ὑπεροχή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> (ὑπερέχω ''ΙΙ'') [[projection]], [[prominence]], οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; <span class="bibl">Ephipp.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">Gp.</span>9.10.4; <b class="b3">αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν</b>, their [[prominent points]], <span class="bibl">Plb.10.10.10</span>, Plu. 2.936a; [[top]] of an upright beam, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.17.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς</b>, of the mastoid processes of the skull, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>139</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῶν μαστῶν</b>) <span class="bibl">Sor.1.55</span>: abs., [[an eminence]], <span class="bibl">Plb.3.104.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[rising]] of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι . . ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.200</span>; [[raising]], τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς <span class="bibl">Plot.5.8.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[pre-eminence]], [[superiority]], ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1389a13</span>; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1297b18</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1293b41</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν</b> [[superiority in]] the government, ib.<span class="bibl">1296a31</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους</b> because of [[superiority]] in multitude, ib.<span class="bibl">1293a4</span>; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. <span class="title">IG</span>22.3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.16</span>; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1323a35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> like [[ὑπερβολή]], [[excess]], opp. [[ἔλλειψις]] (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the <b class="b3">ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1004b12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Spir.</span>11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aequil.</span>1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Dioph.1.6</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ</b>., of an arithmetical progression, <span class="bibl">Papp.76.21</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Archyt.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">in Harm.</span>p.266</span> W.; [[excess]], of a sum of money, <span class="title">SIG</span>976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>187a16</span>, <span class="bibl">189b10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>486b8</span>, al.; διαφέρειν καθ' ὑπεροχήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>644a17</span>, al.; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1052b30</span>; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1098a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1368a25</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἠθῶν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῦ Επικούρου</b>) <span class="title">IG</span>22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 42(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); <b class="b3">φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ' ὑ</b>., where one [[exceeds]] the other in rank, etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1158b12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1161a20</span>: pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>711d</span>; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1295b14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> alone, [[supremacy]], [[authority]], [[dignity]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.64.1</span>; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. <span class="bibl">Antiph.187.4</span>; δαιμόνων ὑ. <span class="title">OGI</span>383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι <span class="bibl">D.S.4.41</span>; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>734.24</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Ti.</span>2.2</span>; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>3.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of language, <b class="b2">periphrasis. prolixity</b>, opp. [[ἔλλειψις]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>283c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> as a title, [[Excellency]], <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>25.5</span>; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>130.20</span> (vi A.D.).</span>