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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

  • ἐκ τούτου βουλόμενοσ Ἀννίβασ ἀπαγαγεῖν τὸ στράτευμα, καὶ τὴν διαμαρτίαν τοῦ τόπου νοήσασ καὶ τὸν κίνδυνον, ἀνεσταύρωσε μὲν τοὺσ ὁδηγούσ, ἐκβιάζεσθαι δὲ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ καὶ προσμάχεσθαι τῶν ὑπερβολῶν ἐγκρατεῖσ ὄντασ ἀπεγίνωσκε. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 6 3:1)
  • καί ποτε τῶν δρεπανηφόρων εἰσ αὐτὸν ἀφεθέντων ὑποστὰσ τροπὴν ἐποιήσατο, καὶ τῶν εἰσ Συρίαν ὑπερβολῶν τοὺσ ἀποτειχίζοντασ ἐξελάσασ ἐκράτησε. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 48 2:1)
  • ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἱκανῶσ περί τε τούτων καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐλλείψεων καὶ ὑπερβολῶν εἰρήσθω· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 170:1)
  • τρισχιλίουσ δὲ Ῥωμαίων πέμψασ ᾤκισε τὴν πόλιν Αὐγοῦσταν ὁ Καῖσαρ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστρατοπέδευσε χωρίῳ ὁ Ουἄρρων, καὶ νῦν εἰρήνην ἄγει πᾶσα ἡ πλησιόχωροσ μέχρι τῶν ἄκρων ὑπερβολῶν τοῦ ὄρουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 14:19)
  • κατὰ δὲ θάτερα μέρη Ἀμερία τε καὶ Τοῦδερ εὐερκὴσ πόλισ, καὶ Εἰσπέλλον καὶ Ἰγούιον, πλησίον τοῦτο ἤδη τῶν ὑπερβολῶν τοῦ ὄρουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 20:15)

Synonyms

  1. superiority

  2. excess

  3. A crossing over

  4. delay

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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