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assurance from danger, personal safety, A. Supp. 495, etc.; τηρεῖν ἀ. ἐπιβουλῆς Antipho 2.2.8; ἀ. τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς precaution regarding it, And. 3.33, cf. Th. 4.68, 8.4; ἡ ἰδία ἀ., opp. ὁ τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνος, Lys. 31.7; δεηθεὶς τῆς ἀ. ἔτυχε safe-conduct, Hdt. 3.7; ἀ. διδόναι, παρέχειν, X. HG 2.2.2, Cyr. 4.5.28: freq. with Preps., ἀσφαλείης εἵνεκεν Hdt. 4.33; ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκα Ar. Av. 293; διʼ ἀσφαλείας τὰς πόλεις οἰκεῖν Th. 1.17; τὸ σῶμʼ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ καθιστάναι, καθεστάναι, Isoc. 9.30, X. Hier. 2.10; κατʼ ἀσφάλειαν in safety, Th. 4.128; μετʼ ἀσφαλείας Id. 1.120, Pl. Ti. 50b: pl., ἀσφάλειαι seasons of safety, Isoc. 8.21.
throw back upon: hence, ascribe, refer, μή τι θεοῖς τούτων μοῖραν ἐπαμφέρετε Sol. 11.2; τι εἴς τινα or εἴς τι, Ar. Nu. 1080, Pl. R. 434e, D. 5.11, 27.49; ἐπί τι Pl. Lg. 680d; ἐπί τι αἴτιον Arist. Ph. 196a13; ἐπὶ τὸ τέλος Epicur. Sent. 25; πρός τι Hp. VM 1 (v.l.); ἐπί τινα, of an analogous case, ib. 10: abs., πάλιν ἐ. And. 3.33; ἐ. τινὶ ὑπέρ τινος, Lat. referre alicui de re, Plb. 21.4.14:— Pass., ἐπανενεχθεισῶν τῶν συνθηκῶν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην Id. 1.17.1.
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reference of a question to an assembly, And. 3.33; to the people, Harp.
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superfluous, π. καὶ μακρὰ λέγειν Pl. Plt. 286c; ὅπως εἴ τις π. ἀφαιρεθῇ (sc. δαπάνη) Arist. Rh. 1359b27; π. ἐστί τι And. 3.33, cf. Is. 1.31; π. [ἐστι] τὸ λέγειν Arist. Pol. 1315a40, cf. Rh. 1369a8; futile, useless, πόλεμος Isoc. 15.117. Adv. -γως Timocl. 13.4, etc.
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excess, τοῦ μεγέθεος Archyt. 1; opp. ἔλλειψις or ἔνδεια, Pl. Prt. 356a, 357a, 357b; θερμασίης Hp. Vict. 2.65; ὑ. δισσὴ . . , τῷ ποσῷ καὶ τῷ ποιῷ Arist. PA 668b14; ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἔχειν c. acc. et inf., And. 3.33, etc.: hence in various phrases, χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ . . πρίασθαι at an extravagant price, E. Med. 232; ἐπέφερον τὴν ὑ. τοῦ καινοῦσθαι pushed on their extravagance in revolutionizing, Th. 3.82; οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολήν it can go no further, D. 21.119, cf. 25.54; ἃ μηδὲ πιθανὰς τὰς ὑ. ἔχει Men. Her. 62; so οὐδεμίαν or μηδεμίαν ὑ. λείπειν, Isoc. 4.5,110, cf. D. 3.25; οὐδεμίαν ὑ. καταλείπων φιλοτιμίας SIG 545.13 ( Delph., iii B. C.); εἴ τις ὑ. τούτου if there is aught beyond (worse than) this, D. 19.66, cf. Isoc. 5.42; ταῦτʼ οὐχ ὑ.; is not this the extreme, the last degree? D. 27.38; ὑπερβολὴν ποιήσομαι I will put an extreme case, Id. 19.332; τοσαύτην ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ὥστε . . to go so far that . . , Id. 18.190: folld. by a gen., ὑ. ποιεῖσθαι ἐκείνων τῆς αὑτοῦ βδελυρίας to carry his own rascality beyond theirs, Id. 22.52, cf. 23.201, And. 4.22, Lys. 14.38; ὑ. ποιεῖν τῆς τιμῆς to raise the price, Arist. Pol. 1259a26; εἰς ὑ. εὐδαιμονίας ἥκειν Isoc. 11.14; τοσαύτας ὑ. δωρειῶν παρές χηται D. 20.141; ὑ. ἀνοίας ἔχειν Polystr. p.27 W.