ὑπερκύπτω
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English (LSJ)
A pop one's head up, bob up, peep over, Hom.Epigr.14.22, J.AJ12.7.4; ἐπὶ δένδρεόν τι ἀμβὰς ὑπερέκυπτε εἰς τὸ ἄβατον IG 42(1).121.91 (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑπερκύψας . . κατεῖδον Pl.Euthd.271a; (the cake) ὑπερέκυπτε τοῦ κανοῦ Nicostr.Com.15; τοῦ στομίον Luc. Luct.16; ἀνανήξασθαι καὶ ὑπερκῦψαι (sc. κλύδωνος) Ph.1.210, cf. 2.85; of water-plants, τοῦ ὕδατος Dsc.4.100, cf. 113; of a muscle, emerge, come to the surface, Gal.UP11.3,5; ὑπερκύπτει τις [τῶν φρενῶν] μοῖρα πρὸς ὑποχόνδριον οἷν χάραξ ib.7.21: c. acc., τὴν κυρτότητα τῆς θαλάττης look over the top of, Theo Sm.p.123 H. 2 command a view of, σκοπιάν, ἢ ὑπερκύπτει τὸν οὐρανόν Them.Or.23.293b. II put one's head over, c. acc., ταῦρον . . μέγαν, ὃς ὑπερκύψας τὸ Ταΰγετον ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐρώτα πίεται Plu.Lyc.15; ὅταν ὑπερκύψη (sc. ἡ φλὲψ) τὸν ἀμνειόν when it passes the inner membrane, Gal.5.555: metaph., overtop, transcend, πολλῶν ὄλβον AP6.250 (Antiphil.); θεὸς ὑ. τὰς δυνάμεις ἑαυτοῦ Ph.1.173.
