A.hyperbolical, extravagant, Plb.18.46.13; ὑ. σχήματα exaggerated attitudes, Gal.18(2).57: fem. as Subst., μηδεμίαν ὑπερβολικὴν ποιουμένοις committing no extravagance, Milet. 7.69 (Didyma, ii B. C.). Adv. “-κῶς, ὑ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι” Plb.2.62.9, cf. Phld.Mus.p.72 K., Gal.17(2).209, al.; “-ώτερον εἰπεῖν” Plb.7.11.8.
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