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ὑπερβολ-ικός

uperbolikos

hyperbolical, extravagant

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What it meant

ὑπερβολ-ικός · hyperbol-ikos — LSJ

hyperbolical, extravagant, exaggerated, extravagance

hyperbolical, extravagant, Plb. 18.46.13; ὑ. σχήματα exaggerated attitudes, Gal. 18(2).57: fem. as Subst., μηδεμίαν ὑπερβολικὴν ποιουμένοις committing no extravagance, Milet. 7.69 (Didyma, ii B. C.). Adv. -κῶς, ὑ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι Plb. 2.62.9, cf. Phld. Mus. p.72 K., Gal. 17(2).209, al.; -ώτερον εἰπεῖν Plb. 7.11.8.

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