ὑπεροχή
huperochē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning difference
Literal translation excess
Variants
ὑπεροχή huperochē
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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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2684,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὑπεροχή ({Lemma} #2684)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2684/},
}