352 DIS^UIS/7'IONS on the 



Taking vTiP, then, as denoting fimply higher in refpeB of^ we 

 fliall find all its different ufes fatisfadorily explained. 



1. Over or above, in place : 



2t^ 5' v'TTi^ xi(pa,>.!J;. Homer. 



" He flood over his head," — " he flood, — higher in refped of 

 " his head, — higher than his head." "Tti^ rav nnxm igo; xelTai, 

 (Herodot.), " the keeper lies above the gardens," — " the keep- 

 *' er lies, — higher in refpedl of the gardens." 



2. Superior to, in point of operation. Ta vtsj ^//.oif iUv r^og 

 ti/jt-ois, (Proverb), " the things beyond or above us are no- 

 " thing to us," — " the things, — higher in regard to their effedts 

 " than us, are nothing to us." 



vTTifi fiolgKv. Homer. 



" Superior to fate, — controlling fate," — " higher in reipedl to 

 " operation than fate." 



3. Beyond, from the ufual analogy, by which the fpeaker con- 

 fiders himfelf as the centre of obfervation, and confequently ex- 

 prefles himfelf as if the more remote a place was from him it be- 

 came as it were higher in the circle in refpedl to him. AiSlo'nta.i 

 rrii vTTig Al'yvTrry, (Thucyd.), " ^Ethiopia which is beyond E- 

 " gypt," — " ^Ethiopia, which is farther from the centre of ob- 

 " fervation, confequently higher in the circle, in refpedl to E- 



"gypt." 



4. In defence of, becaufe a thing which defends another co- 

 vers it from aflault, and what covers is naturally accounted 

 higher. 'T«^ o-s (/jkyoyMi, " I fight in defence of you," — " I 

 " fight to cover you, confequently in fighting am higher than 

 " you." 



J. In room of. In this application of ua-e'f , I fufpedl there is an 

 cllipfis of fome fuch word as to-jth, place s vmg here implying as 



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