παρακύπτω

English (LSJ)

poet. παρκύπτω,

   A stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, Ar.Ach.16 ; lean over a railing, POxy.475.23 (ii A.D.).    II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,    1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ' ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον D.4.24.    2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος Ar.Th.797, cf. 799, V.178 ; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ Id.Ec.924 ; of girls peeping after a lover, Id.Pax982, 985, Theoc.3.7 ; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX Ca.2.9 ; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, Plu.2.766d : metaph., σωτηρία παρέκυψε a hope of safety peeped out, Ar.Ec.202 ; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, Sor.1.118 : folld. by an interrog. clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ Arr.Epict.1.1.16 :— Pass., θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι prob. out of which people look, LXX 3 Ki.6.9(4).    3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν ib.Si. 21.23 ; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον Ev.Jo.20.11 ; παρακύψας βλέπει ib. 5, Ev.Luc.24.12 ; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον Ep.Jac.1.25 ; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα Luc.Pisc.30, cf. 1 Ep.Pet.1.12 ; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν Hp.Fist.3.    4 meddle with, πράγματι PLips.29.10 (iii A.D.).