previous next
ἐπι[πολ]-άζω , fut.
A.“-άσω” Isoc.5.64: pf. “ἐπιπεπόλακα” Ph.1.365: <ἐπιπολή>:—to be at the top, come to the surface, float on the surface, ὕλη ἐ. X.Oec.16.14; αἱ ἐγχέλεις οὐκ ἐ. Arist.HA592a10, cf. 547b22; ἡ ἀτμὶς ἐ. Id.Mete.341b11; τὸ ἐπιπολάζον, opp. τὸ ὑφιστάμενον, Id.Cael.312a6: c.dat., ὕδατι ἐ. ib.311a28; [τὸ ἔλαιον] ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐ. Id.Mete.383b25; of birds, hover over, Theopomp.Hist.76; of food, remain crude in the stomach, Hp.Vict.2.54, Arist.AP0.94b13, Gal.6.433, 15.63.
II.. metaph., have the upper hand, prevail, [Epich.] 282; “Φίλιππος ἐπιπολάζει” D.9.25, cf. Isoc.5.64, 8.107; “ἐ. ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς πολιτεύμασιν” Plb.30.13.2.
2.. to be prevalent, fashionable, current, τοῖς τηλικούτοις . . ὕβρις ἐ. X.Lac.3.2; “ἐκ τῆς ἐπιπολαζούσης τὰ νῦν λεσχηνείας” Pl.Ax.369d; αἱ μάλιστα ἐπιπολάζουσαι [δόξαι] Arist.EN1095a30; ἐπιπολάζοντος τοῦ γελοίου ib.1128a12.
3.. to be common, abound, “ὁ χυμὸς ἐπεπόλασεν” Hp.Epid.1.15; “οἱ ἐπιπολάζοντες μύες” Arist.HA 580b14; τὴν . . ἄνοιαν ἐ. Alex.45.7 (with play on 1); of habits, Plb.13.3.1, etc.; of poems, Sch.Ar.Th.169; γένος -άζον τῷ βίῳ abounding in the world, Luc.Icar.29.
4.. to be `uppish' or insolent, D.H.11.6, App.Mith.75; “ἐ. ὑπεροψίᾳ” Id.BC3.76: c. dat. pers., behave insolently to, Plu.2.634c.
III.. wander over, “τὴν Αἴγυπτον” Hld.2.25, cf. 8.8.
IV.. overflow, of the sea, Luc.Asin.34.
2.. ἐ. τῇ ῥητορικῇ to be engaged upon it, Id.Rh.Pr.26.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: