Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, PREPOSITIONS, LIST OF PREPOSITIONS, ὑπέρ

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[*] 1697. ὑπέρ (Hom. also ὑπείρ) over, Lat. super. For the contrast with ἐπί, see 1689.

a. Local: from over: ““ὑπὲρ τῶν ἄκρων κατέβαινον” they came down over the heights” T. 4.25; over, abover: ““ὑπὲρ τῆς κώμης γήλοφος ἦν” above the village was a hill” X. A. 1.10.12.

b. Other relations: in defence of, on behalf of: μαχόμενος ὑπὲρ ὑ_μῶν fighting for you (standing over to protect) P. L. 642c; in place of, in the name of: ““ἐγὼ λέξω καὶ ὑπὲρ σοῦ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν” I will speak both for you and for ourselves” X. C. 3.3.14. Purpose: ““ὑπὲρ τοῦ ταῦτα λαβεῖν” in order to get this” D. 8.44; concerning, about (often = περί in Demos. and the later orators; in inscr. after 300 B. C.): ““φόβος ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέλλοντος” fear for the future” T. 7.71, ““μὴ περὶ τῶν δικαίων μηδ᾽ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔξω πρα_γμάτων” not about your just claims nor about your foreign interests” D. 6.35.

a. Local: ““ὑπὲρ οὐδὸν ἐβήσετο” he passed over the threshold” ν 63, ““οἱ ὑπὲρ Ἑλλήσποντον οἰκοῦντες” those who dwell beyond the Hellespont” X. A. 1.1.9.

b. Temporal ( = πρό) rare: ““ὑπὲρ τὰ Μηδικά” before the Persian wars” T. 1.41.

c. Measure: ““ὑπὲρ ἥμισυ” more than half” X. C. 3.3.47, ““ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον” beyond the power of man” P. L. 839d.

Over, above (ὑπερβάλλειν cross over, ὑπερέχειν trans. hold over, intr. be above), in behalf of, for (ὑπερμαχεῖν poet. fight for), exceedingly (ὑπερφρονεῖν be over-proud).

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Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges