A.on the surface, superficial, Hp.Art.69 (Comp.); “ῥίζα” Dsc.4.184, cf.Thphr. HP3.6.4 (Sup.), al.; “λεπτὸν καὶ ἐ. δέρμα” Arist.Pr.890a13; “τραῦμα” Luc.Nav.37.
3.. metaph., superficial, shallow, commonplace, “παιδεία” Isoc.15.190; “ἐ. ἡδοναὶ καὶ διατριβαί” D.61.56; ἐ. “πιθανότης” Dsc.Ther.Praef.; -ότατος πυρετός slight fever, Diocl.Fr. 107; ἐ. ὕπνος light sleep, Luc.Gall.25; “ἔρως” Id.DMeretr.8.2; ἐπιστήμης . . φύσις (compared to a well) “οὐκ ἐ. ἀλλὰ πάνυ βαθεῖα” Ph.1.621.
b.. on the surface, manifest: hence, obvious, ἐ. λέγομεν τὰ “παντὶ δῆλα” Arist.Rh.1410b22, cf. 1412b25; “ἐπιπολαιότερον τοῦ ζητουμένου” Id.EN1095b24; ἡ -οτάτη . . ζήτησις the most obvious method of inquiry, Id.Pol.1276a19; ἐπιπόλαιον τὸ ψεῦδος ib.1282b30.
III.. ἐπιπόλαιον, τό, v. ἐπίπλοον.