ὑπερπίπτω

ὑπερπίπτω,

• fall over, run over, of water, Plb. 4.39.8; run over, project, τῶν τροπικῶν εἰς . . Str. 2.2.2, cf. 2.5.27; fall over the edge, roll off, Arr. Tact. 11.6.
• • • 2 fall beyond a point, pass over, [ὁ νότος] ὑ. [τῆς Αἰγύπτου] Arist. Pr. 945a25; ὄρεα ὑπερπίπτοντα [πνεύματα] winds which pass over mountains, Hp. Vict. 2.38; of missiles, Aen. Tact. 32.9; of a badly adjusted νευρά in a torsion-engine, ἤτοι ὑπελεύσεται τὸν λίθον ἢ ὑπερπεσεῖται αὐτόν will slip over the top of the projectile, Hero Bel. 112.
    • 3 of a number, exceed, Vett.Val. 352.13; also τὸν -πίπτοντα ἄρσενα the excess of males, PTeb 701.45 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 327.46, 569.131 (iii B.C.).
  • II of Time, to be past, gone by, ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη Hdt. 3.71, cf. Hp. Mul. 2.133; but ὁ -πεσὼν χρόνος overtime for which interest is due, PPetr. 3 p.160 (iii B.C.), PAmh. 2.50.19 (ii B.C.), POxy. 1040.25 (iii A.D.), etc.

ὑπερπίπτω, (πίπτω), darüber od. darauf fallen, darüber hinausfallen, -gehen, von Pfeilen od. Spießen, die übers Ziel fliegen, dah. übertreffen, Sp. Vgl. Pol. 4.39.8. – Von der Zeit, vorbeigehen, ἢν ὑπερπέσῃ ἡ νῦν ἡμέρη Her. 3.71 ; Hippocr.

ὑπερπίπτω fut. -πεσοῦμαι

• • Ito fall over, run over, project, Strab.
  • IIof Time, to be past, gone by, Hdt.