A.from above or (more freq.) merely above, “τάφρος καὶ τεῖχος ὕ.” Il.12.4, etc.: of the body, above, in the upper parts, “ὕ. φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν” 2.218; “ἔνερθε πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕ.” 13.75, cf. 5.122; “τὰ ματρόθεν μὲν κάτω, τὰ δ᾽ ὕ. πατρός” Pi.P.2.48: rare in Prose, X.An.1.4.4, Mem.1.4.11, Sor. 1.18; τὸ ὕ. [τῆς γῆς] Arist.Mu.391b14; “Ὀξυρύγχων πόλις ἡ ὕπερθε Μέμφεως” PHib.1.95.5 (iii B. C.).
II. c. gen., above, over, Pi.P.4.192, Simon.37.9, A.Ag.232 (lyr.), etc.; ὕ. μόχθων ἐγένεθ᾽ got the better of . . , E.Ba.904 (lyr.); also ὕπερθεν ἢ . . above or beyond, i. e. worse than . . , Id.Med.650 (lyr.).