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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 ὑπεροχαὶ τῶν βουνῶν, αἱ ὑπεροχαὶ τῶν ὀρῶν</b>, their [[prominen]]t [[point]]s, Plb.10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; [[top]] of an [[upright]] [[beam]], Ath.Mech.17.4; <b class="b3">ὑπεροχαὶ λιθοειδεῖς</b>, of the [[mastoid]] [[process]]es of the [[skull]], Ruf.''Onom.''139; <b class="b3">τὰς ὑπεροχὰς 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.. ὑπεροχὴν 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 ὑπεροχή Id.''Pol.''1297b18; <b class="b3">τὴν ὑπεροχὴν ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις</b> ib. 1293b41; <b class="b3">τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν</b> [[superiority]] in the [[government]], ib.1296a31; <b class="b3">διὰ τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τοῦ πλήθους</b> because of [[superiority]] in [[multitude]], ib.1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. ''IG''22.3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑπεροχὰς οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc.12.16; [[διαφέρεσθαι]] ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑπεροχαῖς 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 ὑπεροχῇ</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 ὑπεροχή 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' ὑπεροχήν</b>, where one [[exceed]]s the other in [[rank]], etc., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1158b12, cf. 1161a20: pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|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 ὑπεροχήν Antiph.187.4; δαιμόνων ὑπεροχή ''OGI''383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς [[νεανίσκος|νεανίσκοι]] [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες ''PTeb.''734.24 (ii B.C.), ''1 Ep.Ti.''2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ 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|Excellency]], Just.''Nov.''25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑπεροχή ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''130.20 (vi A.D.).