ἐπι[πολ]άζω

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 crude in 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.

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. EN 1095a30; 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. BC 3.76: 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.