The corpus record

ὑπερθύριον

uperthurion · τό

lintel of a door

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ὑπερθύριον · hyperthyrion — LSJ

lintel of a door, gate

lintel of a door or gate, Od. 7.90; ὑπερθυρίοις ἀραρυῖαι ἑπτὰ πύλαι Hes. Sc. 271:—in Prose, ὑπέρθῠρον, τό, Hdt. 1.179, IG 1(2).372.201, 42(1).103 B 97 (Epid., iv B. C.), 11(2).145.19 (Delos, iv/iii B. C.), Inscr.Délos 442 B 70 (ii B. C.), J. BJ 5.5.3, Plu. QConv. 2.684a, etc.; also in Parm. 1.12, Herod. 2.65 (pl.).

II frieze over the lintel

Lat. hyperthyrum, frieze over the lintel, Vitr. 4.6.2.

In the wild

ὑπερθυρίοις · hyperthyriois Shield of Heracles 271
ὑπερθύριον · hyperthyrion Odyssey 7.90

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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