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|Definition=[[overshoot]], i. e. [[outdo]], Νικίαν ταῖς μηχαναῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 363</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">διακοσίαισι βουσὶν ὑπερηκόντισα</b> [[I overshot]] him with my <span class="bibl">200</span> kine, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>659</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diph.66.5</span>; also <b class="b3">κλέπτων τοὺς βλέποντας ὑπερηκόντικεν</b> [[has outdone]] them in stealing, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>666</span>:—Pass., [<b class="b3">ἡ ἰατρικὴ] ὑπερηκοντίσθη κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν πασῶν τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον χρειῶν</b> [[has been made to excel]]... <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>2</span><span class="title">Prooem.</span>