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ὑπεροχή

hyperoche

projection, prominence

Appears 123 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπεροχή, ἡ, (ὑπερέχω II) A. projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Ephipp. 3, cf. Gp. 9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb. 10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech. 17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf. Onom. 139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor. 1.55: abs., an eminence, Plb. 3.104.3. 2. rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι . . ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.200; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot. 5.8.3. II. metaph., pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist. Rh. 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id. Pol. 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib.1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib.1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG 22.3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. Arist. Pol. 1323a35. 2. like ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id. Metaph. 1004b12, cf. Archim. Spir. 11, Aequil. 1.2, Dioph. 1.6, al.; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp. 76.21, al., cf. Archyt. 2, Porph. in Harm.p.266 W.; excess, of a sum of money, SIG 976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, Arist. Ph. 187a16, 189b10, HA 486b8, al.; διαφέρειν καθʼ ὑπεροχήν Id. PA 644a17, al.; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id. Metaph. 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. Id. EN 1098a11, cf. Rh. 1368a25; τῶν ἠθῶν (sc. τοῦ Ἐπικούρου) IG 22.1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 42(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθʼ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Arist. EN 1158b12, cf. 1161a20: pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς Pl. Lg. 711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες Arist. Pol. 1295b14. 3. alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb. 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph. 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S. 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb. 734.24 (ii B.C.), 1 Ep.Ti. 2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX 2 Ma. 3.11. 4. of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl. Plt. 283c. 5. as a title, Excellency, Just. Nov. 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy. 130.20 (vi A.D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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