καθύπερθε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ''poet.'' before a vowel [[καθύπερθεν]] (also [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Th.5.59, S. ''El.''1090 (lyr.)); Ion. [[κατύπερθε]]: Adv.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from above]], [[down from above]], δεινὸν δὲ λόφος καθύπερθε ἔνευεν Il.3.337, cf. 22.196, Od.12.442, etc.; καθύπερθε μελαθρόφιν 8.279; ἐκ μὲν τοῦ πεδίου... καθύπερθε δέ… Th.5.59, cf.''IG''12.398: c. gen., πυρός Nic.''Th.''691.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[atop]], [[above]], opp. [[ὑπένερθε]], Od.10.353; <b class="b3">καθύπερθε ἐπιρρέει</b> [[float]]s [[atop]], Il.2.754; καθύπερθε τῶν ὅπλων τοῦ τόνου Hdt.7.36; of geographical position, Λέσβος ἄνω... καὶ Φρυγίη καθύπερθε Il.24.545: c. gen., <b class="b3">καθύπερθε Χίοιο</b> [[above]], i.e. [[north of]], Chios, Od.3.170: in Prose, [[Κέρκιος]] [[κατύπερθε]] ''SIG''1.3 (Abu Simbel, vi B. C.); <b class="b3">ἡ Χώρη ἡ καθύπερθε</b> Hdt.4.8; ἡ καθύπερθε ὁδός Id.1.104, etc.; [[τὰ καθύπερθε]] = [[the upper country]], i.e. [[farther]] [[inland]], τὰ καθύπερθε τῆς λίμνης Id.2.5; <b class="b3">τὰ καθύπερθε τῆς θηριώδεος</b> ib.32; τοῖσι καθύπερθε Ἀσσυρίων οἰκημένοισι Id.1.194.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[above]], [[having the upper hand of]], <b class="b3">καθύπερθε γενέσθαι τινός</b>, prop., of a [[wrestler]] who [[fall]]s atop of his [[opponent]], ib.67, 8.60.γ; καθύπερθε Χερὶ πλούτῳ τε τῶν ἐχθρῶν S.''El.''l.c. (lyr.); also, of affairs, ἐλογίζετο… καθύπερθε οἱ τὰ πρήγματα ἔσεσθαι τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν Hdt.8.136; κακοὶ δ' ἀγαθῶν καθύπερθεν Thgn.679; <b class="b3">μόχθου καθύπερθε</b> [[superior]] to [[misery]], [[unconquered]] by it, Pi.''P.''9.31; also [[καθύπερθε]] ἤ… Hdt.8.75.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[before]], c. gen., Id.5.28.