ἐπικύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=pf. (v.infr.):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bend oneself over, stoop over, bow down</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>52</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>239</span>; ὀρθὸς ἕστηκεν, μικρὸν ἐπικύπτων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 522b18</span>; of the horn of the moon, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπί τι</b> [[stoop]] [[down]] to get something, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς βιβλίον</b> [[pore over]] a book, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>2</span>; [[lean upon]], τινί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DMort.</span>6.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῷ συνεδρίῳ</b> [[bend]] [[over towards]] it, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">JTr.</span>11</span>: pf. part. [[ἐπικεκῡφώς]] [[habitually stooping]], <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.37</span>.</span>