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ὑπερφίαλος

uperphialos

superior, arrogant, excessive

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1. ὑπερφίαλος · hyperphialos — Beekes

ὑπερφίαλος [adj.] ‘superior, arrogant, excessive’ (IL, epic poet.), 1534 ὑπερῴα eVAR Adv. -we. *ETYM Probably contains a suffix -aAoc, but the further analysis is unclear. The old onnection to φιάλη ‘dish’ is semantically uncompelling. The adjective is usually connected with ὑπερφυής ‘extraordinary’ and Lat. superbus, compounds with a second member in PIE *-b'(h,)u- ‘being, arising’. With a dissimilation of v - … — [Beekes, s.v. ὑπερφίαλος, p. 1584]

2. ὑπερφίαλος · hyperphialos — Chantraine

ὑπερφίαλος : «violent, arrogant» dit dans 1.1, des Troyens, dans l'Od. des Cyclopes, des prétendants (Hom., poètes), toutefois, le mot se trouve parfois en bonne part « puissant, très fort», cf. Od. 21, 289 et l'adv. ὑπερφιάλως avec νεμεσᾶν (IL 13, 293), etc.; en outre, Ton Tr. 10 : οἶνον ὑπερφίαλον κελαρύζετε «versez bruyamment le vin en abondance ». EL: Deux types d'explications ont été donnés : 1. Les modernes, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὑπερφίαλος, p. 1177]

3. ὑπερφίαλος · hyperphialos — Frisk

ὑπερφίαλος, Adv. -ws “überlegen, übermütig, übermäßig’ (ep. poet. seit 11). — Ausgang wie in dem sinnähnlichen ἀτάσϑαλος, wozu noch περιτρόχαλος, ὁμαλός u.a.; sonst unklar. Die alte Anknüpfung an φιάλη hat Marinatos πρακτικὰ τῆς Ἀκαδημίας ᾿Αϑηνῶν 40 (1965) 1ff. ausführlich zu begründen verὑπερῴα-- ὑπηρέτης 969 sucht; obwohl unbeweisbar, ist sie vielleicht nicht ohne weiteres abzulehnen. Seit Buttman Lex. 2, 209ff. … — [Frisk, s.v. ὑπερφίαλος, p. 1940]

4. ὑπερφίαλος · hyperphialos — Frisk

ὑπερφίαλος. Für Anknüpfung an φιάλη mit guten Gründen auch Forssman Münch. Stud. 26 (1969) 27 ff. — [Frisk, s.v. ὑπερφίαλος, p. 2312]

5. ὑπερφίᾰλος · hyperphialos — LSJ

overbearing, overweening, arrogant, arrogant, puissant, huge, the noble, without stint, exceedingly, excessively, haughtily, arrogantly, running over

overbearing, overweening, arrogant, of persons, freq. in Homer, in Il. of the Trojans, 13.621, 21.459, al.; in Od. of the Cyclopes, 9.106 (of the Cyclopes in good sense, B. 10.78); more freq. of the suitors, Od. 1.134, 2.310, al.; Γίγαντες B. 14.62; ὑ. γόνος, of a Centaur, Pi. P. 2.42, cf. O. 10(11).34, P. 4.111; also θυμὸς ὑ. an arrogant spirit, Il. 15.94; ἔπος, μῦθοι ὑ., Od. 4.503, 774.—Orig. the word seems only to have signified puissant, without any bad sense, as is prob. from Od. 21.289, wh

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὑπερφίαλος (scan pp. 1584-1585; entry #6241).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὑπερφίαλος (scan p. 1177; entry #8259).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὑπερφίαλος (scan pp. 1940-1941; entry #5839).

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