Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρκειμαι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρκειμαι

Structure: ὑπερ (Prefix) + κεί (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to lie or be situate above
  2. to be postponed

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • δι’ ἑνὸσ μὲν γὰρ ἀλλήλοισ συνάπτεται, δι’ ἑτέρου δ’ ἑνὸσ τοῦ μὲν ὑπερκειμένου τῇ λίθῳ, τοῦ δ’ ὑποκειμένου τῷ σιδήρῳ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1437)
  • ὥστε τοῦ μὲν ὑπερκειμένου τὸ ἄνω μέροσ ἐκκρέμασθαι χρὴ τῆσ λίθου, τοῦ δ’ ὑποκειμένου τῷ κάτω πέρατι συνῆφθαι τὸν σίδηρον. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1439)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ ἤπειροσ ταπεινὴ καθορᾶται, μηδαμόθεν ἀναστήματοσ ὑπερκειμένου, ἥ τε θάλαττα τεναγώδησ οὖσα τὸ βάθοσ οὐ πλέον εὑρίσκεται τριῶν ὀργυιῶν, καὶ τῇ χρόᾳ παντελῶσ ὑπάρχει χλωρά. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 3:1)
  • ἔκειτο δὲ ἐν στενῷ χωρίῳ μεταξὺ ὑπερκειμένου ὄρουσ καὶ τῆσ Κωπαί̈δοσ λίμνησ πλησίον τοῦ Περμησσοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ὀλμειοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἕλουσ τοῦ φύοντοσ τὸν αὐλητικὸν κάλαμον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 2 48:2)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρουσ τοῦ Κουρίου τοὺσ Κουρῆτασ ὀνομασθῆναι τοῦ ὑπερκειμένου τῆσ Πλευρῶνοσ, εἶναί τε φῦλόν τι Αἰτωλικὸν τοῦτο, ὡσ Ὀφιεῖσ καὶ Ἀγραίουσ καὶ Εὐρυτᾶνασ καὶ ἄλλα πλείω. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 10:8)

Synonyms

  1. to lie or be situate above

Derived

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

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