- ὑπερδέξιος
- ὑπερδέξιος, ον,A lying above one on the right hand, εἶχον ὑ. χωρίον . . χαλεπώτατον, καὶ ἐξ μριστερᾶς . . ποταμόν, v.l. for ὑπὲρ δεξιῶν in X.An. 4.8.2.II simply, lying above or over, ὑ. χωρίον higher ground, ib.3.4.37, etc.; γὰ ὑ. ib.5.7.31, cf. Aen. Tact.1.2; ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου from above, X.HG7.4.13, Plb.2.3.6, etc.;
ἡ ἐξ ὑ. τάξις
up-stream,Id.
3.43.3;ἐκ τῶν ὑ. X.HG4.2.14
;ἐξ ὑπερδεξίων Luc. Tim.45
, Paus.4.29.4: c. gen., commanding from above, or simply above,λόφος ὑ. τῷν πολεμίων Plb.1.30.7
, cf. 10.30.7;τοῦ τείχους Id.8.4.9
: also of streams, ἔστιν ἡ Σηστὸς ὑ. τοῦ ῥοῦ up-stream with regard to the current, Str.13.1.22.2 metaph., superior, having the advantage in a thing,τῷ πολέμῳ Plb.5.102.3
, etc.; victorious over,ὑ. τῆς κακίας τὴν ἀρετήν Plu.Num. 20
; ὑ. ἐγένετο τοῦ λοιμοῦ, i. e. he recovered, Ruf.Fr.114.3 c.gen., convenient for,ὑ. χωρίον τοῦ ἀποκρούεσθαι τὴν ἔφοδον Arr.Tact.9.2
.
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