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ὑπεροχή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπεροχή

Structure: ὑπεροχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: u(pere/xw II

Sense

  1. a projection, an eminence
  2. preeminence, superiority

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 ταῖσ μὲν ἄλλαισ ὑπεροχαῖσ προσμάχονται καὶ διαμφισβητοῦσιν ἀρετῆσ καὶ γένουσ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ, ὡσ ἀφαιροῦντεσ αὑτῶν ὅσον ἄλλοισ ὑφίενται τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου πρωτεῖον, ὃ καλεῖται κυρίωσ πρεσβεῖον, ἀζηλοτύπητόν ἐστι; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 7 3:1)
  • ἐν μὲν οὖν ταῖσ μικραῖσ ὑπεροχαῖσ εἰκότωσ γίνονται ἀμφισβητήσεισ τὸ γὰρ μικρὸν ἐνιαχοῦ οὐδὲν ἰσχύει, ὥσπερ ἐν ξύλου σταθμῷ, ἀλλ’ ἐν χρυσίῳ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 103:3)
  • "ταῖσ αὐταῖσ δ’ ὑπεροχαῖσ ὑπερέχειν καὶ ὑπερέχεσθαι τῆσ ἁρμονίασ τὰ μέρη ὑπὸ τῶν μερῶν καὶ τὰσ μεσότητασ ὑπὸ τῶν μεσοτήτων κατά τε τὴν ἐν ἀριθμοῖσ ὑπεροχὴν καὶ κατὰ τὴν γεωμετρικὴν δύναμιν συμβαίνει. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 2312)
  • οὕτω δὲ πεφυκυῖα αὐτή τε καὶ τὰ μέρη αὐτῆσ πρὸσ ἄλληλα ταῖσ ὑπεροχαῖσ τε καὶ τοῖσ λόγοισ, ὅλη θ’ ὅλῃ καὶ τοῖσ μέρεσι συμφωνεῖ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 24 3:1)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ ἡδεῖσ καὶ διὰ τὸ χρήσιμον, ἰσάζοντεσ ταῖσ ὠφελείαισ καὶ διαφέροντεσ, τοὺσ ἴσουσ μὲν κατ’ ἰσότητα δεῖ τῷ φιλεῖν καὶ τοῖσ λοιποῖσ ἰσάζειν, τοὺσ δ’ ἀνίσουσ τὸ ἀνάλογον ταῖσ ὑπεροχαῖσ ἀποδιδόναι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 137:1)

Synonyms

  1. preeminence

Similar forms

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

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