ὑπερτείνω

hyperteino

stretch

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 8
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Book IV 5
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34

1293a30

Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1296a16

Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13

1296b28
1296b32
1296b38
Book VI 2
Chapter 3 1318a11–1318b5

1318a37

Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319b13
Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33

1329b24
Prior Analytics 4
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Book I 2
Chapter 14 32b38–33b24

33a39
33a39
Book II 2
Chapter 23 68b8–37

68b24

Chapter 27 70a10–70b38

70b34
Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book III 2
Chapter 1 1109b30–1111b3

1110a25

Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1116b16
Book IX 2
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35

1165a3

Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28

1171b8
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 22 82b37–84b2

84a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπερτείνω, I. trans., stretch or lay above, ξύλα Hdt. 4.71; hold out over, σῷ κάρᾳ κύκλον E. El. 1257; ὑ. σκιὰν σειρίου κυνός stretch over [the house] a shade from the sun, A. Ag. 967, cf. E. El. 1022; ὑ. χεῖρά τινος stretch the hand over one for protection, Id. IA 916 (troch.); also ὑ. πόδα ἀκτῆς stretch oneʼs foot over the beach, i. e. pass over it, Id. Med. 1288, cf. Fr. 676. 2. strain to the uttermost, τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν J. AJ 4.6.1; τιμωρίαν Plu. Publ. 12:—Pass., τὸ ὑπερτεταμένον high-strained language, Longin. 12.5; τὰ ὑ. Id. 10.1, cf. 38.1; = signf. 11.2 infr., ὑπερτεταμένη ἔκλυσις, τρυφή, λύπη, extreme relaxation, etc., Sor. 1.34, 2.54,58. II. intr., stretch or jut out over, ὑπὲρ τοῦ τείχους Th. 2.76; εἰς τὸ ἔξω X. Cyn. 9.15; but also c. acc., ὑ. τὸ κέρας outflank the enemyʼs wing, Id. HG 4.2.19. 2. metaph., go beyond, exceed the measure or number of . . , c. gen., D. 61.16, Arist. Pol. 1319b13: c. acc., exceed, τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν Id. EN 1110a25; ὑ. τοῖς χρόνοις τὴν Μίνω βασιλείαν Id. Pol. 1329b24; τὸ ἀλγοῦν -τεῖνον τὸ ἡδόμενον Epicur. Sent. 4: c. dat. modi, exceed others in a thing, ταῖς οὐσίαις Arist. Pol. 1293a30; τῷ πλήθει ib.1296a16 (but ἐὰν τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν -τείνῃ πλῆθος ib.1296b28); ὑ. τῷ καλῷ exceed in . . , Id. EN 1165a3, cf. 1171b8; ὑ. ὁ κίνδυνος is extreme, ib.1116b16. 3. in Logic, exceed, comprehend more than, τὸ Β ὑ. τοῦ Α, opp. ἀντιστρέφει (is convertible), Id. APr. 33a39, cf. 68b24.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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