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ὑπέρβᾰσ-ις

uperbasis · ἡ

a passing over

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What it meant

ὑπέρβᾰσ-ις · hyperbas-is — LSJ

a passing over, a pass, passage

a passing over, ὄρη μόλις ἁμάξῃ μιᾷ καὶ ὀρικῷ ζεύγει τὴν ὑ. βιαζομένοις ξυγχωροῦντα Jul. Or. 2.72a; a pass over mountains, Str. 4.6.12; passage over a desert, Id. 16.2.30.

2 overstepping

overstepping, of a dislocated joint, Hp. Art. 80.

3

καθʼ ὑπέρβασιν, of bandaging which gives the appearance of winglets, Gal. 18(1).790.

4 ‘jumping over’

‘jumping over’ an intervening space, Phld. D. 3.9.

II transgression

metaph., transgression, Thgn. 1247.

III transport across

Act., = ὑπερβίβασις (nisi hoc legend.), transport across (the Isthmus), τῶν λέμβων Plb. 4.19.8.

2 transposition

Rhet., transposition, Suid. s.v. Γοργίας (pl.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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