ὕπερος
ὕπερος,
ὁ, or
ὕπερον,
τό, v. infr.:—
A). pestle, ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν Hes. Op. 423 ;
λεήναντες ὑπέροισι Hdt. 1.200 ;
ὑπέρου μοι περιτροπὴ γενήσεται, prov. of never-ending and ineffectual labour,
Pl.Com. 1 , cf.
Pl. Tht. 209e ,
Philem. 30 ,
Plu. 2.1072b ; so
εἰ ἐς ὅλμον ὕδωρ ἐκχέας ὑπέρῳ σιδηρῷ πτίττοι Luc. Herm. 79 ;
ὕπερα σιδηρᾶ Poll. 7.107 , with which Bgk. compared ..
έροις σιδηροῖς, the mutilated title of a successful comedy in
IG 14.1097 .
II). anything shaped like a pestle,
III). like
πηνίον , a pupa of a geometrid moth,
Arist. HA 551b6 .—The form
ὕπερον,
τό, is found in
Hesperia 5.383 (Athens, v B. C., pl.),
Hp. Art. 5 ,
78 ,
Plb. 1.22.7 ,
PRyl. 167.14 (pl., i A.D.),
Luc. Philops. 35 ,
Poll. 1.245 ,
7.107 ,
10.114 ,
EM 779.48 ; whereas none of the other passages in which the word occurs prove anything about the gender, except
Hes. l.c.; whence it has been suggested that
τρίπηχυ should be read there, and
ὕπερον, received as the only form.
ShortDef
a pestle to bray and pound with
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὕπερος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
υπερος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-107757
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὕπερος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, or <span class="orth greek">ὕπερον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, v. infr.:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pestle,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὕπερον δὲ τρίπηχυν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 423 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λεήναντες ὑπέροισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.200 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὑπέρου μοι περιτροπὴ γενήσεται,</span> prov. of never-ending and ineffectual labour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:209e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:209e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 209e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 30 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1072b </span>; so <span class="quote greek">εἰ ἐς ὅλμον ὕδωρ ἐκχέας ὑπέρῳ σιδηρῷ πτίττοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herm.</span> 79 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὕπερα σιδηρᾶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.107 </a> , with which Bgk. compared .. <span class="foreign greek">έροις σιδηροῖς,</span> the mutilated title of a successful comedy in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1097 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything shaped like a pestle,</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">club, cudgel,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 63 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Demon.</span> 48 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lever for stretching dislocated joints,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 13 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> like <span class="ref greek">πηνίον</span> , a pupa of a geometrid moth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:551b:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:551b.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 551b6 </a>.—The form <span class="orth greek">ὕπερον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, is found in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hesperia</span> 5.383 </span> (Athens, v B. C., pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 5 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> 78 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:22:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:22:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.22.7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 167.14 </span> (pl., i A.D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg031:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Philops.</span> 35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1.245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 1.245 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.107/canonical-url/"> 7.107 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:10:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:10.114/canonical-url/"> 10.114 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:779:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:779.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 779.48 </a>; whereas none of the other passages in which the word occurs prove anything about the gender, except <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> </span> l.c.; whence it has been suggested that <span class="foreign greek">τρίπηχυ</span> should be read there, and <span class="foreign greek">ὕπερον, </span> received as the only form.</div> </div><br><br>'}