A.pop one's head up, bob up, peep over, Hom.Epigr.14.22, J.AJ12.7.4; “ἐπὶ δένδρεόν τι ἀμβὰς ὑπερέκυπτε εἰς τὸ ἄβατον” IG 42(1).121.91 (Epid., iv B. C.); “ὑπερκύψας . . κατεῖδον” Pl.Euthd.271a; (the cake) “ὑπερέκυπτε τοῦ κανοῦ” Nicostr.Com.15; “τοῦ στομίον” Luc. Luct.16; ἀνανήξασθαι καὶ ὑπερκῦψαι (sc. κλύδωνος) Ph.1.210, cf. 2.85; of water-plants, “τοῦ ὕδατος” Dsc.4.100, cf. 113; of a muscle, emerge, come to the surface, Gal.UP11.3,5; ὑπερκύπτει τις [τῶν φρενῶν] μοῖρα πρὸς ὑποχόνδριον οἷν χάραξ ib.7.21: c. acc., τὴν κυρτότητα τῆς θαλάττης look over the top of, Theo Sm.p.123 H.
2. command a view of, “σκοπιάν, ἢ ὑπερκύπτει τὸν οὐρανόν” Them.Or.23.293b.
II. put one's head over, c. acc., “ταῦρον . . μέγαν, ὃς ὑπερκύψας τὸ Ταΰγετον ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐρώτα πίεται” Plu.Lyc.15; ὅταν ὑπερκύψη (sc. ἡ φλὲψ） τὸν ἀμνειόν when it passes the inner membrane, Gal.5.555: metaph., overtop, transcend, “πολλῶν ὄλβον” AP6.250 (Antiphil.); “θεὸς ὑ. τὰς δυνάμεις ἑαυτοῦ” Ph.1.173.
