ἐπιπολάζω
epipolazo
to be at the top, come to the surface, float on the surface
Appears 88 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιπολάζω, fut. -άσω 5.64: pf. ἐπιπεπόλακα 1.365: <ἐπιπολή>:—Α. to be at the top, come to the surface, float on the surface, ὕλη ἐ. Oec. 16.14; αἱ ἐγχέλεις οὐκ ἐ. HA 592a10, cf. 547b22; ἡ ἀτμὶς ἐ. Mete. 341b11; τὸ ἐπιπολάζον, opp. τὸ ὑφιστάμενον, Cael. 312a6: c.dat., ὕδατι ἐ. ib.311a28; [τὸ ἔλαιον] ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐ. Mete. 383b25; of birds, hover over, 76; of food, remain crude in the stomach, Vict. 2.54, AP 0.94b13, 6.433, 15.63. II. metaph., have the upper hand, prevail, [] 282; Φίλιππος ἐπιπολάζει 9.25, cf. 5.64, 8.107; ἐ. ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς πολιτεύμασιν 30.13.2. 2. to be prevalent, fashionable, current, τοῖς τηλικούτοις . . ὕβρις ἐ. Lac. 3.2; ἐκ τῆς ἐπιπολαζούσης τὰ νῦν λεσχηνείας Ax. 369d; αἱ μάλιστα ἐπιπολάζουσαι [δόξαι] EN 1095a30; ἐπιπολάζοντος τοῦ γελοίου ib.1128a12. 3. to be common, abound, ὁ χυμὸς ἐπεπόλασεν Epid. 1.15; οἱ ἐπιπολάζοντες μύες HA 580b14; τὴν . . ἄνοιαν ἐ. 45.7 (with play on 1); of habits, 13.3.1, etc.; of poems, Sch. Th. 169; γένος -άζον τῷ βίῳ abounding in the world, Icar. 29. 4. to be ‘uppish’ or insolent, 11.6, Mith. 75; ἐ. ὑπεροψίᾳ BC 3.76: c. dat. pers., behave insolently to, 2.634c. III. wander over, τὴν Αἴγυπτον 2.25, cf. 8.8. IV. overflow, of the sea, Asin. 34. 2. ἐ. τῇ ῥητορικῇ to be engaged upon it, Rh.Pr. 26.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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