ἐπι[πολ]ή

2. . sg., surface, Schwyzer 89.15 (Argos, iii B.C.), Aret. SD 2.7, Gal. 2.626.

II. . elsewh. only in gen., ἐπιπολῆς, as Adv., 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. εἶναι to be superficial, Arist. Rh. 1400b31; but τὰ παντελῶς ἐ. quite simple tasks, 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 Hdt. 1.187, cf. Ar. Ec. 1108, Pl. 1207.

3. . with other Preps., κατύπερθε ἐπιπολῆς τῶν ξύλων Hdt. 4.201; ἐξ ἐ. εὑρίσκεσθαι D.S. 5.38; οὐκ ἐξ ἐ. ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν καθίκετο made a deep impression, Luc. Nigr. 35, etc. (condemned by Phryn. PS p.67 B., Luc. Sol. 5); δῑ ἐ. τῶν λέξεων Seleuc. ap. Ath. 9.398a; so ἐν ἐπιπολῇ, = ἐπιπολῆς, Str. 12.7.3.