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 πόλεμον” D.4.24.
2. peep out of a door or window, “ἐκ θυρίδος” Ar.Th.797, cf. 799, V.178 ; “π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ” Id.Ec.924 ; of girls peeping after a lover, Id.Pax982, 985, Theoc.3.7 ; “διὰ τῶν θυρίδων” LXX 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 πνεῖ” Arr.Epict.1.1.16 :— Pass., θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι prob. out of which people look, LXX 3 Ki.6.9(4).
3. of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν ib.Si. 21.23 ; “παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον” Ev.Jo.20.11 ; παρακύψας βλέπει ib. 5, Ev.Luc.24.12 ; “ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον” Ep.Jac.1.25 ; “π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα” Luc.Pisc.30, cf. 1 Ep.Pet.1.12 ; of a thing, appear in, “ἐς ἀρχόν” Hp.Fist.3.
4. meddle with, “πράγματι” PLips.29.10 (iii A.D.).
