ἐπικύπτω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπικύπτω
ἐπικύψω
Structure:
ἐπι
(Prefix)
+
κύπτ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to bend oneself or stoop over, to stoop down, to lean upon
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἄνω δὲ τῆσ εἰκόνοσ οἱο͂ν ἀπό τινοσ σκοπῆσ Ἱπποκένταυρόσ τισ, ἀνὴρ ἐκείνησ δηλαδὴ τῆσ τὰ βρέφη ἀμφοτέρωθεν τιθηνουμένησ, ἐπικύπτει γελῶν οὐχ ὅλοσ φαινόμενοσ, ἀλλ̓ ἐσ μέσον τὸν ἵππον, λέοντοσ σκύμνον ἀνέχων τῇ δεξιᾷ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτὸν αἰωρῶν, ὡσ δεδίξαιτο σὺν παιδιᾷ τὰ βρέφη. (Lucian, Zeuxis 8:1)
- ὁ δ’ αὖ θώραξ οὕτωσ εἰργάσθω ὡσ μὴ κωλύειν μήτε καθίζειν μήτ’ ἐπικύπτειν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 4:3)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁμοῦ ἐγένοντο, οἱ τοὺσ νάρθηκασ ἔχοντεσ ἔπαιον τῶν μὲν μηρούσ, τῶν δὲ χεῖρασ, τῶν δὲ κνήμασ, τῶν δὲ καὶ ἐπικυπτόντων ἐπὶ βώλουσ ἔπαιον τοὺσ τραχήλουσ καὶ τὰ νῶτα. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 22:3)
Synonyms
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to bend oneself or stoop over
- κύπτω (I bend forward, stoop down)
Derived
- ἀνακύπτω (to lift up the head, with the head high, to come up out of the water)
- διακύπτω (to stoop and creep through, to stoop so as to peep in)
- ἐγκύπτω (to stoop down and peep in, to look closely into, stooping to the ground)
- ἐκκύπτω (to peep out of)
- κατακύπτω (to bend down, stoop, bend down and peep into)
- κύπτω (I bend forward, stoop down, I hang my head from shame)
- παρακύπτω (to stoop sideways, to stoop for the purpose of looking at, to look sideways at)
- προκύπτω (to stoop and bend forward, to peep out)
- προσκύπτω (to stoop to or over, to lean towards, and whisper in)
- συγκύπτω (to bend forwards, stoop and lay heads together, in concert)
- ὑπερκύπτω (to stretch and peep over, to step beyond, overstep)
- ὑποκύπτω (to stoop under a yoke, bowed to, yoke)