ὑπερβάλλω
Infl. fut. -βαλῶ
Infl. ionic -βαλέω
Infl. epic aor2 ὑπειρέβαλον
I. "to throw over or beyond a mark, to overshoot", c. acc., Il.
2. ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον [λόφον] ὑπερβαλέειν when he was just about "to force" the stone "over" the top, Od.
3. intr. "to run beyond, overrun" the scent, of hounds, Xen.
4. "to outstrip or pass", τινάς Soph.
II. metaph.:
1. "to overshoot, outdo, surpass, prevail over", c. gen., βροντῆς ὑπερβάλλοντα κτύπον Aesch.; also c. acc., ὑπ. τινά τινι "to outdo" one "in" a thing, Eur.
2. "to go beyond, exceed", c. acc., Hes., etc.; ὑπ. ἑκατὸν ἔτεα "to exceed" 100 years, in age, Hdt.; ὑπ. τὸν χρόνον, i. e. be too late, Xen.:—also c. gen., Plat.
3. absol. "to exceed all bounds", Aesch., Eur., etc.; οὐχ ὑπερβαλών keeping within bounds, Pind.: "to be in excess", Arist.:—often in part., ὑπερβάλλων, ουσα, ον, "exceeding, excessive", Aesch., Plat.; τὰ ὑπερβάλλοντα "an over-high estate", Eur.; τὸ ὑπ. αὐτῶν "such part" of them "as is extraordinary", Thuc.
4. "to go on further and further", προέβαινε ὑπερβάλλων he went on "bidding more and more", Hdt.; ᾔτει τοσαῦτα ὑπερβάλλων Thuc.
III. "to pass over, cross" mountains, rivers, etc., c. acc., Aesch., Eur.; also c. gen., Eur.:—of ships, "to double" a headland, c. acc., Hdt., Thuc.:—absol. "to cross over", Hdt., Xen.
2. of water, "to run over, overflow", c. acc., Hdt.
3. of the Sun, "to be at its height or its utmost heat", id=Hdt.
B. Mid., with perf. pass., = A. II, "to outdo, overcome, conquer", τινα Hdt., Soph., etc.:—absol. "to be conqueror, to conquer", Hdt.
2. "to exceed, surpass", τινα id=Hdt., Ar., etc.:—absol. "to exceed", Hdt.:—perf. pass. part., ὑπερβεβλημένη γυνή an "excellent, surpassing" woman, Eur.
3. "to overbid, outbid", τινα Xen.
II. "to put off, postpone", Hdt.;—but, ἢν ὑπερβάλωνται κείνην τὴν ἡμέραν συμβολὴν μὴ ποιεύμενοι if "they let" that day "pass" without fighting, id=Hdt.:— absol. "to delay, linger", id=Hdt., Plat.