ἐπι[πολ]-άζω,fut.
A.
-άσω
Isoc. 5.64
:pf.
ἐπιπεπόλακα
Ph. 1.365
:<ἐπιπολή>:—to be at the top, come to the surface, float on the surface,ὕλη ἐ. X. Oec. 16.14 ;αἱ ἐγχέλεις οὐκ ἐ. Arist. HA 592a10 , cf. 547b22 ;ἡ ἀτμὶς ἐ. Id. Mete. 341b11 ;τὸ ἐπιπολάζον, opp.τὸ ὑφιστάμενον, Id. Cael. 312a6 : c.dat.,ὕδατι ἐ. ib. 311a28 ; [τὸ ἔλαιον] ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐ. Id. Mete. 383b25 ; of birds,hover over, Theopomp.Hist. 76 ; of food,remain crudein the stomach, Hp. Vict. 2.54 , Arist. AP 0.94b13 , Gal. 6.433 , 15.63 .
II. . metaph.,have the upper hand, prevail, [ Epich. ] 282 ; Φίλιππος ἐπιπολάζει
D. 9.25
, cf. Isoc. 5.64 , 8.107 ; ἐ. ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς πολιτεύμασιν
Plb. 30.13.2
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2. .to be prevalent, fashionable, current,τοῖς τηλικούτοις . . ὕβρις ἐ. X. Lac. 3.2 ; ἐκ τῆς ἐπιπολαζούσης τὰ νῦν λεσχηνείας