ἐπι[πολ]-ή,ἡ , ̔ἐπιτέλλω(B)) pl.Ἐπιπολαί,αἱ, theRise, 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, asAdv.,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. εἶναιto besuperficial, Arist. Rh. 1400b31 ; butτὰ παντελῶς ἐ. quitesimpletasks, 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