Ὑπὲρ κάρα φοιτῶντα

proceeding above (the) head

Translated by Ioannis Doukas23 Apr 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning him] going above [the] head.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπὲρ κάρα φοιτῶντα· ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς ἐρχόμενον.

Betacode

*(upe\r ka/ra foitw=nta: u(pe\r kefalh=s e)rxo/menon.

Notes

The headword phrase, identically glossed in Photius and other lexica, is a slight misquotation of Euripides, Hippolytus 1058-1059, where, referring to birds, it is in the accusative plural (web address 1), not, as here, singular.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

υ312<20ὙπέρθωμαιI would hold over υ313ὙπερκαθέζομαιI sit over υ314Ὑπὲρ κάρα φοιτῶνταproceeding above (the) head υ315ὙπερκαταβαίνωI get down over, I get quite over υ316ὙπέρκειμαιI lie above

Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Nov 2013

22 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2010tweaked headword and tr; expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
23 Apr 2010Translated — Ioannis Doukas