ὑπερπέτομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also [[ὑπερπέταμαι]], [[ὑπερίπταμαι]] ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]): Ep. aor. <b class="b3">ὑπερπτάμην</b>, in Prose <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὑπερεπτόμην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>597a12</span>: aor. Act. ὑπερέπτην S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Ph.1.165</span>: in late Prose also <b class="b3">ὑπερεπετάσθην</b> (v. infr.): (v. [[πέτομαι]]):—[[fly over]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[fly]] [[over]] or [[fly]] [[beyond]], 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"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[skip over]], εἴδη καὶ γένη <span class="bibl">Ph.1.165</span>.</span>