ὑπεραίρω

ὑπεραίρω,

A lift or raise up over,

εἰς τὸν ἔξω τόπον τὴν τοῦ ἡνιόχου κεφαλήν Pl.Phdr.248a

;

τὴν ὀφρῦν ὑπὲρ τοὺς κροτάφους Luc.Am.54

; ἑρμάτων ὑ. τὸ σκάφος over the rocks, Philostr.VA3.23; ὑ. τὸ φθέγμα raise it very high, Luc.Ner.9:—[voice] 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

.

2 heighten,

ναῦν τοίχοις Philostr. VA3.35

.

II intr.,

1 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

; ὑ. τὴν ἄκραν double the cape, Id.1.54.7; κάμψαντες τὸν Πάχυνον ὑ. [τὸ πέλαγος] εἰς . . Id.1.25.8; also

τὸν Καταράκτην OGI654.6

(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 Thphr. HP4.8.10

;

τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ δένδρου Id.CP5.14.9

.

2 excel, τινι in a thing, D.18.220: c. acc., excel, Id.60.21, Aristeas 16, Philostr.Her.2.19;

τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντας SIG877

A5 (Delph., ii/iii A. D.);

νοῦν ὑπεραίρει Plot.6.7.22

.

3 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.); πυγωνιαῖον ἢ μικρὸν ὑπεραῖρον a little more, Thphr.HP4.6.8; τῶν ὑπεραιρόντων ἱερέων the priests in excess (of a certain number), BGU1.16 (iii A. D.); τῶν ὑπεραιρούντων (sic)

τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἱερέων PLond.2.347.6

(iii A. D.); τὸ ὑπεραῖρον ἀργύριον the money (received) in excess, SIG976.27 (Samos, ii B. C.); τοσοῦτον ἐν [τοῖς δαπανηθεῖσιν] ὑπερῆρεν [αὐτόν] he so far exceeded him in his expenditure, D.C.37.8;

λόγος ὑπεραίρων τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ταῖς γνώμαις

overdone,

Philostr.VA8.6

;

τὸ ὑπεραῖρον

exaggeration,

Plb.16.12.9

.

III c. gen., pass beyond, double a cape,

τοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου Philostr.VA3.24

; rise above,

τῆς γῆς Id.Her.19.16

.

2 transcend, exceed, μήθ' ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων (

τὸν εἰθ. ὄγκον Stob.

)

μήτ' ἐλλείποντα Pl.Lg.717d

, cf. D.C.75.13 (c. gen.), etc.;

ὑ. τῷ μεγέθει τινῶν D.S.20.91

, etc.; overcome,

τέχνῃ τοῦ ῥοθίου Philostr.VA7.26

.

3 c. gen., despise, ib.1.2, Philostr.Jun.Im.7.

IV overflow,

τὰ ἀγγεῖα Arist.Mir.835a32

: abs., of a stream,

ὑ. εἰς τὰ χωρία D.55.10

.

2 ὑ. ὑπέρ τι project beyond . . , Arr.Tact.12.9; οἱ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ζυγῷ ὑ. τοὺς πρωτοστάτας πήχεις σ, i.e. their σάρισαι project beyond . . , Ael.Tact. 14.4; ὑπεραίρειν ἔξω τὰ βλέφαρα project beyond the eyelids, of a tumour, Aët.7.36, cf. 15; overlap, Aristarch.Sam.8.

V Ὑπεραίρων, οντος, ὁ, Most Excellent, = Lat. Exsuperatorius, name given to December by Commodus, D.C.72.15.