ἐπιπόλαιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[on]] [[the surface]], [[superficial]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>69</span> (Comp.); ῥίζα Dsc.4.184, cf.<span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>3.6.4</span> (Sup.), al.; λεπτὸν καὶ ἐ. δέρμα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>890a13</span>; τραῦμα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[ὀστέον]] [[shallow]] (of the skull), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>21</span>; [[ὀφθαλμοί]], i.e. not deep-set, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>5.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. metaph., [[superficial]], [[shallow]], [[commonplace]], παιδεία <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.190</span>; ἐ. ἡδοναὶ καὶ διατριβαί <span class="bibl">D.61.56</span>; [[ἐ]]. πιθανότης Dsc.<span class="title">Ther.Praef.</span>; <b class="b3">-ότατος πυρετός</b> [[slight]] fever, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr. 107</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὕπνος</b> [[light]] sleep, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Gall.</span>25</span>; ἔρως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>8.2</span>; [[ἐπιστήμης]] <b class="b3"> . . φύσις</b> (compared to a well) οὐκ ἐ. ἀλλὰ πάνυ βαθεῖα <span class="bibl">Ph.1.621</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. [[on the surface]], [[manifest]]: hence, [[obvious]], <b class="b3">ἐ. λέγομεν τὰ</b> παντὶ δῆλα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1410b22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1412b25</span>; ἐπιπολαιότερον τοῦ ζητουμένου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1095b24</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ -οτάτη . . ζήτησις</b> the [[most obvious]] method of inquiry, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1276a19</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιπόλαιον τὸ ψεῦδος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1282b30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ως</b> [[on the surface]], τιτρώσκειν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.7.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[slightly]], <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aph.</span>2.28</span>; [[superficially]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>987a22</span>: Comp. <b class="b3">-οτέρως</b> ib.<span class="bibl">993b13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. [[ἐπιπόλαιον]], [[τό]], v. [[ἐπίπλοον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span>. <b class="b3">ἐπιπόλαια χρήματα</b>, = [[ἔπιπλα]], <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>5.41, cf. <span class="title">GDI</span>5016.15 (Gortyn).</span>