A.rise over or above, ὁ ἥλιος ὑπερτείλας the sun when he has risen above the horizon and reached a certain height, Hdt.3.104; “φλὸξ -τέλλουσα γῆς” E.Fr.772; τοὺς -τείλαντας ἐκ γαίας sprung from the ground, Id.Ph.1007: c. gen., φαρέων μαστὸς ὑπερτέλλων appearing above her dress, Id.Or.841 (lyr.); κορυφῆς ὑπερτέλλων πέτρος the stone hanging over the head [of Tantalus], ib.6, cf. AP5.235 (Paul. Sil.): rarely c. dat., ib.9.656 (v/vi A.D.); ὥρα ὥρας μυρία (fort. μορίῳ）“ ὑπερτείλασα” Vett.Val.343.16:—also in Med., Opp.H. 5.126.
ὑπερτέλλω ,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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