ἐπικύπτω
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English (LSJ)
pf. (v.infr.):—
A bend oneself over, stoop over, bow down, Hp.Art.52, Ar.Th.239; ὀρθὸς ἕστηκεν, μικρὸν ἐπικύπτων Arist.HA 522b18; of the horn of the moon, Thphr.Sign.27; ἐ. ἐπί τι stoop down to get something, X.Cyr.2.3.18; ἐ. ἐς βιβλίον pore over a book, Luc.Herm.2; lean upon, τινί Id.DMort.6.2; ἐ. τῷ συνεδρίῳ bend over towards it, Id.JTr.11: pf. part. ἐπικεκῡφώς habitually stooping, Anaxandr.37.
German (Pape)
[Seite 955] sich worauf bücken, Ar. Th. 239; τῶν ἐπικυπτόντων ἐπὶ βώλους Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 18; οὐκ ἐπικεκυφὼς ὀρθός ἐστι Anaxandr. bei Ath. III, 106 a; ἐς βιβλίον ἐπικεκυφώς, auf das Buch gebückt, genau darauf hinsehend, Luc. Hermot. 2; οἰκέταις τέτταρσιν ἐπικεκυφότα, auf vier Sklaven gestützt, D. Mort. 6, 2.
