ὕπερθεν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also [[ὕπερθε]] Il.5.503, Od.14.476, (ὕπερθ') A.''Th.''228 (lyr.), ''PHib.'' (v. infr.); Aeol. [[ὕπερθα]] A.D.''Adv.''193.13: Adv.: ([[ὑπέρ]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from above]] or (more freq.) merely [[above]], [[τάφρος]] καὶ [[τεῖχος]] ὕπερθεν Il.12.4, etc.: of the body, [[above]], [[in the upper parts]], ὕπερθεν φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν 2.218; ἔνερθε πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕπερθεν 13.75, cf. 5.122; τὰ ματρόθεν μὲν κάτω, τὰ δ' ὕπερθεν πατρός Pi.''P.''2.48: rare in Prose, X.''An.''1.4.4, ''Mem.''1.4.11, Sor. 1.18; τὸ ὕπερθεν [τῆς γῆς] Arist.''Mu.''391b14; Ὀξυρύγχων [[πόλις]] ἡ ὕπερθε Μέμφεως ''PHib.''1.95.5 (iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[from heaven above]], Od.24.344, ''h.Cer.''13; i. e. from the gods, Il.7.101.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of Degree, τοτὲ μὲν ἄπορα, τοτὲ δ' ὕπερθεν sometimes [[yet more]], S.''OC''1745 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., [[above]], [[over]], Pi.''P.''4.192, Simon.37.9, A.''Ag.''232 (lyr.), etc.; ὕπερθεν μόχθων ἐγένεθ' got [[the better]] of... E.''Ba.''904 (lyr.); also [[ὕπερθεν ἢ]] . . [[above]] or [[beyond]], i. e. [[worse than]]... Id.''Med.''650 (lyr.).