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ὑπερβατός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερβατός ὑπερβατή ὑπερβατόν

Structure: ὑπερβατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(perbai/nw의 분사형

Sense

  1. to bepassed or crossed, scaleable
  2. transposed
  3. going beyond, going far beyond

Examples

  • ἐν τούτοισ ὑπερβατόν τε καὶ περίφρασισ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 31 2:5)
  • οὕτω γὰρ δοκεῖ καὶ Ῥωμύλοσ ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὡσ ἄβατον καὶ ἱερὸν τόπον ἐπιχειροῦντα διαπηδᾶν καὶ ποιεῖν ὑπερβατὸν καὶ βέβηλον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 27 1:2)
  • οὕτω γὰρ δοκεῖ καὶ Ῥωμύλοσ ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὡσ ἄβατον καὶ ἱερὸν τόπον ἐπιχειροῦντα διαπηδᾶν καὶ ποιεῖν ὑπερβατὸν καὶ βέβηλον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 27 1:1)
  • λέγοντοσ τοῦ Πιττακοῦ ὅτι χαλεπὸν ἐσθλὸν ἔμμεναι, ἀμφισβητοῦντα εἰπεῖν ὅτι οὔκ, ἀλλὰ γενέσθαι μὲν χαλεπὸν ἄνδρα ἀγαθόν ἐστιν, ὦ Πιττακέ, ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ‐ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ ἀγαθόν, οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ λέγει τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ὡσ ἄρα ὄντων τινῶν τῶν μὲν ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἀγαθῶν, τῶν δὲ ἀγαθῶν μέν, οὐ μέντοι ἀληθῶσ ‐ εὐήθεσ γὰρ τοῦτό γε φανείη ἂν καὶ οὐ Σιμωνίδου ‐ ἀλλ’ ὑπερβατὸν δεῖ θεῖναι ἐν τῷ ᾄσματι τὸ ἀλαθέωσ, οὑτωσί πωσ ὑπειπόντα τὸ τοῦ Πιττακοῦ, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ θεῖμεν αὐτὸν λέγοντα τὸν Πιττακὸν καὶ Σιμωνίδην ἀποκρινόμενον εἰπόντα· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 287:1)
  • ἰῇ ἄρα γεινόμεθ’ αἴσῃ ἀμφότεροι, σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ Πριάμου ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν, οὐκ οἰόνται δεῖν ἐξ εὐθείασ ἀκούειν, "σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν" ἢ Θήβηθεν, ἀλλὰ καθ’ ὑπερβατόν "ἀμφότεροι ἐν Τροίῃ, σὺ μὲν Πριάμου ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 10:17)

Synonyms

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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