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Headword: genikh=|
Adler number: upsilon,353
Translated headword: to exceed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] to surpass, to enhance.[1]
"Hence no man alive could give a true picture of what happened, not even as an exaggeration; so far has it exceeded in awfulness all previously-mentioned events".[2]
Greek Original:
*(uperpai/ein: genikh=|. u(perbai/nein, pleona/zein. dio\ to\ gegono\s ou)de\ kaq' u(perbolh\n ei)ka/sai dunato\n ou)deni\ tw=n o)/ntwn e)sti/n: ou(/tws u(perpepai/kei pa/sas th=| deino/thti ta\s proeirhme/nas pra/ceis.
Notes:
The SOL headword is faulty: u(perpai/ein should be the lemma.
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius upsilon136 Theodoridis.
[2] Polybius 14.5.14, on the burning of the Numidian camp in 204 BCE (web address 1).
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 November 2001@06:34:19.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 10 September 2002@11:46:17.
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 16 June 2004@02:04:06.
David Whitehead (another note) on 13 August 2010@07:11:58.
David Whitehead on 10 August 2011@08:52:11.
Catharine Roth (fixed link) on 19 September 2011@23:16:48.
Catharine Roth (added primary note) on 19 September 2011@23:22:05.
David Whitehead on 24 November 2013@06:17:49.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 27 November 2022@00:33:10.
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