Related to: ἐπι[πόλ]-αιος, ον,
on the surface, superficial, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 69 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥίζα [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.184, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.6.4 (_superlative_), +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λεπτὸν καὶ ἐ. δέρμα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 890a13; τραῦμα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2. ὀστέον shallow (of the skull), [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοί, i.e. not deep-set, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3. metaphorically, superficial, shallow, commonplace, παιδεία [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.190; ἐ. ἡδοναὶ καὶ διατριβαί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.56 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πιθανότης [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Ther.Praef.” ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ότατος πυρετός slight fever, [[ Diocl.fragment 107 ] Refs]; ἐ. ὕπνος light sleep, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 25; ἔρως [prev. author] “DMeretr.” 8.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπιστήμης.. φύσις (compared to a well) οὐκ ἐ. ἀλλὰ πάνυ βαθεῖα [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.621. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3.b. on the surface, manifest: hence, obvious, ἐ. λέγομεν τὰ παντὶ δῆλα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b22, compare 1412b25; ἐπιπολαιότερον τοῦ ζητουμένου [prev. author] “EN” 1095b24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ -οτάτη.. ζήτησις the most obvious method of inquiry, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1276a19; ἐπιπόλαιον τὸ ψεῦδος [prev. work] 1282b30. ] Refs]