ὑπερπίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=u(perpi/ptw

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fall over, run over</b>, of water, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.39.8</span>; <b class="b2">run over, project</b>, <b class="b3">τῶν τροπικῶν εἰς</b> . . <span class="bibl">Str.2.2.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.5.27</span>; <b class="b2">fall over the edge, roll off</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>11.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">fall beyond</b> a point, <b class="b2">pass over</b>, [<b class="b3">ὁ νότος] ὑ. [τῆς Αἰγύπτου</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>945a25</span>; <b class="b3">ὄρεα ὑπερπίπτοντα [πνεύματα</b>] winds <b class="b2">which pass over</b> mountains, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.38</span>; of missiles, Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl">32.9</span>; of a badly adjusted <b class="b3">νευρά</b> in a torsion-engine, <b class="b3">ἤτοι ὑπελεύσεται τὸν λίθον ἢ ὑπερπεσεῖται αὐτόν</b> <b class="b2">will slip over the top of</b> the projectile, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>112</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of a number, <b class="b2">exceed</b>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.352.13</span>; also <b class="b3">τὸν -πίπτοντα ἄρσενα</b> the <b class="b2">excess</b> of males, <span class="title">PTeb</span>701.45 (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>327.46</span>,<span class="bibl">569.131</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of Time, <b class="b2">to be past, gone by</b>, ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.133</span>; but <b class="b3">ὁ -πεσὼν χρόνος</b> <b class="b2">over</b>time for which interest is due, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span> 3p.160</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.50.19</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1040.25</span> (iii A.D.), etc.</span>

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