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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

  • τινὰ δὲ καὶ Ὑρκανοῦ τοῦ Τωβίου σφόδρα ἀνδρὸσ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ κειμένου —οὐχ ὥσπερ ἦν διαβάλλων ὁ δυσεβὴσ Σίμων— τὰ δὲ πάντα ἀργυρίου τετρακόσια τάλαντα, χρυσίου δὲ διακόσια. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:11)
  • ὁ δὲ λογισμὸν ἀστεῖον ἀναλαβὼν καὶ ἄξιον τῆσ ἡλικίασ καὶ τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ ὑπεροχῆσ καὶ τῆσ ἐπικτήτου καὶ ἐπιφανοῦσ πολιᾶσ καὶ τῆσ ἐκ παιδὸσ καλλίστησ ἀναστροφῆσ, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆσ ἁγίασ καὶ θεοκτίστου νομοθεσίασ ἀκολούθωσ ἀπεφῄνατο, ταχέωσ λέγων προπέμπειν εἰσ τὸν ᾅδην. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:23)
  • ἐνταῦθα τὸν ἱεροσυλίασ ἔνοχον ὄντα ἢ καί τινων ἄλλων κακῶν ὑπεροχὴν πεποιημένον ἅπαντεσ προσωθοῦσιν εἰσ ὄλεθρον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:6)
  • εἶθ̓ οὕτωσ ἐπιφανῆναι ἄνδρα πολιᾷ καὶ δόξῃ διαφέροντα, θαυμαστὴν δέ τινα καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτην εἶναι τὴν περὶ αὐτὸν ὑπεροχήν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:13)
  • καὶ γεῖσοσ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ χαλκοῦν, καὶ πέντε πήχεων τὸ μῆκοσ ὑπεροχὴ τοῦ γείσουσ τοῦ ἑνόσ, καὶ δίκτυον καὶ ρόαι ἐπὶ τοῦ γείσουσ κύκλῳ, τὰ πάντα χαλκᾶ. καὶ κατὰ ταῦτα τῷ στύλῳ τῷ δευτέρῳ, ὀκτὼ ρόαι τῷ πήχει τοῖσ δώδεκα πήχεσι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 52:19)
  • τὸ μέντοι μῖσοσ οὐκ ἀνίησιν ἡ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑπεροχὴ καὶ δύναμισ. (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 6 9:1)
  • τὰ δὲ τῶν κολακευομένων ἐμφυσωμένων τῇ κολακείᾳ, χαύνουσ καὶ κενοὺσ ποιοῦντα, πάντων ἐν ὑπεροχῇ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι κατασκευάζεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 67 1:1)
  • "τῶν φασιανῶν, φησίν, οὐ κατὰ λόγον ἡ ὑπεροχὴ τῶν ἀρρένων, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μείζων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 69 3:2)

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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