Ὑπεροίσων

likely to surpass

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 28 words
[Meaning one who is] exceeding, having the advantage over.1 "He had acquired a great pride, so that [he thought himself] likely to surpass even Alexander [sc. the Great]."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπεροίσων· ὑπερβαλών, ὑπερενεγκών. ὁ δὲ τὸ φρόνημα μέγα ὡς καὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ὑπεροίσων, ἐκέκτητο.

Betacode
*(uperoi/swn: u(perbalw/n, u(perenegkw/n. o( de\ to\ fro/nhma me/ga w(s kai\ to\n *)ale/candron u(peroi/swn, e)ke/kthto.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
  2. 1Future participle of u(perfe/rw, glossed with aorist participles. Mss FV, Adler reports, have the present participle u(perba/llwn; Bernhardy remarks non quadrat aoristorum usu "it doesn't square with the use of the aorist forms." ↩
  3. 2Aelian fr. 330 Domingo-Forasté, 333 Hercher (individual unidentifiable). For Alexander, see alpha 1121. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note 2 — Catharine Roth
  4. x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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