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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[lift]] or [[raise up over]], εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''248a; τὴν ὀφρῦν ὑπὲρ τοὺς κροτάφους Luc.''Am.''54; <b class="b3">ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος</b> [[over]] the rocks, Philostr.''VA''3.23; <b class="b3">ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα</b> [[raise]] it [[very high]], Luc.''Ner.''9:—Med., [[lift oneself]] or [[rise above]], πάντων Anon. in Rh.1.632 W.: abs., to [[be lifted up]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''12.7; [[give oneself airs]], [[be coy]], Aristaenet.1.17, 2.6; [[exalt oneself above]], ἐπὶ θεόν ''2 Ep.Thess.''2.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[heighten]], ναῦν τοίχοις Philostr. ''VA''3.35.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc., [[jump over]], τειχία X.''Eq.Mag.''8.3; [[cross]], Ἄλπεις Plb.2.23.1; ὑ. τὸ πέλαγος [[pass over]], Id.1.28.1; <b class="b3">ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν</b> [[double]] the cape, Id.1.54.7; <b class="b3">κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς</b>.. Id.1.25.8; also τὸν Καταράκτην ''OGI''654.6 (Egypt, i B. C.): abs., [[cross the sea]], Plb.1.47.2: as naval and military term, [[outflank]], τὸ λαιὸν τῶν πολεμίων Plb.1.50.6, cf. 3.73.7, etc.: without a sense of motion, [[rise above]], τὸ ὕδωρ [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]''4.8.10; τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ δένδρου Id.''CP''5.14.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[excel]], τινι in a thing, D.18.220: c. acc., [[excel]], Id.60.21, Aristeas 16, Philostr.''Her.''2.19; τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντας ''SIG''877 ''A''5 (Delph., ii/iii A. D.); νοῦν ὑπεραίρει Plot.6.7.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[overshoot]], [[go beyond]], μήθ' ὑπεράρας μήθ' ὑποκάμψας καιρόν A.''Ag.''786 (anap.); ὑ. τὸν ὡρισμένον καιρόν Plb. 9.14.11; τὴν συνήθειαν Id.28.14.2; [[exceed]], ὑ. τῆς οὐσίας τὸ μέγεθος ὁ τῶν τέκνων ἀριθμός Arist.''Pol.''1266b11; οὗ ἡ πρόνοια τὰς πάντων εὐχὰς οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπερῆρε ''BMus.Inscr.''894.8 (Halic., i A. D.); <b class="b3">πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον</b> a little [[more]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.6.8; <b class="b3">τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων</b> the priests [[in excess]] (of a certain number), ''BGU''1.16 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων</b> (sic) τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων ''PLond.''2.347.6 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον</b> the money (received) [[in excess]], ''SIG''976.27 (Samos, ii B. C.); <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν]</b> he so far [[exceeded]] him in his expenditure, D.C.37.8; λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις [[overdone]], Philostr.''VA''8.6; τὸ ὑπεραῖρον [[exaggeration]], Plb.16.12.9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> c. gen., [[pass beyond]], [[double]] a cape, τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου Philostr.''VA''3.24; [[rise above]], τῆς γῆς Id.''Her.''19.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[transcend]], [[exceed]], <b class="b3">μήθ' ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων</b> (τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον Stob.) μήτ' ἐλλείποντα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''717d, cf. D.C.75.13 (c. gen.), etc.; ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει τινῶν [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]20.91, etc.; [[overcome]], τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου Philostr.''VA''7.26.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., [[despise]], ib.1.2, Philostr.Jun.''Im.''7.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[overflow]], τὰ ἀγγεῖα Arist.''Mir.''835a32: abs., of a stream, ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία D.55.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὑ. ὑπέρ τι</b> [[project]] beyond... Arr.''Tact.''12.9; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ</b>, i.e. their [[σάρισαι]] [[project beyond]]... Ael.''Tact.'' 14.4; <b class="b3">ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα</b> [[project beyond]] the eyelids, of a tumour, Aët.7.36, cf. 15; [[overlap]], Aristarch.Sam.8.<br><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ,</b> [[Most Excellent]], = Lat. [[Exsuperatorius]], name given to December by Commodus, D.C.72.15.