ὑπερκύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pop one's head up, bob up, peep over</b>, <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>14.22</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.7.4</span>; ἐπὶ δένδρεόν τι ἀμβὰς ὑπερέκυπτε εἰς τὸ ἄβατον <span class="title">IG</span> 42(1).121.91 (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑπερκύψας . . κατεῖδον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>271a</span>; (the cake) ὑπερέκυπτε τοῦ κανοῦ <span class="bibl">Nicostr.Com.15</span>; τοῦ στομίον <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Luct.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνανήξασθαι καὶ ὑπερκῦψαι</b> (sc. [[κλύδωνος]]) <span class="bibl">Ph.1.210</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.85</span>; of water-plants, τοῦ ὕδατος Dsc.4.100, cf. 113; of a muscle, [[emerge]], [[come to the surface]], <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>11.3</span>,<span class="bibl">5</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπερκύπτει τις [τῶν φρενῶν] μοῖρα πρὸς ὑποχόνδριον οἷν χάραξ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.21</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">τὴν κυρτότητα τῆς θαλάττης</b> [[look over the top of]], Theo Sm.<span class="bibl">p.123</span> H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[command a view of]], σκοπιάν, ἢ ὑπερκύπτει τὸν οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>23.293b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">put one's head over</b>, c. acc., ταῦρον . . μέγαν, ὃς ὑπερκύψας τὸ Ταΰγετον ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐρώτα πίεται <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>15</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν ὑπερκύψη</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ φλὲψ</b>) <b class="b3"> τὸν ἀμνειόν</b> when it [[passes]] the inner membrane, Gal.5.555: metaph., [[overtop]], [[transcend]], πολλῶν ὄλβον <span class="title">AP</span>6.250 (Antiphil.); θεὸς ὑ. τὰς δυνάμεις ἑαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Ph.1.173</span>.</span>