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 ἐπιπόλαιον [[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>; [[ὀφθαλμός|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>; ἐπιπόλαιαι ἡδοναὶ καὶ διατριβαί <span class="bibl">D.61.56</span>; [[ἐπιπόλαιος]] [[πιθανότης]] Dsc.<span class="title">Ther.Praef.</span>; [[ἐπιπολαιότατος]] [[πυρετός]] = [[slight]] [[fever]], <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr. 107</span>; ἐπιπόλαιος [[ὕπνος]] = [[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>; [[ἐπιστήμη]]ς . . [[φύσις]] (compared to a well) οὐκ ἐπιπόλαια 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]], ἐ. λέγομεν τὰ 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>; ἡ ἐπιπολαιοτάτη . . [[ζήτησις]] = the [[most]] [[obvious]] [[method]] of [[inquiry]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1276a19</span>; ἐπιπόλαιον τὸ [[ψεῦδος]] ib.<span class="bibl">1282b30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Adv. [[ἐπιπολαίως]] = [[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. [[ἐπιπολαιοτέρως]] 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>