ὑπερέχω
Infl. epic ὑπειρ-έχω
Infl. epic imperf. ὑπείρ-εχον
Infl. aor2 ὑπερ-έσχον
Infl. poet. -έσχεθον
I. "to hold" one thing "over" another, τί τινος Il., Ar.; ὑπ. χεῖρά τινος "to hold" the hand "over" him, "so as to protect", Il., Theogn.; also c. dat. pers., Hom.
2. "to have or hold above", ὑπείρεχεν εὐρέας ὤμους "he had" his broad shoulders "above" the rest, i. e. over-topped them by the head and shoulders, Il.
II. intr. "to be above, rise above the horizon", Od.: "to be above water or the ground", Hdt.;—c. gen., ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης "rose above, overlooked" the earth, Il.; [σταυροὺς] οὐχ ὑπερέχοντας τῆς θαλάσσης Thuc., etc.
2. in military phrase, "to outflank", c. gen., Xen.
3. metaph. "to overtop, exceed, outdo", c. acc., Aesch., Eur.:—also c. gen., Plat., etc.
4. absol. "to overtop" the rest, "be prominent", Hdt., Xen.: "to prevail", οἱ ὑπερσχόντες "the more powerful", Aesch.; ἐὰν ἡ θάλαττα ὑπέρσχῃ "to be too powerful", Dem.
III. c. gen. rei, "to rise above", Ar.
IV. c. acc. "to get over, cross", Thuc.