ὑπερπέτομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also ὑπερπέταμαι, ὑπερίπταμαι (qq.v.): Ep. aor. <b class="b3">-πτάμην</b>, in Prose <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -επτόμην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>597a12</span>: aor. Act. -έπτην S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Ph.1.165</span>: in late Prose also <b class="b3">-επετάσθην</b> (v. infr.): (v. <b class="b3">πέτομαι</b>):—<b class="b2">fly over</b>, of a spear, ὑπέρπτατο χάλκεον ἔγχος <span class="bibl">Il.13.408</span>, <span class="bibl">22.275</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.22.280</span>; of birds, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>541a28</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.10</span>: aor. Act., ἀετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὑπερέπτα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>113</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b2">fly over</b> or <b class="b2">beyond</b>, ὁ δ' [λᾶας] ὑπέρπτατο σήματα πάντων <span class="bibl">Od.8.192</span>; of birds, ὑ. τὸ ὄρος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>597a12</span>; ὑπερπετασθῆναι πολλὰ μέρη τῆς οἰκουμένης <span class="bibl">D.S.4.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>6</span>: also c. gen., <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1252</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">skip over</b>, εἴδη καὶ γένη <span class="bibl">Ph.1.165</span>.</span>