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