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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[Perseus]]. [[over]], [[above]], w. gen, [[over]], [[beyond]], w. acc.<br />Lat. [[super]]:—[[hence]] are formed comp. and Sup. [[ὑπέρτερος]], -τατος.<br />A. WITH GENIT.,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of Place, [[over]], [[above]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> in a [[state]] of [[rest]], [[στέρνον]] [[ὑπὲρ]] μαζοῖο Il.; [[ὑπὲρ]] κεφαλῆς στῆναί τινι to [[stand]] [[over]] his [[head]], Hom.: of countries, [[above]], [[further]] [[inland]], οἰκέοντες [[ὑπὲρ]] Ἁλικαρνησσοῦ μεσόγαιαν Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in a [[state]] of [[motion]], [[over]], [[across]], [[ὑπὲρ]] θαλάσσης καὶ χθονὸς ποτωμένοις Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[over]], [[beyond]], [[ὑπὲρ]] πόντου Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph., from the [[notion]] of [[standing]] [[over]] to [[protect]], for, for [[defence]] of, in [[behalf]] of, ἑκατόμβην [[ῥέξαι]] [[ὑπὲρ]] Δαναῶν Il.; θύειν [[ὑπὲρ]] τῆς πόλεως Xen.; [[ὑπὲρ]] τῆς πατρίδος ἀμύνειν to [[fight]] for one's [[country]], etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> for the [[sake]] of a [[person]] or [[thing]], λίσσεσθαι [[ὑπὲρ]] τοκέων, ὑ. πατρὸς καὶ μητρός Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> c. inf. for the [[purpose]] of, [[ὑπὲρ]] τοῦ μηδένα ἀποθνήσκειν to [[prevent]] any one from [[dying]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> for, [[instead]] of, in the [[name]] of, [[ὑπὲρ]] [[ἑαυτοῦ]] Thuc.; στρατηγῶν [[ὑπὲρ]] [[ὑμῶν]] acting as [[general]] by [[commission]] from you, Dem.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> like [[περί]], on, of, [[concerning]], Lat. de, [[ὑπὲρ]] [[σέθεν]] αἴσχεα [[ἀκούω]] Il.; τὰ λεγόμενα [[ὑπέρ]] τινος Hdt.<br />B. WITH ACC., expressing that [[over]] and [[beyond]] [[which]] a [[thing]] goes,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of Place, [[over]], [[beyond]], Hom., Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of Measure, [[over]], [[above]], [[exceeding]], [[beyond]], [[ὑπὲρ]] τὸ βέλτιστον Aesch.; [[ὑπὲρ]] ἐλπίδα Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[transgression]], [[beyond]], [[contrary]] to, [[ὑπὲρ]] αἶσαν, [[ὑπὲρ]] μοῖραν, [[ὑπὲρ]] ὅρκια Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> of Number, [[above]], upwards of, [[ὑπὲρ]] [[τεσσεράκοντα]] Hdt., Xen.; [[ὑπὲρ]] τὸ ἥμισυ [[more]] [[than]] [[half]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> of [[Time]], [[beyond]], i. e. [[before]], earlier [[than]], ὁ [[ὑπὲρ]] τὰ Μηδικὰ [[πόλεμος]] Thuc.<br />C. POSITION: [[ὑπέρ]] may [[follow]] its Subst., but then by [[anastrophe]] becomes [[ὕπερ]], Hom., Trag.<br />D. AS ADV. [[over]] [[much]], [[above]] [[measure]], [[ὑπὲρ]] μὲν [[ἄγαν]] Eur.; written [[ὑπεράγαν]], Strab., etc.<br />E. IN COMPOS.,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of Place, [[over]], [[beyond]], in ὑπερ-[[βαίνω]], ὑπερ-[[πόντιος]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> for, in [[defence]] of, in ὑπερ-ασπίζω, ὑπερ-αλγέω.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[above]] [[measure]], in ὑπερ-ήφανος, ὑπερ-φίαλος.

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