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ὑπέρτατος

upertatos

uppermost, highest

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ὑπέρτᾰτος · hypertatos — LSJ

uppermost, highest

uppermost, highest:

I

mostly of Place or position, ἧστο ὑ. Il. 23.451; κεῖτο ὑ. 12.381; ὑ. δώματα, θρόνος, etc., Hes. Op. 8, Pi. O. 2.77 (dub. l.), etc.

2

of gods, partly in reference to their abode, partly to their power, ib. 4.1, A. Supp. 672 (lyr., nisi leg. -τως, v. infr. 4): then simply,

3

of rank or power, θεῶν τὰν ὑ. S. Ant. 338 (lyr.); δαιμόνων ὑ. Ar. Av. 1765 (lyr.); ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑ. A. Pers. 155 (troch.).

4 above all, above all measure

of things, ὑ. ὄλβος, ἀνορέαι, Pi. P. 3.89, N. 3.20; μόχθοι, σέβας, S. OC 105, Ph. 402 (lyr.), etc.; τὰν ἐκ πασᾶν ὑ. πόλεων Id. Ant. 1138 (lyr.); φρένας, πάντων ὅσʼ ἐστὶ χρημάτων ὑ. ib. 684; τοῦτο κερδέων ὑπέρτατον B. 3.84: in late Prose, ἀρετή PStrassb. 40.41 (vi A. D.). Adv. ὑπερτάτως above all, A. Supp. 672 (Ahrens from Sch.); above all measure. Sch. rec. Pi. O. 1.1.

II eldest

of age eldest, Pi. N. 6.21:—Pi. has also ὑπερώτατος, N. 8.43: cf. ὑπέρτερος III fin.

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