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ὑπερβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερβολή ὑπερβολῆς

Structure: ὑπερβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: u(perba/llw

Sense

  1. overshooting
  2. superiority
  3. excess, extremity
  4. A crossing over, passage
  5. delay
  6. (mathematics) hyperbola

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • περὶ μὲν οὖν Σωστράτου ἐν ἄλλῳ βιβλίῳ γέγραπταί μοι καὶ δεδήλωται μέγεθόσ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰσχύοσ ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἡ ὕπαιθροσ ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ δίαιτα, καὶ ἡ ἐπίπονοσ εὐνὴ καὶ τροφαὶ ὄρειοι καὶ ἔργα οὐκ ἀπῳδὰ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ὅσα ἢ λῃστὰσ αἴρων ἔπραξεν ἢ ὁδοποιῶν τὰ ἄβατα ἢ γεφυρῶν τὰ δύσπορα. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • τουτὶ γάρ ἐστιν ὑπερβολὴ τοῦ πράγματοσ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 9:3)
  • ὑπερβολῇ λέγουσι τὸν Φιλόξενον τῶν διθυράμβων τὸν ποιητὴν γεγονέναι ὀψοφάγον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 262)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸσ τὰ θερμὰ ταῦθ’ ὑπερβολῇ τοὺσ δακτύλουσ δήπουθεν Ἰδαίουσ ἔχω καὶ τὸν λάρυγγ’ ἥδιστα πυριῶ τεμαχίοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 9 2:3)
  • δυσκατεργαστότερα γάρ ἐστι τὰ μὲν τῷ πολὺ τὸ γεῶδεσ ἔχειν, τὰ δὲ ψυχρότητοσ ὑπερβολῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 16 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. superiority

  2. excess

  3. A crossing over

  4. delay

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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