ὑπεροχή

huperochē
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-12-09

Literal translation
excess
Categories
mathematical entity
mathematical quantity
Related Lemmata 3

1. difference

1.a difference mathematical entity, mathematical quantity

ἔστιν οὖν ἡ τούτ(ων) τ(ῶν) μή[κων] ὑπεροχὴ ἐν μο(ίραις) κδʹ ιʹ

‘Hence the difference between those longitudes in degrees is 24;10’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 2, col. ii, l. 18-19

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 30


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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὑπεροχή (Lemma #2684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὑπεροχή (Lemma #2684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὑπεροχή (Lemma #2684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ὑπεροχή (Lemma #2684), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2684,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὑπεροχή ({Lemma} #2684)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/},
}