ὑπέρβασις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A a passing over, ὄρη μόλις ἁμάξῃ μιᾷ καὶ ὀρικῷ ζεύγει τὴν ὑ. βιαζομένοις ξυγχωροῦντα Jul.Or.2.72a; a pass over mountains, Str.4.6.12; passage over a desert, Id.16.2.30.    2 overstepping, of a dislocated joint, Hp.Art.80.    3 καθ' ὑπέρβασιν, of bandaging which gives the appearance of winglets, Gal.18(1).790.    4 'jumping over' an intervening space, Phld.D.3.9.    II metaph., transgression, Thgn.1247.    III Act., = ὑπερβίβασις (nisi hoc legend.), transport across (the Isthmus), τῶν λέμβων Plb.4.19.8.    2 Rhet., transposition, Suid. s.v. Γοργίας (pl.).