ἐπι[πολ]άζω

ἐπι[πολ]-άζω, [tense] fut.

A

-άσω Isoc.5.64

: [tense] 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.HA592a10, 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 crude in the stomach, Hp.Vict.2.54, Arist.AP0.94b13, 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

.

2. to be prevalent, fashionable, current, τοῖς τηλικούτοις . . ὕβρις ἐ. X.Lac.3.2;

ἐκ τῆς ἐπιπολαζούσης τὰ νῦν λεσχηνείας Pl.Ax.369d

; αἱ μάλιστα ἐπιπολάζουσαι [δόξαι] Arist.EN1095a30; ἐπιπολάζοντος τοῦ γελοίου ib.1128a12.

3. to be common, abound,

ὁ χυμὸς ἐπεπόλασεν Hp.Epid.1.15

;

οἱ ἐπιπολάζοντες μύες Arist.HA 580b14

; τὴν . . ἄνοιαν ἐ. Alex.45.7 (with play on 1); of habits, Plb.13.3.1, etc.; of poems, Sch.Ar.Th.169; γένος -άζον τῷ βίῳ abounding in the world, Luc.Icar.29.

4. to be `uppish' or insolent, D.H.11.6, App.Mith.75;

ἐ. ὑπεροψίᾳ Id.BC3.76

: c. dat. pers., behave insolently to, Plu.2.634c.

III. wander over,

τὴν Αἴγυπτον Hld.2.25

, cf. 8.8.

IV. overflow, of the sea, Luc.Asin.34.

2. ἐ. τῇ ῥητορικῇ to be engaged upon it, Id.Rh.Pr.26.