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ὑπερβολή?

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 수학 Transliteration: hyperbolē

Principal Part: ὑπερβολή ὑπερβολῆς

Structure: ὑπερβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

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 σβέσαι τὰς τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονὰς καὶ τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνας καθ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσας καταπαλαῖσαι καὶ τῇ καλοκαγαθίᾳ τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀποπτύσαι πάσας τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἐπικρατείας. - (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:18)
  • ἐθέλω γοῦν ἐκ περιττοῦ χρησάμενος τῇ παρρησίᾳ καὶ ὁμόσε χωρήσας τῷ ἐπιφερομένῳ ἐγκλήματι καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν ἀπολογήσασθαι, καὶ δὴ φημί σοι μηδένα μηδὲν ἀμισθὶ ποιεῖν, οὐδ᾿ ἂν τοὺς τὰ μέγιστα πράττοντας εἴπῃς, ὅπου μηδὲ βασιλεὺς αὐτὸς ἄμισθός ἐστιν. (Lucian, Apologia 31:1)
  • τὸν δὲ Προμηθέα τίς οὐκ οἶδεν οἱᾶ ἔπαθεν, διότι καθ ὑπερβολὴν φιλάνθρωπος ἦν· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 6:4)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ χαμαὶ κυλινδοῦνται πολλάκις καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἀράττουσι πρὸς τὸ ἔδαφος, ὁ δ εὐσχήμων καὶ καλὸς καὶ καθ ὑπερβολὴν ἐστεφανωμένος ὑψηλὸς πρόκειται καὶ μετέωρος ὥσπερ εἰς πομπὴν κεκοσμημένος. (Lucian, (no name) 12:3)
  • διψῶσι γὰρ εἰς ὑπερβολήν, καὶ τὸ παραδοξότατον, ὅσῳπερ ἂν πίνωσι, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὀρέγονται τοῦ ποτοῦ, καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία πολὺ πλέον ἐπιτείνεται αὐτοῖς: (Lucian, Dipsades 6:4)
  • 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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