ὑπερδέξιος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A lying above one on the right hand, εἶχον ὑ. χωρίον . . χαλεπώτατον, καὶ ἐξ μριστερᾶς . . ποταμόν, v.l. for ὑπὲρ δεξιῶν in X.An. 4.8.2.    II simply, lying above or over, ὑ. χωρίον higher ground, ib.3.4.37, etc.; γὰ ὑ. ib.5.7.31, cf. Aen. Tact.1.2; ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου from above, X.HG7.4.13, Plb.2.3.6, etc.; ἡ ἐξ ὑ. τάξις up-stream, Id.3.43.3; ἐκ τῶν ὑ. X.HG4.2.14; ἐξ ὑπερδεξίων Luc. Tim.45, Paus.4.29.4: c. gen., commanding from above, or simply above, λόφος ὑ. τῷν πολεμίων Plb.1.30.7, cf. 10.30.7; τοῦ τείχους Id.8.4.9: also of streams, ἔστιν ἡ Σηστὸς ὑ. τοῦ ῥοῦ up-stream with regard to the current, Str.13.1.22.    2 metaph., superior, having the advantage in a thing, τῷ πολέμῳ Plb.5.102.3, etc.; victorious over, ὑ. τῆς κακίας τὴν ἀρετήν Plu.Num. 20; ὑ. ἐγένετο τοῦ λοιμοῦ, i. e. he recovered, Ruf.Fr.114.    3 c.gen., convenient for, ὑ. χωρίον τοῦ ἀποκρούεσθαι τὴν ἔφοδον Arr.Tact.9.2.