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ὑπερόρ-ιος

uperorios

over the boundaries, abroad

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ὑπερόρ-ιος · hyperor-ios — LSJ

over the boundaries, abroad, in foreign parts, abroad, foreign affairs

over the boundaries, abroad, D. 46.7; ῥιψάτω ὑπερούριον Theoc. 24.95, cf. Anon. ap. Suid.; ὑ. ἀσχολία occupation in foreign parts, abroad, Th. 8.72; ὑ. ἀρχή, opp. ἔνδημος, Lex ap. Aeschin. 1.19; δικαστήρια, opp. ἐπιχώρια, PMonac. 14.83 (vi A.D.); τὰ ὑ. foreign affairs, opp. τὰ κατὰ πόλιν and τὰ ἔνδημα, Arist. Pol. 1285b14.

2 the country beyond oneʼs own frontiers, foreign land, banishment

ἡ ὑπερορία (sc. γῆ) the country beyond oneʼs own frontiers, foreign land, IG 1(2).56.7, And. 3.36, Lys. 31.9, Pl. Phdr. 230d; also εἰς τὰν ὑπερόριον στρατεύεσθαι Foed.Delph.Pell. 2 B 22; opp. τὰ ἔνδημα, X. An. 7.1.27; ἐκ τῆς ὑ. ἀνακαλεῖσθαι, i. e. from the land where he had been in exile, Plu. Garr. 2.508a; hence, actually, banishment, φόνοις καὶ ὑπερορίαις D.C. 67.3; τὰ ὑ. (sc. χωρία) X. Ath. 1.19, Smp. 4.31.

II foreign to the purpose, outlandish, alien

foreign to the purpose, outlandish, alien, λαλιά Aeschin. 2.49; ἀρχαὶ ἐνυπνίων ὑπερόριαι ἢ τοῖς χρόνοις ἢ τοῖς τόποις ἢ τοῖς μεγέθεσιν Arist. Div.Somn. 464a1, cf. Aristid. 1.128 J.; τὸ τῶν ἀέρων ἄηθες καὶ ὑ. Anon. ap. Suid.

III beyond the boundaries of, over the mark

c. gen., ὑ. τοῦ νομοῦ beyond the boundaries of the nome, PPetr. 2p.16 (iii B.C.): metaph., λιμὸς . . βρώσεις ὑποβάλλων . . τῆς φύσεως ὑπερορίους Procop. Goth. 3.17: abs., ἰσχναίνειν καὶ γυμνάζειν τὸ σῶμα, . . ποιεῖν δὲ ὡς μὴ ὑπερόριοι ἀπέλθωμεν go over the mark, Pall. in Hp. 2.77D.

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