Strong G5242ὑπερέχω
be higher
- Transliteration
- huperechō
- Pronunciation
- hoop-er-ekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ὑπερ-έχω
[in LXX: Gen.25:23 (אָמַץ), Exo.26:13 (עֲדַף), Sir.36:7, al.;]
1. trans., to hold over or above.
2. Intrans. (when a noun follows, the case is governed by the prep.; see Bl., § 34, 1; 36, 8), to rise above, overtop; metaphorically,
__(a) to be superior in rank, etc.: Rom.13:1, 1Pe.2:13 (cf. Wis.6:6);
__(b) to be superior, excel, surpass: with genitive (cl.; see supr.), Php.2:3; with accusative (cl.; see supr.), Php.4:7; as subst., τ. ὑπερέχον, the excellency, the surpassing worth, Php.3:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.25:23 (אָמַץ), Exo.26:13 (עֲדַף), Sir.36:7, al.;]
1. trans., to hold over or above.
2. Intrans. (when a noun follows, the case is governed by the prep.; see Bl., § 34, 1; 36, 8), to rise above, overtop; metaphorically,
__(a) to be superior in rank, etc.: Rom.13:1, 1Pe.2:13 (cf. Wis.6:6);
__(b) to be superior, excel, surpass: with genitive (cl.; see supr.), Php.2:3; with accusative (cl.; see supr.), Php.4:7; as subst., τ. ὑπερέχον, the excellency, the surpassing worth, Php.3:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5242 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- excellency1
- good1
- higher1
- passeth1
- supreme1
First verses
- Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
- Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
- Philippians 4:7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπερέχω,
Epic dialect ὑπειρ- [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. below 1.2))]: Epic dialect imperfect ὑπείρεχον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426:)]aorist ὑπερέσχον, and in poetry form -έσχεθον, [Refs (11.735, 24.374)]: future -έξω[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 60.6 (3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—hold over, σπλάγχνα.. ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο held them over the fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426; μου τὸ σκιάδειον ὑπέρεχε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1508; ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν [prev. author] “Eq.” 1176)]; ὑπερέχοντα τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς θαλάσσης holding it up out of the sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 537b1.)]
2 ὑ. χεῖρά (χεῖράς) τινος hold one's hand over him, so as to protect, μάλα γάρ ἑθεν εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς χεῖρα ἑὴν ὑπερέσχε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, 687; τις.. ἐμεῖο θεῶν ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα 24.374; Ζεὺς τῆσδε πόληος ὑπειρέχοι.. χεῖρα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757; so πόλεως ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 215 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 199.7: with _dative_ _person_, οἱ.. ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.433; αἴ κ᾽ ὔμμιν ὑπέρσχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων 4.249, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.184.)]
3 hold above, ὑ. τὸ ῥύγχος, ὅπως ἀναπνέῃ, of the dolphin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589b11, compare 566b15, 599b27, +others; ὑ. ὀφρύν)]elevate, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.298 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
II intransitive, to be above, rise above the horizon, εὖτ᾽ ἀστὴρ ὑπερέσχε φαάντατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.93)]; αὐτῆς [Αἰγύπτου] εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον no part of it was above water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.4)]; ὕδωρ,.. ὃ μόλις ὑπερέχοντες ἐπεραιώθησαν which they crossed, with their heads only just above it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; ἕψεται ἄχρι ἂν ὑπερέχῃ τὸ ὕδωρ till it sticks out above the water, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7)]; but ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ ὥστε ὑπερέχειν till it covers (i.e. the contents of the vessel), [Refs ([prev. author] 5.87; τὸ κέρας τὸ ἕτερον ἢ καὶ ἀμφότερα ὑπερέχοντα)]projecting above the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41)]; γεῖσον.. ὑπερέχον τρία ἡμιπόδια projecting a foot and a half, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1668.34, compare 7.3073.71 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC): with _genitive_, ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης)] rose above, overlooked the earth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.735; ὄμμ᾽ ὑπερσχὸν ἴτυος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1384; [σταυροὺς] οὐχ ὑπερέχοντας τῆς θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25; σκεύη ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ τειχίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.7; ὤφθη.. ὁ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμὸς ὑπερέχειν θατέρου παμπόλλῳ δή τινι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).301.)]
II.2 overtop, be prominent above, στάντων μὲν Μενέλαος ὑπείρεχεν εὐρέας ὤμους, i. e. stood (head and) shoulders above them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.210; ὅκως τινὰ ἴδοι τῶν ἀσταχύων ὑπερέχοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a37; φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα πάντα κολούειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.έ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.17)]; [ᾡ] ὁ πρῶτος ὅρος ὑ. τοῦ δευτέρου.. μέρει by the fraction by which the first term exceeds the second, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2: τὸ ὑπερέχον)] the excess, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1.6.)]
II.3 in military phrase, outflank, τῶν πολεμίων ὑ. τῷ κέρατι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.18, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.107.)]
II.4 metaphorically, with accusative, overtop, excel, outdo, βροτῶν πάντων ὑπερσχὼν ὄλβον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 709 (troch.); σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1365 (_anapaest meter_); πελταστικῷ εἰκὸς ὑ. τὴν ἡμετέραν δύναμιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.9.)]
II.4.b with genitive, πάντων ὑ. μεγέθει καὶ ἀρετῇ [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 24e, compare “Prm.” 150e, “Grg.” 475c; ὑ. τῶν πολλῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.206, cf. NT.Phil.2.3; ἁπάντων ὑπερέχουσι τῶν κακῶν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.7 (troch.).)]
II.4.c absolutely, prevail, θεῶν ὑπερέσχε νόος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 202)]; οἱ ὑπερσχόντες the more powerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 215; τῶν πόλεων αἱ ὑπερέχουσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95)]; οἱ ὑπερέχοντες those in authority, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.78, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 61.30, +others;)] ἐπειδὰν ἡ θάλαττα ὑπέρσχῃ has prevailed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.69)]; ἐν τοῖς πολεμίοις ὑ. excel in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 642)]; ἐνδέχεται.. μὴ τοσοῦτον ὑ. τῷ ποσῷ, ὅσον λείπεσθαι τῷ ποιῷ exceed so much.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b23)]; ὑπὲρ ὧν πλειονάκι ἐντετευχυιῶν ὑπερέχων ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους καθίστησι being too strong for us, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 4638.18 (2nd c.BC))]; πᾶν κρύφιον οὐχ ὑπερεῖχε σέ was beyond thee (i. e. thy comprehension), [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Eze.28.3.)]
II.4.d passive, to be outdone, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 102c, 102d; τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ὑπερέχειν καὶ ὑπερέχεσθαι [prev. author] “Prm.” 150d; κατὰ πλοῦτον ὑπερέχειν κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν δ᾽ ὑπερέχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a7, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.805.)]
II.5 in Logic, have a wider extension, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 99a24, compare “Rh.” 1363b8 (_active_ and _passive_).)]
II.6 ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσι δανεῖσαι to lend on the security of excess value, of a second mortgage, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 364.33 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
III with genitive of things, rise above, be able to bear, τῆς ἀντλίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 17; τῶν ἀναλωμάτων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.80 (variant for{ὑπερεῖδον}).)]
IV have over, ὑπερέχει he has in hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 292.498, compare 790.25 (3rd c.BC); ὑπερέξομεν πρὸς τὸ διὰ χερός [prev. work]355.93 (3rd c.BC).)] —Cf. ὑπερίσχω.
Epic dialect ὑπειρ- [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. below 1.2))]: Epic dialect imperfect ὑπείρεχον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426:)]aorist ὑπερέσχον, and in poetry form -έσχεθον, [Refs (11.735, 24.374)]: future -έξω[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 60.6 (3rd c.BC), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—hold over, σπλάγχνα.. ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο held them over the fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.426; μου τὸ σκιάδειον ὑπέρεχε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1508; ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν [prev. author] “Eq.” 1176)]; ὑπερέχοντα τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς θαλάσσης holding it up out of the sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 537b1.)]
2 ὑ. χεῖρά (χεῖράς) τινος hold one's hand over him, so as to protect, μάλα γάρ ἑθεν εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς χεῖρα ἑὴν ὑπερέσχε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, 687; τις.. ἐμεῖο θεῶν ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα 24.374; Ζεὺς τῆσδε πόληος ὑπειρέχοι.. χεῖρα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757; so πόλεως ἵν᾽ ὑπερέχοιεν ἀλκάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 215 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 199.7: with _dative_ _person_, οἱ.. ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.433; αἴ κ᾽ ὔμμιν ὑπέρσχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων 4.249, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.184.)]
3 hold above, ὑ. τὸ ῥύγχος, ὅπως ἀναπνέῃ, of the dolphin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589b11, compare 566b15, 599b27, +others; ὑ. ὀφρύν)]elevate, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.298 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
II intransitive, to be above, rise above the horizon, εὖτ᾽ ἀστὴρ ὑπερέσχε φαάντατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.93)]; αὐτῆς [Αἰγύπτου] εἶναι οὐδὲν ὑπερέχον no part of it was above water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.4)]; ὕδωρ,.. ὃ μόλις ὑπερέχοντες ἐπεραιώθησαν which they crossed, with their heads only just above it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; ἕψεται ἄχρι ἂν ὑπερέχῃ τὸ ὕδωρ till it sticks out above the water, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7)]; but ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ ὥστε ὑπερέχειν till it covers (i.e. the contents of the vessel), [Refs ([prev. author] 5.87; τὸ κέρας τὸ ἕτερον ἢ καὶ ἀμφότερα ὑπερέχοντα)]projecting above the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41)]; γεῖσον.. ὑπερέχον τρία ἡμιπόδια projecting a foot and a half, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1668.34, compare 7.3073.71 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC): with _genitive_, ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης)] rose above, overlooked the earth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.735; ὄμμ᾽ ὑπερσχὸν ἴτυος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1384; [σταυροὺς] οὐχ ὑπερέχοντας τῆς θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25; σκεύη ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ τειχίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.7; ὤφθη.. ὁ δεξιὸς ὀφθαλμὸς ὑπερέχειν θατέρου παμπόλλῳ δή τινι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).301.)]
II.2 overtop, be prominent above, στάντων μὲν Μενέλαος ὑπείρεχεν εὐρέας ὤμους, i. e. stood (head and) shoulders above them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.210; ὅκως τινὰ ἴδοι τῶν ἀσταχύων ὑπερέχοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ζ,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a37; φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα πάντα κολούειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.έ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.17)]; [ᾡ] ὁ πρῶτος ὅρος ὑ. τοῦ δευτέρου.. μέρει by the fraction by which the first term exceeds the second, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2: τὸ ὑπερέχον)] the excess, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 1.6.)]
II.3 in military phrase, outflank, τῶν πολεμίων ὑ. τῷ κέρατι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.18, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.107.)]
II.4 metaphorically, with accusative, overtop, excel, outdo, βροτῶν πάντων ὑπερσχὼν ὄλβον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 709 (troch.); σωφροσύνῃ πάντας ὑ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1365 (_anapaest meter_); πελταστικῷ εἰκὸς ὑ. τὴν ἡμετέραν δύναμιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.9.)]
II.4.b with genitive, πάντων ὑ. μεγέθει καὶ ἀρετῇ [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 24e, compare “Prm.” 150e, “Grg.” 475c; ὑ. τῶν πολλῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.206, cf. NT.Phil.2.3; ἁπάντων ὑπερέχουσι τῶν κακῶν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.7 (troch.).)]
II.4.c absolutely, prevail, θεῶν ὑπερέσχε νόος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 202)]; οἱ ὑπερσχόντες the more powerful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 215; τῶν πόλεων αἱ ὑπερέχουσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.95)]; οἱ ὑπερέχοντες those in authority, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.78, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 61.30, +others;)] ἐπειδὰν ἡ θάλαττα ὑπέρσχῃ has prevailed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.69)]; ἐν τοῖς πολεμίοις ὑ. excel in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 642)]; ἐνδέχεται.. μὴ τοσοῦτον ὑ. τῷ ποσῷ, ὅσον λείπεσθαι τῷ ποιῷ exceed so much.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b23)]; ὑπὲρ ὧν πλειονάκι ἐντετευχυιῶν ὑπερέχων ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους καθίστησι being too strong for us, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Sammelb.” 4638.18 (2nd c.BC))]; πᾶν κρύφιον οὐχ ὑπερεῖχε σέ was beyond thee (i. e. thy comprehension), [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Eze.28.3.)]
II.4.d passive, to be outdone, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 102c, 102d; τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ὑπερέχειν καὶ ὑπερέχεσθαι [prev. author] “Prm.” 150d; κατὰ πλοῦτον ὑπερέχειν κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν δ᾽ ὑπερέχεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a7, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.805.)]
II.5 in Logic, have a wider extension, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 99a24, compare “Rh.” 1363b8 (_active_ and _passive_).)]
II.6 ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπερέχουσι δανεῖσαι to lend on the security of excess value, of a second mortgage, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 364.33 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
III with genitive of things, rise above, be able to bear, τῆς ἀντλίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 17; τῶν ἀναλωμάτων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.80 (variant for{ὑπερεῖδον}).)]
IV have over, ὑπερέχει he has in hand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 292.498, compare 790.25 (3rd c.BC); ὑπερέξομεν πρὸς τὸ διὰ χερός [prev. work]355.93 (3rd c.BC).)] —Cf. ὑπερίσχω.