ὑπεροχ-ή (uperoche)

Where it lives

De Sensu et Sensibilibus 5 · 6.4/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Eudemian Ethics 15 · 5.75/10k
Politics 35 · 5.36/10k
De Mundo 3 · 4.73/10k
Machabaeorum II 4 · 3.46/10k
Rhetoric 14 · 3.26/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 12 · 2.13/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Metaphysics 8 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπεροχ-ή · hyperoch-ē — LSJ

projection, prominence, prominent points, top, an eminence

projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Ephipp. 3, cf. Gp. 9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb. 10.10.10, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech. 17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf. Onom. 139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor. 1.55: abs., an eminence, Plb. 3.104.3.

2 rising, raising

rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι . . ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.200; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot. 5.8.3.

II pre-eminence, superiority, superiority in, superiority

metaph., pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist. Rh. 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id. Pol. 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib. 1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib. 1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG 2(2).3800: pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταις ὑ. Arist. Pol. 1323a35.

2 excess, excess, exceeds

like ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id. Metaph. 1004b12, cf. Archim. Spir. 11, Aequil. 1.2, Dioph. 1.6, al.; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp. 76.21, al., cf. Archyt. 2, Porph. in Harm. p.266 W.; excess, of a sum of money, SIG 976.66 (Samos, ii B.C.); in Physics, Arist. Ph. 187a16, 189b10, HA 486b8, al.; διαφέρειν καθʼ ὑπεροχήν Id. PA 644a17, al.; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id. Metaph. 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴ

3 supremacy, authority, dignity

alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb. 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph. 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S. 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb. 734.24 (ii B.C.), 1 Ep.Ti. 2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX 2 Ma. 3.11.

4 periphrasis, prolixity

of language, periphrasis, prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl. Plt. 283c.

5 Excellency

as a title, Excellency, Just. Nov. 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy. 130.20 (vi A.D.).

In the wild

ὑπεροχῆς · hyperochēs Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 137)
ὑπεροχὴν · hyperochēn Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 141)
ὑπεροχήν · hyperochēn Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 5)
ὑπεροχὴν · hyperochēn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 199)
ὑπεροχαὶ · hyperochai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 172)
ὑπεροχἤ · hyperochē Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 173)

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