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ὑπεράνω [α^], Adv.
A.above, opp. ὑποκάτω, SIG588.31 (Milet., ii B. C.); “οἰκεῖνLuc.DDeor.4.2, etc.; above the horizon, Euc.Phaen.p.8 M.: mostly c. gen., . τούτων [τῶν μορίων] σχίζεται [ἡ φλέψ] Arist.HA 513b32, cf. PSI6.631.6 (iii B. C.), LXX Ez.43.15, al.; . γίγνεσθαί τινος to get the upper hand of, Telesp.44 H., Plu.2.10b, Phld.Mort.34; “. τεθεῖσθαι πάντωνId.Piet.102; ποιεῖν or ποιεῖσθαί τινα or τι . τινός, Plu.2.98e, 6b; πάντων . ποιεῖν act more nobly than all others, D.L. 7.128.
2. οἱ . πλεονασμοί excessive repetitions, Plb.12.24.1; but μίαν . ποιότητα one supreme quality, Meno Iatr.14.18.
3. of time, further back,ἐκ τῶν . χρόνωνSIG742.58 (Ephesus, i B. C.).
4. above, in a document, [ψηφίσματα] . γεγραμμένα ib.591.2 (Lampsacus, ii B. C.).
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    • Polybius, Histories, 12.24.1
    • Old Testament, Ezekiel, 43.15
    • Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4.2
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