huperochas

ὑπεροχ-ή, ἡ,
(ὑπερέχω Refs projection, prominence, οὐ κνῖσα κρούει πινὸς ὑπεροχὰς ἄκρας; Refs 4th c.BC+; αἱ ὑ. τῶν βουνῶν, τῶν ὀρῶν, their prominent points, Refs 2nd c.BC+; top of an upright beam, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὑ. λιθοειδεῖς, of the mastoid processes of the skull, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὰς ὑ. αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν μαστῶν) Refs 2nd c.AD+: absolutely, an eminence, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 rising of a star, ἀνατολὴν εἶναι.. ὑ. ἄστρου ὑπὲρ γῆς Refs 3rd c.BC+; raising, τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς Refs 3rd c.AD+
II metaphorically, pre-eminence, superiority, ὑπεροχῆς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑ. τις Refs 4th c.BC+; τὴν ὑ. τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνειν superiority in the government, Refs; διὰ τὴν ὑ. τοῦ πλήθους because of superiority in multitude,Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 like{ὑπερβολή}, excess, opposed to ἔλλειψις (defect), in many senses, as in Arithm., one of the ἀριθμοῦ ᾗ ἀριθμὸς πάθη, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἐν ἴσῃ ὑ., of an arithmetical progression, Refs 4th c.BC+; excess, of a sum of money, Refs 2nd c.BC+; in Physics, Refs 4th c.BC+; τῶν ἠθῶν (i.e. τοῦ Επικούρου) Refs; φιλίας εἶδος τὸ καθ᾽ ὑ., where one exceeds the other in rank, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 alone, supremacy, authority, dignity, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχαῖς νεανίσκοι NT+2nd c.BC+
II.4 of language, periphrasis. prolixity, opposed to ἔλλειψις, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 as a title, Excellency, Refs 6th c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.