ὑπερκεράω
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
(κέρας v. 3) A outflank, τοὺς πολεμίους Plb.11.23.5, cf. Plu.Brut.41, Onos.21.1, etc.: metaph., stretch beyond, ἡ ἤπειρος ὑ. Peripl.M.Rubr.38; ὑ. ὕδωρ τῆς ἀντλίας Sch.Ar.Pax17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1197] überflügeln, mit den Flügeln des Heeres die des feindlichen umgehen und einschließen; Pol. 11, 23, 5; Plut. Brut. 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπερκεράω: (κέρας VII) ὑπερφαλαγγῶ, κυκλώνω, τοὺς πολεμίους Πολύβ. 11. 23, 5, Πλούτ. κλπ.· ― μεταφορ., ἐκτείνομαι πέραν τινός, ἡ ἤπειρος ὑπ. Ἀρρ. Περίπλ. Ἐρυθρ. Θαλ. σ. 21, 24, Huds.· ὡς ὑπερκεράσαντος ὕδατος τῆς ἀντλίας Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 17.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
1 déborder les ailes ou une aile d’une armée, acc.;
2 déborder en forme de croissant.
Étymologie: ὑπέρ, κέρας.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὑπερκεράω: обходить с флангов (τοὺς πολεμίους Polyb.).
