ἐπιπολή

ἐπιπολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐπιτέλλω (B)) pl. Ἐπιπολαί, αἱ, the Rise, a triangular plateau near Syracuse which rises from its base (the wall of Achradina) to its apex (Euryalus), Th. 6.96, etc.

• • • 2 sg., surface, Schwyzer 89.15 (Argos, iii B.C.), Aret. SD 2.7, Gal. 2.626.
  • II elsewh. only in gen., ἐπιπολῆς, as Adv., on the top, Hdt. 2.62, Arist. GA 747a5, etc.; κάτω μὲν καὶ ἐ. …, ἐν μέσῳ δέ . . X. Mem. 3.1.7; λίαν ἐ. πεφυτευμένα Id. Oec. 19.4; ἐ. τὸ σιναρὸν σκέλος ἔχοντα uppermost, Hp. Art. 77; τὰ ἐ. τε καὶ ἐντός Pl. Phlb. 47c, cf. 46e; of arguments, ἐ. εἶναι to be superficial, Arist. Rh. 1400b31; but τὰ παντελῶς ἐ. quite simple tasks, D. 61.37; πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἐ. ἰδεῖν Arist. HA 622b25, cf. Rh. 1376b14.
  • • 2 as Prep., c. gen., on the top of, above, τῶν πυλέων Hdt. 1.187, cf. Ar. Ec. 1108, Pl. 1207.
    • 3 with other Preps., κατύπερθε ἐπιπολῆς τῶν ξύλων Hdt. 4.201; ἐξ ἐ. εὑρίσκεσθαι D.S. 5.38; οὐκ ἐξ ἐ. ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν καθίκετο made a deep impression, Luc. Nigr. 35, etc. (condemned by Phryn. PS p.67 B., Luc. Sol. 5); διʼ ἐ. τῶν λέξεων Seleuc. ap. Ath. 9.398a; so ἐν ἐπιπολῇ, = ἐπιπολῆς, Str. 12.7.3.

ἐπιπολή, ἡ, die Oberfläche, erst Sp., wie Strab. τὸ ἐν ἐπιπολῇ XII.570 ; vgl. Lobeck zu Phryn. p. 126 ff. – Sonst nur im gen. ἐπιπολῆς, adverbial, auf der Oberfläche, obenauf, Her. 2.62 ; Xen. Oec. 19.4 u. öfter ; τὸ ἐπιπολῆς, Plat. Phil. 46d ; τῶν ἐπιπολῆς τε καὶ ἐντὸς κερασθέντων 47c ; Folgde : – c. gen., oberhalb, Her. 1.187 ; Thuc. 6.96 (auch καθύπερθε ἐπ. ξύλων 4.201); Ar. Plut. 1207. – Auch ἐξ ἐπιπολῆς, Arist. Probl. 1.43 ; Luc. Nigr. 35 u. a.Sp. – Deutlich, offenbar, ἰδεῖν Arist. H.A. 9.38, rhet. 1.25 ; διὰ μὲν ἀργίας καὶ τὰ παντελῶς ἐπιπολῆς δυσχείρωτά ἐστι Dem. 61.37.

ἐπιπολή, ἡ, ἐπιπέλομαι

• • Ia surface: mostly in gen. ἐπιπολῆς as adv. on the surface, a-top, Hdt., Xen.
  • • 2ἐπιπολῆς also as prep. c. gen. on the top of, above, Hdt., Ar.
  • IIἘπιπολαί, αἱ, an eminence near Syracuse, with a flat surface, Thuc.