154b

βᾰφ-εύς, έως, ὁ, ([etym.] βάπτω)

A a dyer, Pl.R. 429d, Diph.72, Plu. Per.12, etc.; the βαφεῖς formed a guild at Thyatira, IGRom.4.1265; also in the νομὸς Ἀρσινοΐτης, PTeb.287.3 (ii A.D.).

II gilder, Zos.Alch.p.154B.

εὐχερ-ής, ές,

A tolerant of or indifferent to evil, unpleasantness or inaccuracy, not squeamish,

ἡ ὗς -έστατον πρὸς πᾶσαν τροφὴν ζῴων ἐστίν Arist. HA 595a18

;

οὐδενὸς γὰρ πώποτε ἀπέβαλεν ὀσπρίου λέπος· οὕτως ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν εὐ. ἀνήρ Alex. 266.8

, cf. Aristopho 12.5, S.Ph. 519, 875; of lizardeaters,

λίαν εὐχερεῖς Menesth.

ap. Orib.2.68.13; εὐ.βίος of the swineherd, Pl.Plt. 266d; τὸ εὐ. τῶν ὀνομάτων the loose use of names, Id.Tht. 184c. Adv. -ρῶς, φέρειν τὴν ὠχρότητα, i.e. gloss it over, Id.R. 474e, cf. Tht. 154b;

εὐ. ἔχειν πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωποφαγίαν Arist. Pol. 1338b21

; -

ρῶς ὥσπερ θηρίον ὕειον ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνηται Pl.R. 535e

: [comp] Comp. - έστερον

, πρὸς πᾶν βρῶμα ἔχειν X.Lac.2.5

; ἄλλο μικρῷ μεῖζον -έστερον κινοῦσιν more readily, with fewer qualms, Arist. Pol. 1307b5, cf. Din. 1.55.

2 unscrupulous, reckless, D.21.103, Arist. Metaph. 1025a2. Adv. - ρῶς heedlessly, recklessly,

ὦ λέγων εὐχερῶς ὅτι ἂν βουληθῇς D.18.70

, cf. 264.

II indifferent to danger or suffering, cool, unconcerned, unflinching, τῆς πολεμικῆς χρείας τῆς κατ' ἄνδρα.. εὐχερεῖς καὶ πρακτικοί cool and efficient in individual fighting, Plb.4.8.9;

εἰς εὐχερῆ τῆς ἀποτέξεως ὑπομονήν Sor.1.46

(cf.

εὐχέρεια 11

). Adv. - ρῶς καὶ εὐκόλως ἐξέπιεν drank the hemlock coolly and good-humouredly, Pl.Phd. 117c.

III easy, εὐχερές ἐστι c. inf., Batr.62;

τὰ λαχανευόμενα μεταφυτεύεται πρὸς εὐχερῆ τελείωσιν Sor.1.87

: [comp] Comp., ib. 108. Adv. -

ρῶς, νόσου γινομένης εὐχερῶς ἀποξύνεται τὸ γάλα Id.1.115

, cf. PLond.2.401.24 (ii B.C.): [comp] Sup. - έστατα, τρέπονται (sc. εἰς φυγήν) D.S.31.38.

2 σπασμοὶ εὐχερέες, i.e. not dangerous, Hp. Prorrh.1.119 (cf. Gal.16.773); cf.

εὐήθης 1.3

.

3 c. dat., suitable, adapted, θάλασσα.. μεγάλαις ναυσὶν οὐκ εὐ. App.BC2.84.

ζών-ιον, τό, Dim. of ζώνη, Ar. Lys.72, Arist.Mir. 832b23, AP5.157 (Asclep.), Plu.2.154b.

θαυμ-αστός, [dialect] Ion. [pref] θωμ-, ή, όν,

A wonderful, marvellous, first in neut. as Adv.,

θαυμαστὸν γανόωντα h.Cer.10

; ἔργα μεγάλα καὶ θ. Hdt. 1 Prooem.;

θ. καρπός Id.9.122

; θ. λόχος γυναικῶν, of the Furies, A.Eu.46;

οὐδὲν τούτων θαυμαστὸν ἐμοί S.Ph. 191

, etc.;

ὃ πάντων -ότατον Pl.Smp. 220a

; θ. πλέγμα, Medic., the rete mirabile, Gal.5.196: c. acc.,

θαυμαστὴ τὸ κάλλος Pl.Phd. 110c

;

πᾶσαν ἀρετήν Id.Lg. 945e

: c. gen.,

τῆς εὐσταθείας Plu.Publ.14

;

τῆς ἐπιεικείας Id.Per.39

: c. dat.,

πλήθει Id.Caes.6

;

πλέοσι ἐσόμεθα θωμαστότεροι Hdt. 9.122

;

πρός τι Plu.2.980d

: folld. by an interrog., εἰ, etc., θαυμαστὸν ὅσον.. , Lat. mirum quantum, Pl.Tht. 150d, etc.;

θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον D.24.122

;

θαυμαστά γ', εἰ.. X.Smp.4.3

; οὐδὲν θ., εἰ.., Pl.Phdr. 279a, R. 390a;

οὐ δὴ θ., εἰ.. D.2.23

. Adv.

- τῶς Pl.Lg. 633b

;

θαυμαστῶς ὡς σφόδρα Id.R. 331a

: neut. pl. as Adv., Id.Smp. 192b;

θαυμαστὰ ὡς S.Fr. 960

, E.IA 943.

II admirable, excellent, πατήρ, υἱός, ὄλβος, Pi.P.3.71,4.241, N.9.45; ἁνὴρ γὰρ οὐ στενακτὸς.., ἀλλ' εἴ τις βροτῶν θ. S.OC 1665; iron.,

πράξας μὲν εὖ θ. ἂν γένοιτ' ἀνήρ A.Pers. 212

; strange, absurd,

θ. καὶ γελοῖα Pl.Tht. 154b

; θαυμαστὰ δρῶντες ib. 151a; θαυμαστὰ ἐργάζεται behaves in an extraordinary way, Id.Smp. 213d, cf.

θαυμάσιος 111

;

θαυμαστὸν ποιεῖς, ὅς.. X.Mem.2.7.13

;

ὦ θαυμαστέ Pl. Plt. 265a

;

ὦ θαυμαστότατοι X.An.7.7.10

.

III to be worshipped,

οὐδείς μ' ἀρέσκει νυκτὶ θαυμαστὸς θεῶν E.Hipp. 106

.

θεῖος (A), α, ον: late [dialect] Ep. [full] θέειος Procl.H.2.16; [full] θεήϊος Bion Fr.15.9; late [dialect] Aeol. [full] θήϊος Epigr.Gr.989.4 ([place name] Balbilla); [dialect] Lacon. [full] σεῖος (v. infr. 1.3): [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. θειότερος, -ότατος, freq. in Pl., Phdr. 279a, Mx. 244d, al.: ([etym.] θεός):

1 of or from the gods, divine,

γένος Il.6.180

;

ὀμφή 2.41

; Ὄνειρος ib.22;

ἐπιπνοίαις A.Supp. 577

, cf. Pl.R. 499c;

μάστιξ A. Pr. 682

;

μανία S.Aj. 611

(lyr.); νόσος ib. 185 (lyr.) (but θ. νόσος, of a dust-storm, Id.Ant. 421);

κίνδυνοι And.1.139

; θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ by divine intervention, X.HG7.5.10;

θ. τύχῃ γεγονώς Hdt.1.126

;

θ. τύχῃ χρεώμενος Id.3.139

; θ. κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ, of an easy death, S.OC 1585;

ἐκ θ. τύχης Id.Ph. 1326

;

ἔμαθε ὡς θ. εἴη τὸ πρῆγμα Hdt.6.69

;

ὁ θ. νόμος Th.3.82

; φύσις θ. SIG1125.8 ([place name] Eleusis), cf. 2 Ep.Pet.1.4; appointed of God,

βασιλῆες Od.4.691

; σκῆπτρον given by God, S.Ph. 139 (lyr.); v. infr. 2.

2 belonging or sacred to a god, holy, ἀγών, χορός, Il.7.298, Od. 8.264; under divine protection, πύργος, δόμος, Il.21.526, Od.4.43; of heralds and bards, Il.4.192, Od.4.17, al.; so perh., of kings, ib. 691.

3 morethan human, of heroes,

Ὀδυσσεύς Il.2.335

, al., Cratin. 144.4 (lyr.);

θ. ἀνήρ Pi.P.6.38

, A.Ag. 1548 (lyr.), Pl.R. 331e, Men. 99d (esp. at Sparta ([dialect] Lacon. σεῖος), Arist.EN 1145a29; ὦ θεῖε (in the mouth of a Spartan) Pl.Lg. 626c);

μετὰ σοῦ τῆς θείας κεφαλῆς Id.Phdr. 234d

, cf. Them.Or.9.128a, Lib.Or.19.66.

b of things, excellent,

θεῖον ποτόν Od.2.341

, 9.205;

ἁλὸς θείοιο Il.9.214

; θ. πρήγματα marvellous things, Hdt.2.66;

ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον Id.7.137

.

4 = Lat. divinus (or sacer), Imperial, διατάξεις prob. in BGU473.5 ( 200 A.D.), etc.;

θησαυροί PLips. 62ii14

(iv A.D.); θ. ὅρκος oath by the Emperor, POxy.83.6 (iv A.D.), etc.; θειότατος, of living Emperors, Inscr.Prien.105.22 (9 B.C.), etc.

b = Lat. divus, of deified Emperors, θ. Σεβαστός Edict.Claud. ap.J.AJ19.5.3, cf.Inscr.Perg. 283 (iii A.D.), Lyd.Mag.2.3.

II as Subst., θεῖον, τό, the Divinity, Hdt.1.32,3.108, al., A.Ch. 958 (lyr.);

τοῦ θ. χάριν Th.5.70

; ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ. Pl.Phdr. 242c.

2 in an abstract sense, divinity, κεκοινώνηκε.. τοῦ θ. ib. 246d; ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ..., ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος] Arist.PA 656a8, etc.; κατὰ θεῖον or κατά τι θ., Aen.Gaz.Thphr.p.37 B., p.4 B.

3 θεῖα, τά, the acts of the gods, course of providence, S.Ph. 452, etc.;

τὰ θ. θνητοὺς ὄντας εὐπετῶς φέρειν S.Fr. 585

;

τὰ θ. μὴ φαύλως φέρειν Ar.Av. 961

.

b matters of religion, ἔρρει τὰ θ. religion is no more, S.OT 910 (lyr.), cf. OC 1537, X.Cyr.8.8.2, etc.

c inquiries concerning the divine, Pl.Sph. 232c; τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων, i.e. the heavenly bodies, Arist.Metaph. 1026a18, cf. GA 731b24, Ph. 196a33 ([comp] Sup.), EN 1141b1.

III Adv. θείως by divine providence,

θ. πως X.Cyr.4.2.1

, etc.; θειοτέρως by special providence, Hdt.1.122; μᾶλλόν τι καὶ -ότερον ib. 174.

2 divinely, excellently, εὖ γε καὶ θ. Pl.Tht. 154d;

θείως εἰρῆσθαι Arist.Metaph. 1074b9

.

------------------------------------

θεῖος (B), ὁ,

A one's father's or mother's brother, uncle, E.IT 930, Ar. Nu. 124, And.1.18, 117, Pl.Chrm. 154b, Men.5 D., etc.; ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς θ. Is.5.10;

πρὸς πατρός Ph.2.172

. (Cf. τήθη.)

παραμετρ-έω,

A measure one thing by another, compare,

τὰς δυνάμεις Phld.Rh.2.255

S., cf. Plu.2.78f (v.l.), Luc.Pr.Im.21, Arr.Epict.1.2.10:—[voice] Med., compare oneself, τινι with another thing, Pl.Tht. 154b ; τὸ παραμετρούμενον that which makes the comparison, ibid.:—[voice] Pass.,

εἰ τῷ μικρῷ παραμετροῖτο Luc.Prom. 15

; τὰ καθήκοντα ταῖς σχέσεσι π. Epict. Ench.30.

2 measure by a standard, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.188, Ph.1.147 :—[voice] Pass., ib.92 ; supply a standard of measurement for,

ὁ [τὴν κίνησιν] -μετρῶν χρόνος Plu.2.569c

.

3 adjust expenditure,

τοῖς πράγμασιν Phld.Oec.p.71

J.; measure out,

εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PHib.1.47.23

(iii B.C.), cf. PPetr.3p.143 (iii B.C.), etc.;

ἀπὸ τῆς ἅλω PRev.Laws 39.9

(iii B.C.) ;

ἀρσίχῳ IG12(7).62.42

(Amorgos, iv B.C.);

εἴκοσι μεδίμνους τινί Luc.Nav.25

:—[voice] Med., cause to be measured out,

σῖτον SIG 976.44

(Samos, ii B.C.):—[voice] Pass., PTeb.ined.703.46.

b supply according to specified measurements, Inscr. Délos 372 A 142 (iii/ii B.C.).

4 scan, peruse,

ἀρχὴν πίνακος Nonn.D.41.369

.

II measure a distance past.., pass by, c. acc. loci, A.R.1.595, 1166, 2.937, Nonn.D. 14.271 ; pass along, ἀτραπόν ib.7.314.

προπομπ-εύω,

A go before in a procession, Posidon.36 J.;

βοΐ ἀξίᾳ τῆς θεοῦ Inscr.Prien.109.215

(ii B.C.); τινος before him or it, Plu.2.365b, Luc. Merc.Cond.25, Hdn.5.6.8;

Ἡλίου Jul.Or.4.154b

: abs., Hdn.2.8.6;

τὸν θεόν POxy.1381.19

(ii A.D.): metaph.,

πρό τινος Iamb. Myst.2.4

.

προσπίπτω, [dialect] Dor. [full] ποτιπίπτω Archyt. 1: [tense] fut.

A

- πεσοῦμαι E.Alc. 350

: for ποτιπεπτηυῖαι, v. προσπτήσσω:—fall upon, strike against, ἔς τι v.l. in S.Ant. 855; τινι X.Eq.7.6, etc.;

πρός τι Arist.Aud. 800a2

, al.; fall against, as a mound against a wall, Th.2.75; but πρὸς τὸ οὖς προσπίπτων is dub. l. in Thphr. Char.2.10 ( προσκύπτων cj. Valckenaer).

2 fall upon, attack, assault, πόλεσιν, ὁπλίταις, Th.1.5, X.HG3.2.3, etc.: abs., Th.3.30, 103, X.Cyr.7.1.38.

3 simply, run to, Hdt.2.2, X. Cyr.1.4.4.

4 fall upon, embrace, τινι E. l.c., IA 1191: hence, π. τινί join the party of another, X.HG7.1.42; also, fasten on, in argument,

τῇ διαφορᾷ Phld.Sign.36

.

5 fall in with, meet with, encounter,

μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών S.Ph.46

, cf. 156 (lyr.), Pl.Phdr. 270a: c. dat. rei, Id.Tht. 154b; fall in with,

δυστυχεστάτῳ κλήρῳ E. Tr. 291

(lyr.);

αἰσχρᾷ ἐπιθυμίᾳ X.Ap.30

;

μεγίσταις ἡδοναῖς Pl.Lg. 637a

; δήγματι to be bitten, Ael.NA6.51: c. acc.,

μείζω βροτείας π. ὁμιλίας E.Hipp.19

: with a Prep.,

πρὸς τὰς τῶν φυλάκων ψυχάς Pl.Lg. 906b

; εἰς βράχεα, πρὸς τὰ κοινά, Plb.1.39.3, Plu.2.788c.

II of things,

1 of events, accidents, etc., come suddenly upon, befall one, τινι E.Med. 225, IT 1229 (troch.), Antipho 3.3.8, Pl.Cra. 396d;

τὰ προσπίπτονθ' ἡμῖν δείματα Id.Lg. 791c

, etc.: abs.,

ἄτην προσπεσοῦσαν ἐνεῖκαι Hdt. 1.32

; αἱ συμφοραὶ προσπίπτουσαι misfortunes by befalling, Id.7.46, cf. Isoc.Ep.5.4;

αἱ π. χρεῖαι PCair.Zen.31.7

(iii B.C.);

αἱ π. τύχαι Th.1.84

;

τὰ προσπεσόντα E.Fr. 505

;

γενναίως φέρειν τὰ προσπίπτοντα Stob.4.44

tit.;

οἱ τὰ π. κρίναντες χρηματισταί PPetr.3p.53

(iii B.C.);

ἡ π. ἐπιθυμία Pl.R. 561c

; πρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα according to circumstances, Arist.Pol. 1286a11;

οἱ προσπίπτοντες κίνδυνοι Hyp.Fr. 117

; τὰ

π. εἰς τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον Id.Epit.43

;

ὅ τι ἂν προσπέσῃ ἰχθύδιον Arist. HA 590a27

, cf. PCair.Zen.186.15 (iii B.C.); προσπεσούσης μοι τῆς.. ἐπιστολῆς when the letter came to hand, PStrassb.111.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr.3p.71 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.240.9 (iii B.C.).

2 of expenses, to be incurred, Th.7.28, PCair.Zen.60.3 (iii B.C.).

3 of money, to be paid in to an account, ib.701.9 (iii B.C.), PPetr.3p.290 (iii B.C.).

4 of rights and duties, etc., pass to, devolve or fall upon,

ὅταν λειτουργία προσπέσῃ ἀπολύειν αὐτούς PHib.1.78.4

(iii B.C.);

ὥστε μηδεμίαν ὑποψίαν ἐκείνῳ γε προσπεσεῖν PSI4.340.12

(iii B.C.);

κληρονομίας -πεσούσης μοι BGU340.9

(iii A.D.).

5 come to one's ears, be told as news,

εἴ τισιν ἀπιστότερος προσπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος Aeschin.3.59

, cf. PSI6.614.13 (iii B.C.), UPZ9.9 (ii B.C.), Plb.5.101.3, Plu.Per. 16, etc.;

εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην Plb.9.6.1

: impers., προσέπεσε news came that.., c. acc. et inf., Id.24.14.10, cf. 31.14.8; προσπέπτωκεν Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν Wilcken Chr.10 (ii B.C.);

προσπεσόντων τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν γεγονότων LXX 2 Ma.5.11

.

b π. δι' ἑαυτοῦ or αὐτόθεν to be self- evident, S.E.P.2.168, M.1.300;

τὰ ποτιπίπτοντα ποτὶ τὰν αἴσθησιν Archyt.1

, cf. Thphr.Sens.5,41.

6 sit or fit closely, of a bandage, προσπεπτωκός, opp. χαλαρόν, Hp.Fract.5.

7 Geom., meet,

πόλος πρὸς ὃν αἱ γραμμαὶ προσπίπτουσιν Arist.Mete. 376a19

, cf. Archim.Spir. 6; of lines, to be drawn to meet,

πρὸς κύκλον Euc.3.37

; π. ἐπὶ.. pass through a point, Archim.Spir.14.

8 of the pulse, = ὑποπίπτω, Ruf.Puls.6.2; of the womb, ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα π. Hp.Nat.Mul.44, cf. Mul. 2.125,al.

III fall down at another's feet, prostrate oneself,

προσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον Hdt.1.134

;

προσπεσὼν ἔχου S.Aj. 1181

;

ἱκέτης προσπίπτω X.Cyr.4.6.2

: c. dat.,

π. βωμοῖσι S.Tr. 904

, cf. OC 1157;

τινὸς γόνασι E.Or. 1332

, Andr. 860 (lyr.), etc.;

προσπεσὼν αὐτῷ.. ἱκέτευε Pl.Ep. 349a

;

θεῶν πρὸς βρέτας Ar.Eq.31

;

πρὸς γόνυ E. HF79

: also c. acc.,

π. βρέτη δαιμόνων A.Th.94

(lyr.); cf. προσπίτνω.

σπάρτος, ὁ and ἡ,=

A

σπαρτίον 111

, Pl.Plt. 280c, X.Cyn.9.13, Ps.-Dsc. 4.154.

2 = σπάρτον IV, Str.3.4.9.

II σπάρτος, ἡ,=

σπάρτη 1.1

, Hero Spir.1.17, al.

2 = σπάρτη 11, Hsch. s.v. στάθμη, Sch.Pl. Chrm. 154b; masc. in Sch.Il.Oxy.1086.23; τὸν λίθον ποτὶ τὰν σ. ἄγοντας [dialect] Dor. prov. ap. Basil. in Migne Patrol.Graec.31.569.

στάθμ-η, ἡ,

A carpenter's line or rule, [full] ξέσσε δ' ἐπισταμένως καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν [δοῦρα] Od.5.245, cf.23.197; [πελέκεας] ἐπὶ σ. ἴθ. 21.121; also

στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει Il.15.410

;

τόρνου καὶ στάθμης καὶ γνώμονος.. ἰθύτερον Thgn.805

; ἐπὶ σ. θεῖναι μίαν on a level, Arist.PA 657a10: prop. στάθμη was the line rubbed with chalk or red ochre, being distd. from the rule ([etym.] κανών ) by Pl.Phlb. 56c, X.Ages.10.2;

κανόσι καὶ στάθμαις Plu.2.807d

, etc.; λευκὴ ς., v. λευκός 11.1a: metaph., ἀτεχνῶς λευκὴ σ. εἰμὶ πρὸς τοὺς καλούς a white measuring-line, i.e. unable to discriminate, Pl.Chrm. 154b, cf. Plu.2.513f.

2 παρὰ στάθμην by the rule,

εἶμι παρὰ σ. ὀρθὴν ὁδόν Thgn.945

, cf. 543;

τέκτονος παρὰ σ. ἰόντος S.Fr. 474

; for A.Ag. 1045 v. παρά c. 11.2; κατὰ στάθμην ἵστασθαι, c. gen., in a straight line with, Democr. ap. Plu.2.929c; κατὰ σ. ἐνόησας you guessed aright, Theoc.25.194;

ὡς ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμης D.H.Comp.23

;

στάθμῃ Aret.SD2.11

; πρὸς στάθμῃ πέτρον τίθεσθαι, μή τι πρὸς πέτρῳ στάθμην, i.e. when facts are obstinate, do not relax your standard, Com.(?) ap.Plu.2.75f(cf. Bergk PLG3.740); στάθμα πατρῴα perh. the measure [of piety] towards his father, Pi.P.6.45; στάθμας ἑλκόμενοι περισσᾶς perh. straining at an over-exact measure, ib.2.90.

3 verification, certification, τὰς σ. τῶν μέτρων ἀπὸ τοῦ βελτίστου ποιεῖσθαι prob. in PTeb.5.88 (ii B.C.).

II plummet or plumbline,

μολιβαχθής AP6.103

(Phil.); ῥιπτεῖσθαι ἄνω κατὰ στάθμην to be thrown perpendicularly upwards, Arist.Cael. 296b24.

III like γραμμή, the line which bounds the racecourse, goal, δραμεῖν ποτὶ στάθμαν, metaph. of man's life, Pi.N.6.7;

παρ' οἵαν ἤλθομεν σ. βίου E. Ion 1514

.

2 starting point, 'scratch',

στάθμης ὁρμηθέντες ἀπόσσυτοι Opp.H.4.102

, cf. Eust.1023.5.

IV metaph., law, rule,

ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμεσθαι Pi.Fr.1.4

; Υλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις, i.e. according to laws of Dorian rule, Id.P.1.62.

V δοράτων στάθμαι butt-ends, like σαυρωτῆρες, D.S.17.35, cf. PCair.Zen. 782 (a).49 (iii B.C.).

σταθμ-ητός, ή, όν,

A to be measured, ἐμοὶ οὐδὲν ς. 'I am nothing to judge by', Pl. Chrm. 154b, cf. Poll.4.93; οὔτε πλῆθος οὔτε μέγεθος ς. Arr.Peripl.M. Eux.8, cf. Fr. 166 J.

ἡλίκος [ῐ], η, ον,

A as big as,

πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων Ar.Ra. 55

; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον.. ; D.21.147;

τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς Id.1.9

.

2 of age, as old as,

ἄνδρα.. ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην Ar. Ach. 703

; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, = τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ, Id.Ec. 465; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, Pl.La. 180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι.. of what various ages.., S.OT15.

3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, Thphr.Char.23.2, Crates Theb.18, etc.;

ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος D.6.6

, cf. Pl.Chrm. 154b; freq. in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι' ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, D.19.24;

θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον Id.24.122

;

μέγιστα ἡλίκα Luc.Merc.Cond.13

; also, how small,

ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει Ep.Jac.3.5

;

ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι Antiph.166.6

, cf. Luc.Herm.5.

4 in exclamations,

ἡλίκον λαλεῖς Men.Sam.40

. (Compd. of yo-, relat. Pron. stem (cf. ὅς), and - āli- (cf. ἧλιξ), with suffix - κο-; cf. πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)

συμβιβάζω fut. συμβιβάσω, Att. συμβιβῶ Ps 31:8; 1 aor. συνεβίβασα, pass. ptc. συμβιβασθείς (βιβάζω ‘cause to go’; Hdt. et al.; ins, LXX).

① to bring together into a unit, unite

ⓐ lit., of the body, which is held together by sinews, ligaments, joints τὸ σῶμα συμβιβαζόμενον διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς Eph 4:16 (GWhitaker, JTS 31, 1930, 48f); cp. Col 2:19.

ⓑ fig. unite, knit together (Hdt. 1, 74; Thu. 2, 29, 6; Pla., Prot. 337e) pass. συμβιβασθέντες ἐν ἀγάπῃ Col 2:2 (so Lghtf. et al., NRSV. But s. 4 below).

② to draw a conclusion in the face of evidence, conclude, infer (Pla., Hipp. Min. 369d, Rep. 6, 504a) Ac 16:10 (w. ὅτι foll.).

③ to present a logical conclusion, demonstrate, prove (Aristot., Top. 7, 5, 150a, 36 [ὅτι]; 8, 3, 154b, 27; 8, 11, 157b, 37; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 13, 60) συμβιβάζων ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός Ac 9:22.

④ to advise by giving instructions, instruct, teach, advise τινά someone (LXX) 1 Cor 2:16 (Is 40:13f); Ac 19:33 (vv.ll. προεβίβασαν, κατεβίβασαν; difft. PLampe, BZ 36, ’92, 72–74).—Some (e.g. MDibelius, Mft.) classify Col 2:2 here (s. 1b above).—DELG s.v. βαίνω. M-M. s.v. συνβιβάζω. TW.

ὑπέρ (Hom.+) prep. w. gen. and acc. (lit. s.v. ἀνά, beg. In addition to this, for ὑπέρ: LWenger, Die Stellvertretung im Rechte der Papyri 1896; ARobertson, The Use of ὑπέρ in Business Documents in the Papyri: Exp. 8th ser., 28, 1919, 321–27). The loc. sense ‘over, above’ is not found in our lit. (not in the LXX either, but in JosAs 14:4; ApcEsdr 1:9; Just., Tat., Ath.) but does appear in nonliteral senses. The mss. oft. fluctuate between ὑπέρ and περί; see A3 below.

A. w. gen.

① a marker indicating that an activity or event is in some entity’s interest, for, in behalf of, for the sake of someone/someth.

ⓐ w. gen. of pers. or human collective

α. after words that express a request, prayer, etc. After the verbs δέομαι (q.v. b), εὔχομαι (q.v. 1), προσεύχομαι (q.v.), ἐντυγχάνω (q.v. 1a; cp. b), ὑπερεντυγχάνω (q.v.), λιτανεύω (q.v.) etc. After the nouns δέησις (q.v., end) and προσευχή (q.v. 1). S. also 1 Ti 2:1f.

β. after words and expressions that denote working, caring, concerning oneself about. After the verbs ἀγρυπνέω (q.v. 2), ἀγωνίζομαι (q.v. 2b), μεριμνάω (q.v. 2), πρεσβεύω (q.v.) etc. After the nouns ζῆλος (q.v. 1), σπουδή (q.v. 2), ἔχειν πόνον (πόνος 1). ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος Col 1:7.

γ. after expressions having to do w. sacrifice: ἁγιάζω (q.v. 2), ἁγνίζομαι (s. ἁγνίζω 3). τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἑτύθη Χριστός 1 Cor 5:7 v.l. ἕως οὗ προσηνέχθη ὑπὲρ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου αὐτῶν ἡ προσφορά Ac 21:26 (προσφέρω 2a).—Eph 5:2; Hb 9:7.

δ. gener. εἶναι ὑπέρ τινος be for someone, be on someone’s side (PIand 16, 8 τὸ νόμιμον ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν.—Opp. εἶναι κατά τινος) Mk 9:40; Lk 9:50; Ro 8:31.—ἐπιτρέπεταί σοι ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ λέγειν Ac 26:1 v.l. (for περί). ἵνα μὴ εἷς ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἑνὸς φυσιοῦσθε κατὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου 1 Cor 4:6b. Cp. 2 Cor 1:11ab; 5:20b (δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ=as helpers of Christ we beg you. Also prob. is we beg you by or in the name of Christ [Apollon. Rhod. 3, 701 λίσσομʼ ὑπὲρ μακάρων=by the gods, in imitation of Il. 22, 338.—Theaetetus, III B.C.: Anth. Pal. 7, 499, 2]). τοῦτο φρονεῖν ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν to be thus minded in behalf of you all Phil 1:7 (perh. simply=about; s. 3 below); cp. 4:10 (think of me = care for, be interested in me).

ε. after expressions of suffering, dying, devoting oneself, etc. (JosAs 28:1 κύριος πολεμεῖ καθʼ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ Ἀσενεθ ‘against us in behalf of Aseneth’; ApcEsdr 6:18 p. 31, 28 Tdf. δικάζεσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ γένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων) ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπέρ τινος die for someone or someth. (ἀποθνῄσκω 1aα; also Jos., Ant. 13, 6) J 11:50–52; 18:14; Ro 5:7ab. τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τινος (cp. Jos., Bell. 2, 201; Sir 29:15; ApcSed 1:5; Ar. 15, 10; Mel., P. 103, 791) J 10:11, 15; 13:37f; 15:13; 1J 3:16b.—Ro 16:4; 2 Cor 12:15; Eph 3:1, 13; Col 1:24a.—So esp. of the death of Christ (already referred to at least in part in some of the passages already mentioned. S. also above 1aγ and below 1c) for, in behalf of humanity, the world, etc.: Mk 14:24; Lk 22:19f; Ro 5:6, 8; 8:32; 14:15; 1 Cor 1:13 (where the hypothetical question μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν; was chosen for no other reason than its ref. to the redeeming death of Christ); 11:24; 15:3; Gal 2:20; 3:13; Eph 5:25; 1 Th 5:10 (v.l. περί); 1 Ti 2:6; Tit 2:14; Hb 2:9; 6:20; 1 Pt 2:21 (v.l. περί); 3:18a v.l.; 18b; 1J 3:16a; MPol 17:2ab (Just., A I, 50, 1 ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γενόμενος ἄνθρωπος).—AMetzinger, Die Substitutionstheorie u. das atl. Opfer, Biblica 21, ’40, 159–87, 247–72, 353–77; EBlakeney, ET 55, ’43/44, 306.

ⓑ w. gen. of thing, in which case it must be variously translated ὑπὲρ (τῶν) ἁμαρτιῶν in order to atone for (the) sins or to remove them 1 Cor 15:3; Gal 1:4; Hb 5:1b; 7:27; 9:7 (here ὑπὲρ … τῶν ἀγνοημάτων); 10:12; B 7:3, 4 (prophetic saying of unknown origin), 5f.—ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ζωῆς to bring life to the world J 6:51. ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ to reveal the glory of God 11:4. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ (cp. Sb 7681, 7 [312 A.D.] ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματός μου=in behalf of) to spread his name Ro 1:5; cp. 3J 7. ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ=in order to show that God’s promises are true Ro 15:8. ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν παρακλήσεως in order to comfort you 2 Cor 1:6ab. Cp. 12:19. ὑπὲρ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν for the strengthening of your faith 1 Th 3:2.

ⓒ in place of, instead of, in the name of (Eur.; Polyb. 3, 67, 7; ApcEsdr 1:11 p. 25, 3 Tdf.; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 142; Just., D. 95, 2.—In pap very oft. ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ to explain that the writer is writing ‘as the representative of’ an illiterate pers.; Dssm. LO 285, 2 [LAE 335, 4]; other exx. of pap in DWallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics ’96, 384–86) ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι διακονῇ Phlm 13. Somet. the mng. in place of merges w. on behalf of, for the sake of Ro 9:3. οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν 1 Cor 15:29a is debated; cp. 29b (s. the lit. s.v. βαπτίζω 2c; also KBornhäuser, Die Furche 21, ’34, 184–87; JWhite, JBL 116, ’97, 487–99 [esp. 497f] favors a causal sense). εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν 2 Cor 5:14; cp. 15ab, 21 (Eur., Alc. 701 κατθανεῖν ὑπέρ σου).

② marker of the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for (Diod S 10, 21, 2 τὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τιμωρίαν; schol. on Pind., O. 6, 154b [=OxfT 91]), w. verbs of suffering, giving the reason for it ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ac 5:41; 9:16; 21:13; ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ Phil 1:29ab; cp. 2 Th 1:5; ὑπὲρ θεοῦ ἀποθνῄσκω IRo 4:1. Likew. used w. nouns that denote suffering ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ for Christ’s sake 2 Cor 12:10.—εὐχαριστεῖν ὑπέρ τινος give thanks for someth. 1 Cor 10:30; Eph 5:20; D 9:2; 10:2 (cp. Sb 3926, 12 [I B.C.] τὸ κατεσκευασμένον ὑπὲρ [=in gratefulness for] τῆς ἡμετέρας σωτηρίας Ἰσιδεῖον; Just., A I, 65, 3). δοξάζειν τὸν θεὸν ὑπέρ τινος praise God for someth. Ro 15:9.—ὑπὲρ τούτου with reference to someth. (Synes., Ep. 67 p. 209c) 2 Cor 12:8.—This is prob. the place for ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας with (God’s) good pleasure in view Phil 2:13 (εὐδοκία 1).

③ marker of general content, whether of a discourse or mental activity, about, concerning (about equivalent to περί [τινος], w. which it is freq. interchanged in the mss.; s. Kühner-G. I p. 487 [w. exx. fr. Hom., Pla. et al.]. Also quite common in Polyb., Diod S, Dionys. Hal., Joseph., ins [e.g. ISardGauthier 2, 3 ‘write about’] and pap [Schmidt 396]; but Ath. differentiates between λόγος ὑπὲρ [in defense of] τῆς ἀληθείας and λόγος περὶ [about] τῆς ἀληθείας R 1 p. 48, 19; Mlt. 105; Rdm.² p. 140; Johannessohn, Präp 216–21; LDeubner, Bemerkungen z. Text der Vita Pyth. des Iamblichos: SBBerlAk ’35, XIX 27; 71), oft. at the same time in the sense ‘in the interest of’ or ‘in behalf of’ οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον J 1:30 (v.l. περί). Ἠσαί̈ας κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Ro 9:27 (v.l. περί). Cp. 2 Cor 1:8 (v.l. περί); 5:12; 7:4, 14; 8:24; 9:2f; 12:5ab (in all the passages in 2 Cor except the first dependent on καυχάομαι, καύχημα, καύχησις); 2 Th 1:4 (ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι). With reference to (Demosth. 21, 121) 2 Cor 8:23; 2 Th 2:1. ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν our hope with reference to you is unshaken 2 Cor 1:7 (ἐλπὶς ὑ. τινος ‘for someth.’ Socrat., Ep. 6, 5 [p. 234, 28 Malherbe]).

B. w. acc. marker of a degree beyond that of a compared scale of extent, in the sense of excelling, surpassing, over and above, beyond, more than (so always PsSol; TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 29 [Stone p. 10] al.; TestJob 38:6 τὰ ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς; JosAs 1:6 al.; Ath. 17, 1; 32, 1) κεφαλὴ ὑπὲρ πάντα the supreme Head Eph 1:22 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 74 §314 ὑπὲρ ἅπαντα). ὑπὲρ δύναμιν beyond one’s strength 2 Cor 1:8; cp. 8:3 v.l. (OGI 767, 19f ὑπὲρ δύναμιν; Cyranides p. 63, 22 ὑπὲρ λόγον). Also ὑπὲρ ὸ̔ δύνασθε 1 Cor 10:13. μὴ ὑπὲρ ἃ γέγραπται not (to go) beyond what is written 1 Cor 4:6a (s. WLütgert, Freiheitspredigt u. Schwarmgeister in Korinth 1908, 97ff; ASchlatter, Die korinth. Theologie 1914, 7ff; OLinton, StKr 102, 1930, 425–37; LBrun, ibid. 103, ’31, 453–56; PWallis, TLZ 75, ’50, 506–8; ALegault, NTS 18, ’71/72, 227–31; PMarshall, Hybrists Not Gnostics in Corinth: SBLSP 23, 84, 275–87; on the prob. imagery of a school exercise in which children learn to stay between the lines, s. RTyler, CBQ 60, ’98, 97–103; a public foundational document containing bylaws, JHanges, JBL 117, ’98, 275–98 [pap and ins]). ὑπὲρ ἃ λέγω ποιήσεις you will do even more than I ask Phlm 21. ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι I feel an exceeding and overwhelming joy B 1:2.—After an adj. in comp. or superl. for ἤ than: mostly so after the comp. (Judg 11:25 B; 15:2 B; 18:26 B; 3 Km 19:4; Ps 18:11; Hab 1:8) τομώτερος ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν μάχαιραν Hb 4:12. Cp. Lk 16:8; J 12:43 v.l.; MPol 18:2. In an unusually compressed statement: τοὺς ἀποστόλους ὄντας ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνομωτέρους the apostles, who were more lawless than (people who commit) any and every sin B 5:9; rarely after the superl. (TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 25 [Stone p. 4]) γλυκυτάτη ὑπὲρ τὸ μέλι Hm 5, 1, 6. Likew. after verbs that express the idea of comparison ἡσσώθητε (=ἐγένεσθε ἥσσονες) ὑπὲρ τὰς λοιπὰς ἐκκλησίας, were you treated worse than the other churches? 2 Cor 12:13.—‘More than’ also takes on the sense more exalted or excellent or glorious than; as the timeless one (ἄχρονος), Christ is called ὁ ὑπὲρ καιρόν the one who is exalted beyond time IPol 3:2. ὑπὲρ θάνατον exalted above death ISm 3:2. οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον a disciple is not superior to his teacher Mt 10:24a; Lk 6:40.—Mt 10:24b; Ac 26:13; Phil 2:9. οὐκέτι ὡς δοῦλον ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ δοῦλον no longer as a slave, but as someth. better than a slave Phlm 16. τῷ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι to (God) who is able to do greater things than all (we can ask or imagine) Eph 3:20.— More than (PsSol 17:43; TestGad 7:1) ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου (JosAs 13:11) B 1:4; cp. 4:6; 19:5; D 2:7. φιλεῖν Mt 10:37ab. ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον 1 Cl 52:2 (Ps 68:32). λάμπειν IEph 19:2. προκόπτειν Gal 1:14. στίλβειν Hs 9, 2, 2.

C. adv. use even more. The adv. use of ὑπέρ is, so far, almost unknown outside the NT (but s. L-S-J-M s.v. ὑπέρ E; Schwyzer II 518; Ursing 49 cites fr. an Aesop-ms. ὅπερ ἔτι ὑπὲρ ἀπεδέξατο, where all the other mss. have μᾶλλον [Phil 3:4 ἐγὼ μᾶλλον]. On the adv. use of other prepositions s. Kühner-G. I p. 526f). διάκονοι Χριστοῦ εἰσιν; ὑπὲρ ἐγώ are they assistants of of Christ? I am so even more (than they) 2 Cor 11:23 (W-H. accent ὕπερ; s. Mlt-Turner 250). Wallis (s. B above) classes 1 Cor 4:6 here.—RBieringer: The Four Gospels, Festschr. FNeirynck, ed. FvanSegbroeck et al. ’92, I 219–48. On ὑπὲρ ἄγαν, ὑπὲρ ἐκεῖνα, ὑπὲρ ἐκπερισσοῦ, ὑπὲρ λίαν s. ὑπεράγαν, ὑπερέκεινα, ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (-ῶς), ὑπερλίαν.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.