Ancient Greek

Preposition

ὑπέρ • ‎(hupér)

1. (+ exceeding abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to (-ward), very.

Antonyms

• ὑπό ‎(hupó)

Usage notes

• A primary preposition; “over”, that is, (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than. In compounds it retains many of the listed applications.
• In compounds it retains many of the above applications.

Descendants

• English: hyper-
• French: hyper

References

• ὑπέρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπέρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπέρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὑπέρ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὑπέρ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ὑπέρ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5228”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • about idem, page 2.
  • above idem, page 3.
  • across idem, page 9.
  • ashamed idem, page 43.
  • behalf idem, page 71.
  • fear idem, page 312.
  • for idem, page 334.
  • intercede idem, page 449.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • over idem, page 584.
  • past idem, page 597.
  • sake idem, page 732.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • trouble idem, page 897.