ὑπερδέξιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lying above one on the right hand]], <b class="b3">εἶχον ὑ. χωρίον . . χαλεπώτατον, καὶ ἐξ μριστερᾶς . . ποταμόν</b>, v.l. for [[ὑπὲρ δεξιῶν]] in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 4.8.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> simply, [[lying above]] or [[over]], <b class="b3">ὑ. χωρίον</b> [[higher]] ground, ib.<span class="bibl">3.4.37</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">γὰ ὑ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">5.7.31</span>, cf. Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl">1.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου</b> from [[above]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.3.6</span>, etc.; ἡ ἐξ ὑ. τάξις [[up-stream]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.43.3</span>; ἐκ τῶν ὑ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.2.14</span>; ἐξ ὑπερδεξίων <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Tim.</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.4.29.4</span>: c. gen., [[commanding from above]], or simply [[above]], λόφος ὑ. τῷν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Plb.1.30.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.30.7</span>; τοῦ τείχους <span class="bibl">Id.8.4.9</span>: also of streams, <b class="b3">ἔστιν ἡ Σηστὸς ὑ. τοῦ ῥοῦ</b> [[up-stream]] with regard to the current, <span class="bibl">Str.13.1.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[superior]], [[having the advantage in]] a thing, τῷ πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Plb.5.102.3</span>, etc.; [[victorious over]], ὑ. τῆς κακίας τὴν ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span> 20</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. ἐγένετο τοῦ λοιμοῦ</b>, i. e. he recovered, Ruf.<span class="title">Fr.</span>114. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c.gen., [[convenient for]], ὑ. χωρίον τοῦ ἀποκρούεσθαι τὴν ἔφοδον <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.2</span>.</span>