 (iii B. C.).—Cf. [[ὑπερίσχω]].