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ὑπερφέρω

uperphero

bear, carry over, to be transferred from

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Where it lives

Apology 1 · 5/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Panegyricus 1 · 0.93/10k
History 5 · 0.33/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπερφέρω · hyperpherō — LSJ

bear, carry over, to be transferred from

bear or carry over, ὑ. τὸν ἰσθμὸν τὰς ναῦς Th. 3.81, cf. 15, 87:—Pass., [νῆες] ὑπερενεχθεῖσαι τὸν ἰσθμόν Id. 4.8; ὑπερενεχθῆναι τὰς δίνας D.H. 3.56; νυκτὸς ὑπερφέρεσθαι (sc. τὸν Ταῦρον) Plu. Garr. 2.510b; ὑ. ὑπὲρ . . X. Oec. 18.7: c. gen., to be transferred from, τὰς τῶν . . ζῴων διαφορὰς μὴ δυναμένας ὑπερενεχθῆναι τῶν κατὰ φύσιν τόπων Ptol. Geog. 1.12.2.

II to be prominent, stand out

mostly intr., to be prominent, stand out, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.591c.

2 surpass, excel, have the advantage over

metaph., surpass, excel, have the advantage over, τινός τινι one in a thing, ῥόδα ὀδμῇ ὑπερφέροντα τῶν ἄλλων Hdt. 8.138, cf. 9.96, Ar. Eq. 584 (lyr.), Th. 1.81: c. gen. only, τέχνη τέχνης ὑπερφέρουσα S. OT 381, cf. X. Lac. 15.8: c. dat. modi only, κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑ. Hdt. 8.144, cf. 4.74, E. Hec. 268; πλούτῳ X. Lac. 15.3.

sts. c. acc. pro gen., ὑπερφέρεις τόλμῃ τε τόλμαν καὶ λόγῳ χρηστῷ λόγον E. Heracl. 554; ὑ. τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν Isoc. 4.60; μεγέθει καὶ ῥώμῃ πάντας Plu. Rom. 7.

c has, pre-eminence

abs., τοῦθʼ ὑπερφέρει has this pre-eminence, S. OC 1007 (s. v. l.); πολὺ ὑπερενεγκεῖν X. Mem. 3.5.13.

part., in honorific expressions, ἡ σὴ -φέρουσα ἐξουσία PSI 4.292.5 (iii A. D.), etc.

In the wild

ὑπερφερούσης · hyperpherousēs Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 436)
ὑπερφέρουσιν · hyperpherousin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5201)
ὑπερφέρουσαν · hyperpherousan Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 118)
ὑπερφέρει · hyperpherei Herodotus, Histories 4.74.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4527)
ὑπερφέροντα · hyperpheronta Herodotus, Histories 8.138.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9251)
ὑπερφέρουσα · hyperpherousa Herodotus, Histories 8.144.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9308)

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