ὑπεροχή

ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ, (

A

ὑπερέχω 11

) projection, prominence,

οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Ephipp.3

, cf. Gp.9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb.10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech.17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf.Onom.139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor.1.55: abs., an eminence, Plb.3.104.3.

2 rising of a star,

ἀνατολὴν εἶναι . . ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp.Stoic.2.200

; raising,

τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot.5.8.3

.

II metaph., pre-eminence, superiority,

ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist.Rh.1389a13

;

ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id.Pol.1297b18

; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib.1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib.1293a4;

ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG22.3800

: pl.,

πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc.12.16

;

διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. Arist.Pol.1323a35

.

2 like ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id.Metaph.1004b12, cf. Archim.Spir.11, Aequil.1.2, Dioph.1.6, al.; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp.76.21, al., cf. Archyt.2, Porph. in Harm.p.266 W.; excess, of a sum of money, SIG976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, Arist.Ph.187a16, 189b10, HA486b8, al.;

διαφέρειν καθ' ὑπεροχήν Id.PA644a17

, al.;

τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id.Metaph.1052b30

;

ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. Id.EN1098a11

, cf. Rh.1368a25; τῶν ἠθῶν (sc. τοῦ Επικούρου) IG22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 42(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ' ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Arist.EN1158b12, cf. 1161a20: pl.,

κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς Pl.Lg.711d

;

οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες Arist. Pol.1295b14

.

3 alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb.1.64.1;

τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph.187.4

;

δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI383.75

(Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.);

οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S.4.41

;

οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb.734.24

(ii B.C.), 1 Ep.Ti.2.2;

ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX 2 Ma.3.11

.

4 of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl.Plt.283c.

5 as a title, Excellency, Just.Nov.25.5;

ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy.130.20

(vi A.D.).