The corpus record

ὑπερτρέχω

upertrecho

run over, beyond, outrun, escape from, prevail against

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

ὑπερτρέχω · hypertrechō — LSJ

run over, beyond, outrun, escape from

run over or beyond, outrun, escape from, ἄκρην πενίην Thgn. 620.

2 prevail against, prevail

prevail against, ὥστε . . θεῶν νόμιμα . . θνητὸν ὄνθʼ ὑπερδραμεῖν S. Ant. 455; πῶς τὰ κρείσσω θνητὸς οὖσʼ ὑπερδράμω; E. Ion 973, cf. Hel. 1524; ἢν δʼ αὖ κρατηθῆς καὶ τὰ τοῦδʼ ὑπερδράμῃ if . . his fortune prevail, Id. Ph. 578.

3 excel, surpass

excel, surpass, εἰ θεὰς ὑπερδράμοι κάλλει Id. Tr. 930, cf. Philetaer. l.c.

In the wild

ὑπερδραμεῖν · hyperdramein Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 997)
ὑπερδράμω · hyperdramō Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 635)
ὑπερδράμῃ · hyperdramēi Euripides, Phoenissae *)ioka/sth (DIORISIS sentence 302)
ὑπερδράμοι · hyperdramoi Euripides, Trojan Women *(ele/nh (DIORISIS sentence 481)
ὑπερδραμεῖν · hyperdramein Sophocles, Antigone 453–455

Where it came from

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