ὑπερπίπτω
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English (LSJ)
A fall over, run over, of water, Plb.4.39.8; run over, project, τῶν τροπικῶν εἰς . . Str.2.2.2, cf. 2.5.27; fall over the edge, roll off, Arr.Tact.11.6. 2 fall beyond a point, pass over, [ὁ νότος] ὑ. [τῆς Αἰγύπτου] Arist.Pr.945a25; ὄρεα ὑπερπίπτοντα [πνεύματα] winds which pass over mountains, Hp.Vict.2.38; of missiles, Aen. Tact.32.9; of a badly adjusted νευρά in a torsion-engine, ἤτοι ὑπελεύσεται τὸν λίθον ἢ ὑπερπεσεῖται αὐτόν will slip over the top of the projectile, Hero Bel.112. 3 of a number, exceed, Vett.Val.352.13; also τὸν -πίπτοντα ἄρσενα the excess of males, PTeb701.45 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.327.46,569.131 (iii B.C.). II of Time, to be past, gone by, ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη Hdt.3.71, cf. Hp.Mul.2.133; but ὁ -πεσὼν χρόνος overtime for which interest is due, PPetr. 3p.160 (iii B.C.), PAmh.2.50.19 (ii B.C.), POxy.1040.25 (iii A.D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1201] (s. πίπτω), darüber od. darauf fallen, darüber hinausfallen, -gehen, von Pfeilen od. Spießen, die übers Ziel fliegen, dah. auch übertreffen, Sp. Vgl. Pol. 4, 39, 8. – Von der Zeit, vorbeigehen, ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη Her. 3, 71; Hippocr.
