ὑπεροχή

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A ὑπερέχω 11) projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Ephipp.3, cf. Gp.9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb.10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech.17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf.Onom.139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor.1.55: abs., an eminence, Plb.3.104.3. 2 rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι . . ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp.Stoic.2.200; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot.5.8.3. II metaph., pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist.Rh.1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id.Pol.1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib.1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib.1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG22.3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc.12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. Arist.Pol.1323a35. 2 like ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id.Metaph.1004b12, cf. Archim.Spir.11, Aequil.1.2, Dioph.1.6, al.; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp.76.21, al., cf. Archyt.2, Porph. in Harm.p.266 W.; excess, of a sum of money, SIG976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, Arist.Ph.187a16, 189b10, HA486b8, al.; διαφέρειν καθ' ὑπεροχήν Id.PA644a17, al.; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id.Metaph.1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. Id.EN1098a11, cf. Rh.1368a25; τῶν ἠθῶν (sc. τοῦ Επικούρου) IG22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 42(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ' ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Arist.EN1158b12, cf. 1161a20: pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς Pl.Lg.711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες Arist. Pol.1295b14. 3 alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb.1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph.187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S.4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb.734.24 (ii B.C.), 1 Ep.Ti.2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX 2 Ma.3.11. 4 of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl.Plt.283c. 5 as a title, Excellency, Just.Nov.25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy.130.20 (vi A.D.).