ὑπερβολή — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.ὑπερβολᾱ́ᾶςfὑπερβάλλω going overcrossingw.gen.of a mountainX. Plb.place for crossingpassX. Plb. Plu.going beyondotherssuperiorityof persons or thingsTh. Isoc. Pl. Arist. potential to go beyondothersopportunity to surpasssts. w.gen.in sthg.Att.orats. exceedingof what has gone beforefurther degreeof sthg.Isoc. D. Men.going beyondwhat is neededsurplus, surfeit, excessopp. deficiencyIsoc. Pl. Arist. going too farexcess, extremeextravaganceof material and non-material things, esp. aspects of behaviourE. Th. Att.orats. Pl. Arist. Men. extravagant language, exaggerationIsoc. D.as a figure of speechhyperboleArist. going higherincreasew.gen.in priceArist.gener.extremely great amount or degreesurpassing degreew.gen.of honourPlu.surpassing volumew.gen.of a voicePlu. putting offdelay, postponementsts. w.gen.of sthg.Hdt. Plb. advbl. and prep.phrs.ὑπερβολῇto a surpassing or excessive degree, extremely or excessivelyArist. Men. Plb.alsoεἰς ὑπερβολήνE. Isoc. Aeschin. Arist.in excessw.gen.of someoneE.alsoἐξ ὑπερβολῆςPlb.καθ’ ὑπερβολήνS. Att.orats. Arist. Plb.in an excessw.gen.of sthg.Aeschin.alsoπρὸς ὑπερβολήνIsoc.in an excessw.gen.of sthg.Is.

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a throwing beyond

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ὑπερβολή

Headword (normalized):

ὑπερβολή

Headword (normalized/stripped):

υπερβολη

Intro Text:

ὑπερβολήῆς

IDX:

40896

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-40897

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