The corpus record

ὑπέροχος

uperochos

prominent, eminent, distinguished above

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὑπέροχ-ος · hyperoch-os — LSJ

prominent, eminent, distinguished above, mighty, overbearing

prominent, eminent, distinguished above others, c. gen., ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων Il. 6.208, 11.784: abs., ὑπείροχον εἶδος h.Hom. 12.2; οἱ ὑπέροχοι (v.l. ὑπείροχοι) τῶν ἀστῶν Hdt. 5.92.ηʹ; θῆρες ἐν πελάγεϊ ὑπέροχοι mighty, Pi. N. 3.24; ὑπέροχον σθένος A. Pr. 428 (lyr.); ὑπέροχος βία overbearing force, S. Tr. 1096 codd. (sed leg. βίᾳ); ὑ. Νίκα B. 3.5; συρικτὰν μέγʼ ὑπείροχον Theoc. 7.28; οἰωνῶν μέγʼ ὑ. ἀγγελιώτην Call. Jov. 68: Sup. ὑπεροχώτατος Pi. P. 2.38 (as a title, PMasp. 4.5 (vi A.D.)): neut

In the wild

ὑπειρόχους · hypeirochous Herodotus, Histories 5.92G.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6005)
ὑπείροχον · hypeirochon Iliad 11.784
ὑπείροχον · hypeirochon Iliad 6.208
ὑπέροχον · hyperochon Sophocles, Trachiniae 1089–1100

Where it came from

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