ὑπεραίρω

English (LSJ)

   A lift or raise up over, εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν Pl.Phdr.248a; τὴν ὀφρῦν ὑπὲρ τοὺς κροτάφους Luc.Am.54; ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος over the rocks, Philostr.VA3.23; ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα raise it very high, Luc.Ner.9:—Med., lift oneself or rise above, πάντων Anon. in Rh.1.632 W.: abs., to be lifted up, 2 Ep.Cor.12.7; give oneself airs, be coy, Aristaenet.1.17, 2.6; exalt oneself above, ἐπὶ θεόν 2 Ep.Thess.2.4.    2 heighten, ναῦν τοίχοις Philostr. VA3.35.    II intr.,    1 c. acc., jump over, τειχία X.Eq.Mag.8.3; cross, Ἄλπεις Plb.2.23.1; ὑ. τὸ πέλαγος pass over, Id.1.28.1; ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν double the cape, Id.1.54.7; κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς . . Id.1.25.8; also τὸν Καταράκτην OGI654.6 (Egypt, i B. C.): abs., cross the sea, Plb.1.47.2: as naval and military term, outflank, τὸ λαιὸν τῶν πολεμίων Plb.1.50.6, cf. 3.73.7, etc.: without a sense of motion, rise above, τὸ ὕδωρ Thphr. HP4.8.10; τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ δένδρου Id.CP5.14.9.    2 excel, τινι in a thing, D.18.220: c. acc., excel, Id.60.21, Aristeas 16, Philostr.Her.2.19; τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντας SIG877 A5 (Delph., ii/iii A. D.); νοῦν ὑπεραίρει Plot.6.7.22.    3 overshoot, go beyond, μήθ' ὑπεράρας μήθ' ὑποκάμψας καιρόν A.Ag.786 (anap.); ὑ. τὸν ὡρισμένον καιρόν Plb. 9.14.11; τὴν συνήθειαν Id.28.14.2; exceed, ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας τὸ μέγεθος ὁ τῶν τέκνων ἀριθμός Arist.Pol.1266b11; οὗ ἡ πρόνοια τὰς πάντων εὐχὰς οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπερῆρε BMus.Inscr.894.8 (Halic., i A. D.); πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον a little more, Thphr.HP4.6.8; τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων the priests in excess (of a certain number), BGU1.16 (iii A. D.); τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων (sic) τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων PLond.2.347.6 (iii A. D.); τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον the money (received) in excess, SIG976.27 (Samos, ii B. C.); τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν] he so far exceeded him in his expenditure, D.C.37.8; λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις overdone, Philostr.VA8.6; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον exaggeration, Plb.16.12.9.    III c. gen., pass beyond, double a cape, τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου Philostr.VA3.24; rise above, τῆς γῆς Id.Her.19.16.    2 transcend, exceed, μήθ' ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων (τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον Stob.) μήτ' ἐλλείποντα Pl.Lg.717d, cf. D.C.75.13 (c. gen.), etc.; ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει τινῶν D.S.20.91, etc.; overcome, τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου Philostr.VA7.26.    3 c. gen., despise, ib.1.2, Philostr.Jun.Im.7.    IV overflow, τὰ ἀγγεῖα Arist.Mir.835a32: abs., of a stream, ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία D.55.10.    2 ὑ. ὑπέρ τι project beyond... Arr.Tact.12.9; οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ, i.e. their σάρισαι project beyond... Ael.Tact. 14.4; ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα project beyond the eyelids, of a tumour, Aët.7.36, cf. 15; overlap, Aristarch.Sam.8.    V Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ, Most Excellent, = Lat. Exsuperatorius, name given to December by Commodus, D.C.72.15.