The corpus record

ὑπερπέτομαι

uperpetomai

fly over, beyond, skip over

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Where it lives

Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ὑπερπέτομαι · hyperpetomai — LSJ

fly over

fly over, of a spear, ὑπέρπτατο χάλκεον ἔγχος Il. 13.408, 22.275, cf. Od. 22.280; of birds, Arist. HA 541a28, Philostr. VA 2.10: aor. Act., ἀετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὑπερέπτα S. Ant. 113 (anap.).

2 fly over, beyond

c. acc., fly over or beyond, ὁ δʼ [λᾶας] ὑπέρπτατο σήματα πάντων Od. 8.192; of birds, ὑ. τὸ ὄρος Arist. HA 597a12; ὑπερπετασθῆναι πολλὰ μέρη τῆς οἰκουμένης D.S. 4.51, cf. Luc. Rh.Pr. 6: also c. gen., A.R. 2.1252, Plu. Pomp. 25.

3 skip over

metaph., skip over, εἴδη καὶ γένη Ph. 1.165.

In the wild

ὑπέρπτατο · hyperptato Iliad 13.408
ὑπέρπτατο · hyperptato Iliad 22.275
ὑπέρπτατο · hyperptato Odyssey 22.280
ὑπέρπτατο · hyperptato Odyssey 8.192

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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