ὑπέρκειμαι (uperkeimai)

Where it lives

Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ὑπέρκειμαι · hyperkeimai — LSJ

lie above, to be placed, situated above, beyond, lying, situated above, overhanging

lie above, esp. of place, to be placed or situated above or beyond, οἱ ὑπερκείμενοι τῆς Μακεδονίας βάρβαροι Plb. 4.29.1, cf. 5.44.10, Str. 9.5.19; ἡ ὀφρὺς ὑ. τοῦ ὄμματος Philostr.Jun. Im. 2, cf. Sor. 1.8, al., Gal. 6.344, al.: rarely c. dat., ἔν τινι ὑ. αὐτοῖς νησιδίῳ Arist. Mir. 832a23:abs., Hp. Fract. 8; mostly in part., lying or situated above, ἡ ὑπερκειμένη χώρα Isoc. 4.163; τῶν ὑ. κρημνῶν overhanging, Plb. 10.30.2.

2 to be placed above, superior, transcend, excel

metaph., to be placed above (in rank), ὁ -μενος [δαίμων] superior, Plot. 3.4.3, cf. Procl. Inst. 56; transcend, τῆς διακρίσεως Dam. Pr. 164: c. acc., excel, τινα LXX Ez. 16.47.

3 put up

εἰς πρᾶσιν ὑπερκείμενα put up for sale, PAmh. 2.97.5 (ii A. D.), restd. in PGen. 5.8 (ii A. D.).

II to be delayed, postponed

to be delayed, postponed, Luc. Bis Acc. 23; τὰς εἰς τὸ τρίτον ἔτος ὑπερκειμένας (sc. ἀρτάβας) BGU 1760.24 (i B. C.); cf. ὑπερτίθημι II.5.

In the wild

ὑπερκείμενον · hyperkeimenon Plotinus, Enneads 3.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1672)
ὑπερκείμενον · hyperkeimenon Plotinus, Enneads 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5946)
ὑπέρκεισαι · hyperkeisai Septuaginta, Ezechiel 16
ὑπέρκεισαι · hyperkeisai Septuaginta, Proverbia 29 (DIORISIS sentence 712)

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.

Ask the librarian

Ask about ὑπέρκειμαι →