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ὑπερφυ-ής , ές, Att. acc. sg.
I. literally, growing above the ground, Dsc.4.73, Luc.Lex.6; growing higher than the rest, “οἱ . τῶν ἀσταχύωνD.L.1.100.
2. overgrown, enormous,σμίνθοςA.Fr.227 (troch.); “λίθοι . τὸ μέγαθοςHdt. 2.175, cf. Ar.Pax229, Pl.734; “. τῷ μεγέθει ψόφοςArist.Cael.291a21.
II. without a distinct sense of bulk, monstrous, extraordinary, in good and bad sense, “ἔργον . μέγαθός τε καὶ κάλλοςHdt.9.78; “ἔργον . ἐργάσατοId.8.116; “ἀτραπὸς δαιμονίως .Ar.Nu.76; “. τέχνηId.Eq.141; πῶς οὐχ ὑπερφυές; is it not most strange? D.29.14; κἀκεῖν᾽ ., εἰ . . Isoc.17.30; τὸ δὲ πάντων -έστατον, ὅτι . . Lys.27.12, cf. Ar. Th.831 (troch.): freq. joined with a relat., “ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσοςId.Pl.750; “ὑπερφυεῖ τινι . . ὡς μεγάλῃ βλάβῃPl.Grg.477d: freq. also joined with other Adjs., in which case, as a rule, it stands second, σχέτλια λέγεις καὶ . ib.467b; “δεινὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ .D.21.88, etc.; but it stands first in Plu.2.12b, 155a, al.
2. Sup. -έστατος, as an honorific title, Stud.Pal.20.129.3 (v A. D.), etc.: also in Posit., “ . ὑμῶν ἐξουσίαPMasp.2i 1 (vi A. D.), etc.
III. Adv. -ῶς marvellously, strangely, exceedingly,φιλαθήναιος ἦν .Ar.Ach. 142; “. σπουδάζεινPl.Grg.481b; in affirm. answers, “. μὲν οὖνId.R. 525b: Comp. “-εστέρωςPhilostr.Gym.36.
2. . ὡς . . , before a Verb, “. ὡς χαίρωPl.Smp.173c, cf. Tht.155c; before an Adj., “. ὡς ἀληθῆ λέγειςId.Phd.66a.
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