ὑπεράνω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], Adv.
A above, opp. ὑποκάτω, SIG588.31 (Milet., ii B. C.); οἰκεῖν Luc.DDeor.4.2, etc.; above the horizon, Euc.Phaen.p.8 M.: mostly c. gen., ὑ. τούτων [τῶν μορίων] σχίζεται [ἡ φλέψ] Arist.HA 513b32, cf. PSI6.631.6 (iii B. C.), LXX Ez.43.15, al.; ὑ. γίγνεσθαί τινος to get the upper hand of, Telesp.44 H., Plu.2.10b, Phld.Mort.34; ὑ. τεθεῖσθαι πάντων Id.Piet.102; ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαί τινα or τι ὑ. τινός, Plu.2.98e, 6b; πάντων ὑ. ποιεῖν act more nobly than all others, D.L. 7.128. 2 οἱ ὑ. πλεονασμοί excessive repetitions, Plb.12.24.1; but μίαν ὑ. ποιότητα one supreme quality, Meno Iatr.14.18. 3 of time, further back, ἐκ τῶν ὑ. χρόνων SIG742.58 (Ephesus, i B. C.). 4 above, in a document, [ψηφίσματα] ὑ. γεγραμμένα ib.591.2 (Lampsacus, ii B. C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1191] oben darüber; ὑπεράνω γίγνεσθαι, die Oberhand gewinnen, Sp., wie Luc. Demon. 3 u. S. Emp.; οἱ ὑπεράνω πλεονασμοί, übertrieben, Pol. 12, 24, 1.
