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παρακύπτω

παρακύπτω, to stoop sideways

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παρακῦψαν aorist active participle neuter nominative singular, aorist active participle neuter accusative singular of παρακύπτω

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παρα-κύπτω, poet. παρκύπτω,
  • 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, and so,
      • 1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντʼ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον D. 4.24.
      • 2 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. out of which people look, LXX 3 Ki. 6.9(4).
      • 3 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, πράγματι PLips. 29.10 (iii A.D.).

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