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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[fall over]], [[run over]], of water, Plb.4.39.8; [[run over]], [[project]], <b class="b3">τῶν τροπικῶν εἰς</b>.. Str.2.2.2, cf. 2.5.27; [[fall over the edge]], [[roll off]], Arr.''Tact.''11.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fall beyond]] a point, [[pass over]], [ὁ νότος] ὑ. [τῆς Αἰγύπτου] Arist.''Pr.''945a25; <b class="b3">ὄρεα ὑπερπίπτοντα [πνεύματα]</b> winds [[which pass over]] mountains, Hp.''Vict.''2.38; of missiles, Aen. Tact.32.9; of a badly adjusted [[νευρά]] in a torsion-engine, <b class="b3">ἤτοι ὑπελεύσεται τὸν λίθον ἢ ὑπερπεσεῖται αὐτόν</b> [[will slip over the top of]] the projectile, Hero ''Bel.''112.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of a number, [[exceed]], Vett.Val.352.13; also <b class="b3">τὸν -πίπτοντα ἄρσενα</b> the [[excess]] of males, ''PTeb''701.45 (iii B.C.), cf. ''PCair.Zen.''327.46,569.131 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], to [[be past]], [[gone by]], ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη Hdt.3.71, cf. Hp.''Mul.''2.133; but <b class="b3">ὁ -πεσὼν χρόνος</b> [[over]]time for which interest is due, ''PPetr.'' 3p.160 (iii B.C.), ''PAmh.''2.50.19 (ii B.C.), ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1040.25 (iii A.D.), etc.