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ὑπερκύπτω

uperkupto

pop oneʼs head up, bob up, peep over

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ὑπερκύπτω · hyperkyptō — LSJ

pop oneʼs head up, bob up, peep over, emerge, come to the surface, look over the top of

pop oneʼs head up, bob up, peep over, Hom. Epigr. 14.22, J. AJ 12.7.4; ἐπὶ δένδρεόν τι ἀμβὰς ὑπερέκυπτε εἰς τὸ ἄβατον IG 42(1).121.91 (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑπερκύψας . . κατεῖδον Pl. Euthd. 271a; (the cake) ὑπερέκυπτε τοῦ κανοῦ Nicostr.Com. 15; τοῦ στομίον Luc. Luct. 16; ἀνανήξασθαι καὶ ὑπερκῦψαι (sc. κλύδωνος) Ph. 1.210, cf. 2.85; of water-plants, τοῦ ὕδατος Dsc. 4.100, cf. 113; of a muscle, emerge, come to the surface, Gal. UP 11.3, 5; ὑπερκύπτει τις [τῶν φρενῶν] μοῖρα πρὸς ὑποχόνδριον οἷν χάραξ

2 command a view of

command a view of, σκοπιάν, ἢ ὑπερκύπτει τὸν οὐρανόν Them. Or. 23.293b.

II put oneʼs head over, passes, overtop, transcend

put oneʼs head over, c. acc., ταῦρον . . μέγαν, ὃς ὑπερκύψας τὸ Ταΰγετον ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐρώτα πίεται Plu. Lyc. 15; ὅταν ὑπερκύψῃ (sc. ἡ φλὲψ) τὸν ἀμνειόν when it passes the inner membrane, Gal. 5.555: metaph., overtop, transcend, πολλῶν ὄλβον AP 6.250 (Antiphil.); θεὸς ὑ. τὰς δυνάμεις ἑαυτοῦ Ph. 1.173.

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