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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

  • αἱ δὲ τῶν εὐτυχημάτων ὑπεροχαὶ καὶ λαμπρότητεσ πολλάκισ τὸν φθόνον κατασβεννύουσιν. (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 6 6:1)
  • "ἡ δ’ ἁρμονία ἐστὶν οὐρανία, τὴν φύσιν ἔχουσα θείαν καὶ καλὴν καὶ δαιμονίαν τετραμερὴσ δὲ τῇ δυνάμει πεφυκυῖα δύο μεσότητασ ἔχει, ἀριθμητικήν τε καὶ ἁρμονικὴν φαίνεταί τε τὰ μέρη αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰ μεγέθη καὶ αἱ ὑπεροχαὶ κατ’ ἀριθμὸν καὶ ἰσομετρίαν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 232)
  • ἀνάλογον γὰρ ἔχουσιν αἱ ὑπεροχαὶ τῶν γενῶν καὶ τῶν μεγίστων ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 7 4:4)
  • αἱ γὰρ τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑπεροχαὶ τηροῦνται μὲν εὐνοίᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, καταλύονται δὲ ἀδικήμασι καὶ μίσει τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 2 2:2)
  • αἱ δὲ λοιπαὶ τρεῖσ τῶν ἐλαττόνων βουνῶν ὑπεροχαὶ τὸ πρὸσ ἄρκτον αὐτῆσ μέροσ περιέχουσι. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 10 10:1)

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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