ὕπερθεν
hyperthen
from above
Appears 30 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὕπερθεν, also ὕπερθε Il. 5.503, Od. 14.476, (ὕπερθʼ) Th. 228 (lyr.), PHib. (v. infr.); Aeol. ὕπερθα Adv. 193.13: Adv.: (ὑπέρ):—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 δʼ ὕ. πατρός P. 2.48: rare in Prose, An. 1.4.4, Mem. 1.4.11, 1.18; τὸ ὕ. [τῆς γῆς] Mu. 391b14; Ὀξυρύγχων πόλις ἡ ὕπερθε Μέμφεως PHib. 1.95.5 (iii B. C.). 2. from heaven above, Od. 24.344, h.Cer. 13; i. e. from the gods, Il. 7.101. 3. of Degree, τοτὲ μὲν ἄπορα, τοτὲ δʼ ὕ. sometimes yet more, OC 1745 (lyr.). II. c. gen., above, over, P. 4.192, 37.9, Ag. 232 (lyr.), etc.; ὕ. μόχθων ἐγένεθʼ got the better of . . , Ba. 904 (lyr.); also ὕπερθεν ἢ . . above or beyond, i. e. worse than . . , Med. 650 (lyr.).
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