παρα-κύπτω,
poetry παρκύπτω, stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; lean over a railing, [[ “POxy.” 475.23 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
__II.1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.24. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 797, compare 799, “V.” 178; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ [prev. author] “Ec.” 924 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of girls peeping after a lover, [[ [prev. author] “Pax” 982, 985, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.7; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX.Cant.2.9 ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.766d: _metaphorically_, σωτηρία παρέκυψε] Refs 1st c.AD+] a hope of safety peeped out, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 202 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.118 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: followed by an interrogative clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.1.16:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] — passive, θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι probably out of which people look, [[ LXX.3Ki.6.9(4). ] LXX]
__II.3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[[LXX.Sir.21.23; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον NT.John.20.11 ] LXX+NT]; παρακύψας βλέπει[[ [prev. work] 5, NT.Luke.24.12; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον NT.Jam.1.25; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 30, cf. NT.1Pet.1.12 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]