ἔξοχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἔξοχον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[standing out]], [[jutting]], πρῶνες Pi.''N.''4.52; [[ἁφαί]] Sch.E.''Hipp.''530: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἔξοχος Ἀργείων κεφαλήν</b> [[prominent above]] them, Il.3.227.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. metaph., [[eminent]], [[excellent]], ἔξοχον ἄνδρα Il.2.188; αἶσα Pi. ''N.''6.47: Comp. [[ἐξοχώτερος]] ib.3.71: Sup. <b class="b3">ἐξοχώτατος</b> ib.2.18, A.''Ag.''1622, E.''Supp.''889; τῶν φίλων τὸν ἐξοχώτατον Phld.''Lib.''p.20O.; [[ἐξοχώτατος]], = Lat. [[eminentissimus]], ἔπαρχος ογι 640.16 (iii A.D.), ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1469.1 (iii A.D.), cf. ''IG''14.2433 (Massilia, iii A.D.); οἱ ἐξοχώτατοι τῆς βουλῆς Hdn.2.12.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., [[standing out from]], [[raised above]], freq. used like a Sup., [[most eminent]], [[mightiest]], ἔξοχος ἡρώων Il.18.56; τέμενος τάμον ἔ. ἄλλων 6.194, etc.; βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγ' ἔ. ἔπλετο πάντων 2.480; ἀριθμὸν ἔ. σοφισμάτων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''459; οὐδεὶς ἔ. ἄλλος ἔβλαστεν ἄλλου [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''591; <b class="b3">ἁπάσης νοῦν τε καὶ ἀνορέαν ἔξοχος ἡλικίας</b> [[beyond]] all his [[contemporary|contemporaries]], ''IG''12.1021.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. dat., <b class="b3">αἶγας . . αἳ πᾶσι μέγ'</b> ἔξοχοι αἰπολίοισιν Od.21.266, cf. 15.227; also ἐκπρεπἔ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν Il.2.483.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in Hom. in plural, [[ἔξοχα]] as adverb (cf. [[ὄχα]]), [[especially]], [[above others]], ὅς κ' ἔξοχα μὲν φιλέῃσιν, ἔξοχα δ' ἐχθαίρῃσιν Od.15.70, cf. Il.5.61; ἔξοχα λυγρὰ ἰδυῖα Od.11.432; <b class="b3">ἐμοὶ δόσαν ἔξοχα</b> gave me as a [[high]] [[honour]], 9.551: with Sup., [[ἔξοχ' ἄριστοι]] = [[beyond compare the best]], Il.9.638, Od.4.629, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., [[ἔξοχα πάντων]] = [[far above]] all, Il.14.257, etc.; ἔξοχ' ἑταίρων Pi.''P.''5.26; [[ἔξοχα πλούτου]] = [[above all wealth]], Id.''O.''1.2.—Regul. Adv. [[ἐξόχως]] ib.9.69, E.''Ba.''1235, Lyc.1195, Arist.''Mu.''400b1, [[LXX]] ''3 Ma.''5.31: Comp. [[ἐξοχώτερον]] Sor.1.99: Sup. [[ἐξοχώτατα]] Pi.''N.''4.92.