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Ἐπιπολαίως · superficially (ε 2529) · Suda

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Near ε2529

ε2525offers, sales
ε2526superficial, superficialities
ε2527superficial things, superficialities
ε2528superficial, shallow
ε2529superficially
ε2530on top, on the top
ε2531to a great extent
ε2532laboriously
ε2533having exacted in addition

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2529

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Ἐπιπολαίως

superficially

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Dec 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] on the surface.
Josephus [writes]: "[one of the defenders] wounded him [ = Vespasian] superficially, as the distance limited the force of the missile."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιπολαίως· ἐξ ἐπιπολῆς. Ἰώσηπος· τιτρώσκει αὐτὸν ἐπιπολαίως, προεκλύσαντος τὸ βληθὲν τοῦ διαστήματος.

Betacode

*)epipolai/ws: e)c e)pipolh=s. *)iw/shpos: titrw/skei au)to\n e)pipolai/ws, proeklu/santos to\ blhqe\n tou= diasth/matos.

Notes (1)

The headword is an adverbial form of e)pipo/laios, for which see epsilon 2526, epsilon 2527, epsilon 2528. (For the gloss -- comparably, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon -- see epsilon 1635.) It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though other extant possibilities (from Aristotle onwards) are numerous.
1Josephus, Jewish War 3.236 (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from4 entries

ε1635Ἐξ ἐπιπολῆςfrom the surface, superficiallyAs if [to say] not with a view to depth, but to visibility.
ε2526Ἐπιπόλαιαsuperficial, superficialities[Meaning] things which barely appear.
ε2528Ἐπιπόλαιοςsuperficial, shallow"Silvanus was decent and in other respects holy, but rather simple in his habits and superficial." ["Superficial"] meaning not profound in his character.
ε2530Ἐπιπολῆςon top, on the top[Meaning something] floating on the surface, rootless.

Neighbouring entries

ε2527Ἐπιπόλαιαsuperficial things, superficialities ε2528Ἐπιπόλαιοςsuperficial, shallow ε2529Ἐπιπολαίωςsuperficially ε2530Ἐπιπολῆςon top, on the top ε2531Ἐπὶ πολλῷto a great extent

Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Jan 2016

30 Jan 2016cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
30 Jan 2016expanded and tweaked notes — David Whitehead
18 Oct 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
17 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
22 May 2007added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
15 Dec 2006more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Dec 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιπολαίως (Adler number epsilon 2529), trans. Catharine Roth, 14 Dec 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2529

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗