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παρα-κύπτω , poet. παρκύπτω ,
A.stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, Ar.Ach.16 ; lean over a railing, POxy.475.23 (ii A.D.).
II. stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
1. look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, “παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμονD.4.24.
2. peep out of a door or window, “ἐκ θυρίδοςAr.Th.797, cf. 799, V.178 ; “π. ὥσπερ γαλῆId.Ec.924 ; of girls peeping after a lover, Id.Pax982, 985, Theoc.3.7 ; “διὰ τῶν θυρίδωνLXX Ca.2.9 ; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, Plu.2.766d : metaph., σωτηρία παρέκυψε a hope of safety peeped out, Ar.Ec.202 ; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, Sor.1.118 : folld. by an interrog. clause, peep out and see, “π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖArr.Epict.1.1.16 :— Pass., θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι prob. out of which people look, LXX 3 Ki.6.9(4).
4. meddle with, “πράγματιPLips.29.10 (iii A.D.).
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