ὑπερφυής

English (LSJ)

ές, Att. acc. sg.

   A ὑπερφυᾶ Ar.Eq.141, Nu.76: Att. neut. pl. ὑπερφυῆ Pl.Grg.467b, -φυᾶ Ar.Ra.611: (φύομαι):    I literally, growing above the ground, Dsc.4.73, Luc.Lex.6; growing higher than the rest, οἱ ὑ. τῶν ἀσταχύων D.L.1.100.    2 overgrown, enormous, σμίνθος A.Fr.227 (troch.); λίθοι ὑ. τὸ μέγαθος Hdt. 2.175, cf. Ar.Pax229, Pl.734; ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει ψόφος Arist.Cael.291a21.    II without a distinct sense of bulk, monstrous, extraordinary, in good and bad sense, ἔργον ὑ. μέγαθός τε καὶ κάλλος Hdt.9.78; ἔργον ὑ. ἐργάσατο Id.8.116; ἀτραπὸς δαιμονίως ὑ. Ar.Nu.76; ὑ. τέχνη Id.Eq.141; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές; is it not most strange? D.29.14; κἀκεῖν' ὑ., εἰ . . Isoc.17.30; τὸ δὲ πάντων -έστατον, ὅτι . . Lys.27.12, cf. Ar. Th.831 (troch.): freq. joined with a relat., ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος Id.Pl.750; ὑπερφυεῖ τινι . . ὡς μεγάλῃ βλάβῃ Pl.Grg.477d: freq. also joined with other Adjs., in which case, as a rule, it stands second, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ ὑ. ib.467b; δεινὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ ὑ. D.21.88, etc.; but it stands first in Plu.2.12b, 155a, al.    2 Sup. -έστατος, as an honorific title, Stud.Pal.20.129.3 (v A. D.), etc.: also in Posit., ἡ ὑ. ὑμῶν ἐξουσία PMasp.2i 1 (vi A. D.), etc.    III Adv. -ῶς marvellously, strangely, exceedingly, φιλαθήναιος ἦν ὑ. Ar.Ach. 142; ὑ. σπουδάζειν Pl.Grg.481b; in affirm. answers, ὑ. μὲν οὖν Id.R. 525b: Comp. -εστέρως Philostr.Gym.36.    2 ὑ. ὡς... before a Verb, ὑ. ὡς χαίρω Pl.Smp.173c, cf. Tht.155c; before an Adj., ὑ. ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγεις Id.Phd.66a.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1204] ές, über die Natur hinausgehend, sowohl an Größe, als in seiner ganzen Beschaffenheit, dah. übermäßig, außerordentlich; im guten Sinne, Her. 9, 78; Aesch. frg. 208; ὑπερφυὴς τὸ μέγεθος Ar. Pax 229; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος Plut. 750; ὑπερφυεῖς ἔργοις Plut. Thes. 6; Rom. 3; im schlimmen Sinne, Her. 8, 116; bes. sonderbar, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ ὑπερφυῆ Plat. Gorg. 467 b; ὑπερφυέστατος, Lys. 27, 12; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές; ist es nicht überaus sonderbar? Dem. – Bes. adv. = wunderbar, sonderbar, d. i. gar sehr, ὑπερφυῶς ἐδόκει ἅπασιν ἀληθῆ εἶναι τὰ εἰρημένα Plat. Prot. 358 a; ὑπερφυῶς ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγεις Phaed. 66 a, u. öfter; auch absolut in der Antwort, ὑπερφυῶς μὲν οὖν, Rep. VII, 525 b.