Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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:—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.