ῆς (ἡ) :
   I partie saillante, saillie, proéminence, avec un gén. POL. 10, 10, 10 ; PLUT. M. 936 a ; abs. POL. 3, 104, 3 ;
   II p. anal. ou fig. :
      1 supériorité, excellence, ARSTT. Rhet. 2, 12, 6 ; Pol. 4, 13, 10, etc. ; au plur. ISOCR. 238 b ; ARSTT. Pol. 7, 1, 5 ; d’où suprématie, autorité, ARSTT. Pol. 1, 64, 1, etc. ; au plur. DS. 4, 41 ;
      2 excès, surabondance, p. opp. à ἔλλειψις, ARSTT. Metaph. 3, 2, 18, etc. ; Nic. 1, 7, 14, etc. ; au plur. PLAT. Leg. 711 d, etc. ;
      3 t. de math. excédent, PLUT. Marc. 17, M. 1022 b, 1028 c, 1139 d ; ARCHIM. Plan. æq. 1, 2 ; DIOPH. Arithm. 4, 37 ;
      4 t. de rhét. périphrase, p. opp. à ἔλλειψις, PLAT. Pol. 283 c.

Étym. ὑπερέχω.

ἡ, (ὑπερέχω II) projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει ῥινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας· Ephipp. 3, cf. Gp. 9.10.4; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Plb. 10.10.10, Plu. 2.936a; top of an upright beam, Ath.Mech. 17.4; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Ruf. Onom. 139; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν μαστῶν) Sor. 1.55; abs., an eminence, Plb. 3.104.3.
rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι… ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Chrysipp. Stoic. 2.200; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Plot. 5.8.3. metaph, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Arist. Rh. 1389a13; ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑ. Id. Pol. 1297b18; τὴν ὑ. ἀπονέμειν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ib. 1293b41; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, ib. 1296a31; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude, ib. 1293a4; ἡ ἐν τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ὑ. IG2². 3800; pl., πρὸς τὰς ὑ. οὕτω διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 12.16; διαφέρεσθαι ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ ταῖς ὑ. Arist. Pol. 1323a35. like ὑπερβολή, excess, opp. ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Id. Metaph. 1004b12, cf. Archim. Spir. 11, Aequil. 1.2, Dioph. 1.6, al. ; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Papp. 76.21, al., cf. Archyt. 2, Porph. in Harm. p. 266 W. ; excess, of a sum of money, SIG 976.66 (Samos, ii BC); in Physics, Arist. Ph. 187a16, 189b10, HA 486b8, al. ; διαφέρειν καθ’ ὑπεροχήν Id. PA 644a17, al. ; τάχος τὸ ὑ. [ἔχον] κινήσεως Id. Metaph. 1052b30; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὑ. Id. EN 1098a11, cf. Rh. 1368a25; τῶν ἠθῶν (sc. τοὖΕπικούρου) IG2². 1099.27 (Epist. Plotinae), cf. 4²(1).86.18 (Epid., prob.); φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ’ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Arist. EN 1158b12, cf. 1161a20; pl., κατὰ πλούτων ὑπεροχάς Pl. Lg. 711d; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς εὐτυχημάτων ὄντες Arist. Pol. 1295b14. alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Plb. 1.64.1; τὴν Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως ὑ. Antiph. 187.4; δαιμόνων ὑ. OGI 383.75 (Nemrud Dagh, i BC); οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι D.S. 4.41; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες PTeb. 734.24 (ii BC), 1 Ep. Ti. 2.2; ἀνὴρ ἐν ὑ. κείμενος LXX 2 Ma. 3.11. of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opp. ἔλλειψις, Pl. Plt. 283c. as a title, Excellency, Just. Nov. 25.5; ἡ ὑμετέρα Ὑ. POxy. 130.20 (vi AD).

ἡ, das darüber Hervorragen, die Vorragung, βουνῶν Pol. 10.10.10, u. öfter, der Auswuchs. – Uebtr., der Vorzug, Vortrefflichkeit, Hippocr.; Macht, Pol. 1.64.1 u. öfter ; – das Uebermaß, πλούτων Plat. Legg. IV.711d ; Ggstz ἔλλειψις, Polit. 283c.

ὑπεροχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ὑπερέχω) [in LXX: Jer.52:22 (קוֹמָה), 2Ma.3:11, al. ;]
a projection, eminence, as the peak of a mountain. Metaph. (Arist.), excellence, pre-eminence: λόγου ἢ σοφίας, 1Co.2:1; οἱ ἐν ὑ (for a parallel to this phrase, see Deiss., BS, 255, and cf. 2Mac, l.with), 1Ti.2:2.†
(AS)