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παρα-κύπτω

parakupto

stoop sideways

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρα-κύπτω · para-kyptō — LSJ

stoop sideways, lean over

stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, Ar. Ach. 16 ; lean over a railing, POxy. 475.23 (ii A.D.).

II stoop for the purpose of looking

stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,

1 look sideways, cast a careless glance

look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντʼ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον D. 4.24.

2 peep out of, peeping after a lover, peeped out, peep out and see, out of which people look

peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος Ar. Th. 797, cf. 799, V. 178 ; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ Id. Ec. 924 ; of girls peeping after a lover, Id. Pax 982, 985, Theoc. 3.7 ; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX Ca. 2.9 ; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, Plu. Amat. 2.766d : metaph., σωτηρία παρέκυψε a hope of safety peeped out, Ar. Ec. 202 ; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, Sor. 1.118 : folld. by an interrog. clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ Arr. Epict. 1.1.16 :— Pass., θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι prob

3 peep in, look in, appear in

of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν ib. Si. 21.23 ; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον Ev.Jo. 20.11 ; παρακύψας βλέπει ib. 5, Ev.Luc. 24.12 ; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον Ep.Jac. 1.25 ; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα Luc. Pisc. 30, cf. 1 Ep.Pet. 1.12 ; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν Hp. Fist. 3.

4 meddle with

meddle with, πράγματι PLips. 29.10 (iii A.D.).

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