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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

  • καὶ τοσοῦτον οὐδεὶσ ἐξηπατήθη τῶν καὶ πάνυ κεκρατημένων ὑπὸ τῆσ κατὰ τὴν θέαν ἡδονῆσ, ὡσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ὑπερβολῆσ τῶν παρ’ ἄλλοισ θαυμάτων λήθην ποιήσασθαι τῆσ πατρίδοσ. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 1:5)
  • "πολλοῦ γὰρ ἂν ὁ ἔπαινοσ ἦν τίμιοσ, εἴ τι καὶ ἔργον αὐτοῦ ἀπολαῦσαι δυνατὸν ἦν ἐκ τῆσ τοιαύτησ ὑπερβολῆσ. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 2:4)
  • "ἀλλὰ μῦθοσ μέν ἐστιν ἡ ἀπειρία καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα, προπέτειαν δὲ καὶ λαμυρίαν ἐμποιεῖ νέοισ ὁ περὶ Πυθοκλέουσ οὔπω γεγονότοσ ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἔτη γράφων οὐκ εἶναι φύσιν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἀμείνω καὶ τερατικῶσ αὐτὸν εὖ ἀπαγγέλλειν, καὶ πάσχειν αὐτὸσ τὸ τῶν γυναικῶν εὐχόμενοσ ἀνεμέσητα πάντα εἶναι καὶ ἀνεπίφθονα τῆσ ὑπερβολῆσ τοῦ νεανίσκου σοφισταὶ δ’ εἰσὶ καὶ ἀλαζόνεσ οἱ πρὸσ ἄνδρασ ἐλλογίμουσ οὕτωσ ἀσελγῶσ καὶ ὑπερηφάνωσ γράφοντεσ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 292)
  • εἶτ’ οὐχ ὅμοια πράττομεν καὶ θύομεν ὅπου γε τοῖσ θεοῖσ μὲν ἠγορασμένον δραχμῶν ἄγω προβάτιον ἀγαπητὸν δέκα, αὐλητρίδασ δὲ καὶ μύρον καὶ ψαλτρίασ, Μενδαῖον,1 Θάσιον, ἐγχέλεισ, τυρόν, μέλι μικροῦ ταλάντου, γίνεταί τε κατὰ λόγον ὡσ γὰρ ὑπερβολῆσ τινοσ ἀναλώματοσ τάλαντον ὠνόμασε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 27 3:5)
  • τὴν δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐν Φιλήβῳ μὲν ἀπειρίαν κέκληκεν, ἀριθμοῦ καὶ λόγου στέρησιν οὖσαν, ἐλλείψεώσ τε καὶ ὑπερβολῆσ καὶ διαφορᾶσ καὶ ἀνομοιότητοσ ἐν αὑτῇ πέρασ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ μέτρον ἔχουσαν· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 61)

Synonyms

  1. superiority

  2. excess

  3. A crossing over

  4. delay

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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