ἐπιπολή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, ἐπιτέλλω (B)) pl. Ἐπιπολαί, αἱ, the Rise, a triangular plateau near Syracuse which rises from its base (the wall of Achradina) to its apex (Euryalus), Th.6.96, etc.    2. sg., surface, Schwyzer 89.15 (Argos, iii B.C.), Aret.SD2.7, Gal.2.626.    II. elsewh. only in gen., ἐπιπολῆς, as Adv., on the top, Hdt.2.62, Arist.GA747a5, etc.; κάτω μὲν καὶ ἐ .... ἐν μέσῳ δέ . . X. Mem.3.1.7; λίαν ἐ. πεφυτευμένα Id.Oec.19.4; ἐ. τὸ σιναρὸν σκέλος ἔχοντα uppermost, Hp.Art.77; τὰ ἐ. τε καὶ ἐντός Pl.Phlb.47c, cf. 46e; of arguments, ἐ. εἶναι to be superficial, Arist.Rh.1400b31; but τὰ παντελῶς ἐ. quite simple tasks, D.61.37; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἐ. ἰδεῖν Arist. HA622b25, cf. Rh.1376b14.    2. as Prep., c. gen., on the top of, above, τῶν πυλέων Hdt.1.187, cf. Ar.Ec.1108, Pl.1207.    3. with other Preps., κατύπερθε ἐπιπολῆς τῶν ξύλων Hdt.4.201; ἐξ ἐ. εὑρίσκεσθαι D.S.5.38; οὐκ ἐξ ἐ. ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν καθίκετο made a deep impression, Luc.Nigr.35, etc. (condemned by Phryn.PSp.67 B., Luc. Sol.5); δι' ἐ. τῶν λέξεων Seleuc. ap. Ath.9.398a; so ἐν ἐπιπολῇ, = ἐπιπολῆς, Str.12.7.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 972] ἡ, die Oberfläche, erst Sp., wie Strab. τὸ ἐν ἐπιπολῇ XII, 570; vgl. Lob. zu Phryn. p. 126 ff. – Sonst nur im gen. ἐπιπολῆς, adverbial, auf der Oberfläche, obenauf, Her. 2, 62; Xen. Oec. 19, 4 u. öfter; τὸ ἐπιπολῆς, Plat. Phil. 46 d; τῶν ἐπιπολῆς τε καὶ ἐντὸς κερασθέντων 47 c; Folgde; – c. gen., oberhalb, Her. 1, 187; Thuc. 6, 96 (auch καθύπερθε ἐπ. ξύλων 4, 201); Ar. Plut. 1207. – Auch ἐξ ἐπιπολῆς, Arist. probl. 1, 43; Luc. Nigr. 35 u. a. Sp. – Deutlich, offenbar, ἰδεῖν Arist. H. A. 9, 38 rhet. 1, 25; διὰ μὲν ἀργίας καὶ τὰ παντελῶς ἐπιπολῆς δυσχείρωτά ἐστι Dem. 61, 37.