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ὕπερθεν

uperthen

from above

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What it meant

ὕπερθεν · hyperthen — LSJ

from above, above, above, in the upper parts

from above or (more freq.) merely above, τάφρος καὶ τεῖχος ὕ. Il. 12.4, etc.: of the body, above, in the upper parts, ὕ. φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν 2.218; ἔνερθε πόδες καὶ χεῖρες ὕ. 13.75, cf. 5.122; τὰ ματρόθεν μὲν κάτω, τὰ δʼ ὕ. πατρός Pi. P. 2.48: rare in Prose, X. An. 1.4.4, Mem. 1.4.11, Sor. 1.18; τὸ ὕ. [τῆς γῆς] Arist. Mu. 391b14; Ὀξυρύγχων πόλις ἡ ὕπερθε Μέμφεως PHib. 1.95.5 (iii B. C.).

2 from heaven above

from heaven above, Od. 24.344, h.Cer. 13; i. e. from the gods, Il. 7.101.

3 yet more

of Degree, τοτὲ μὲν ἄπορα, τοτὲ δʼ ὕ. sometimes yet more, S. OC 1745 (lyr.).

II above, over, the better, above, beyond

c. gen., above, over, Pi. P. 4.192, Simon. 37.9, A. Ag. 232 (lyr.), etc.; ὕ. μόχθων ἐγένεθʼ got the better of . . , E. Ba. 904 (lyr.); also ὕπερθεν ἢ . . above or beyond, i. e. worse than . . , Id. Med. 650 (lyr.).

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