ἔξοχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[standing out]], [[jutting]], πρῶνες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.52</span>; [[ἁφαί]] Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>530</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἔξοχος Ἀργείων κεφαλήν</b> [[prominent above]] them, <span class="bibl">Il.3.227</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. metaph., [[eminent]], [[excellent]], ἔξοχον ἄνδρα <span class="bibl">Il.2.188</span>; αἶσα <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>6.47</span>: Comp. <b class="b3">-ώτερος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.71</span>: Sup. <b class="b3">-ώτατος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">2.18</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1622</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>889</span>; τῶν φίλων τὸν -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.20O.</span>; [[ἐξοχώτατος]], = Lat. [[eminentissimus]], ἔπαρχος ογι <span class="bibl">640.16</span> (iii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1469.1</span> (iii A.D.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>14.2433 (Massilia, iii A.D.); οἱ -ώτατοι τῆς βουλῆς <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.12.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., [[standing out from]], [[raised above]], freq. used like a Sup., [[most eminent]], [[mightiest]], ἔξοχος ἡρώων <span class="bibl">Il.18.56</span>; τέμενος τάμον ἔ. ἄλλων <span class="bibl">6.194</span>, etc.; βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγ' ἔ. ἔπλετο πάντων <span class="bibl">2.480</span>; ἀριθμὸν ἔ. σοφισμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>459</span>; οὐδεὶς ἔ. ἄλλος ἔβλαστεν ἄλλου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>591</span>; <b class="b3">ἁπάσης νοῦν τε καὶ ἀνορέαν ἔξοχος ἡλικίας</b> [[beyond]] all his contemporaries, <span class="title">IG</span>12.1021. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> c. dat., <b class="b3">αἶγας . . αἳ πᾶσι μέγ'</b> ἔξοχοι αἰπολίοισιν <span class="bibl">Od.21.266</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.227</span>; also ἐκπρεπἔ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν <span class="bibl">Il.2.483</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in Hom. in plural, [[ἔξοχα]] as Adv. (cf. [[ὄχα]]), [[especially]], [[above others]], ὅς κ' ἔ. μὲν φιλέῃσιν, ἔ. δ' ἐχθαίρῃσιν <span class="bibl">Od.15.70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.5.61</span>; ἔ. λυγρὰ ἰδυῖα <span class="bibl">Od.11.432</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμοὶ δόσαν ἔ</b>. gave me [[as a high honour]], <span class="bibl">9.551</span>: with Sup., <b class="b3">ἔξοχ' ἄριστοι</b> [[beyond compare]] the best, <span class="bibl">Il.9.638</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.629</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">ἔ. πάντων</b> [[far above]] all, <span class="bibl">Il.14.257</span>, etc.; ἔξοχ' ἑταίρων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. πλούτου</b> [[above all]] wealth, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>1.2</span>.—Regul. Adv.<b class="b3">-χως</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9.69</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1235</span>, Lyc.1195, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>400b1</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ma.</span>5.31</span>: Comp. -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Sor.1.99</span>: Sup. -ώτατα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.92</span>.</span>