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ὑπερφθέγγομαι

uperphtheggomai

speak louder than

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What it meant

ὑπερφθέγγομαι · hyperphthengomai — LSJ

speak louder than, shout down, excel

speak louder than, τὰ ἔργα ὑ. τοὺς λόγους Luc. Tox. 35; τῷ λόγῳ ὑπερφθέγγονται τὴν ἀλήθειαν they shout down the truth, Gal. 8.808, cf. UP 8.2; εὐεπείᾳ τὸν Ὅμηρον ὑ. excel Homer therein, Plu. Pyth. 2.396d.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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