Ὑπεραίρω

I exalt

Translated by Ioannis Doukas2 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 40 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive.1 "To be exalted above cedars, even those of God."2 But [sc. also used] with an accusative: "[if you judged divinity by mass and weight...] you would have to exalt the adversary above the majesty of Jesus."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπεραίρω· γενικῇ. κέδρων ὑπεραίρεσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ. αἰτιατικῇ δέ· ὥρα σοι τῆς Ἰησοῦ μεγαλειότητος ὑπεραίρειν τὸν ἀντικείμενον.

Betacode
*(uperai/rw: genikh=|. ke/drwn u(perai/resqai, kai\ tau=ta tw=n tou= qeou=. ai)tiatikh=| de/: w(/ra soi th=s *)ihsou= megaleio/thtos u(perai/rein to\n a)ntikei/menon. 

Notes (3)

  1. See also upsilon 256.
    Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV.
  2. 1In the first quotation, the passive voice is illustrated with a genitive. ↩
  3. 2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Gregory of Nazianzus, Supremum vale PG 36.465. ↩
  4. 3Again, quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Gregory of Nazianus, In sancta lumina PG 36.353. The verb appears with an accusative and a genitive. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 23 Nov 2022
  1. tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Tweaked translation and contextualized quotation. — Jennifer Benedict
  5. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

Cite this entry

“I exalt.” Suda On Line. Tr. Ioannis Doukas. 2 February 2010. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/upsilon/257>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/upsilon/257>.

Translation by Ioannis Doukas for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Jennifer Benedict, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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