Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπιπολάζω (epipolazō) to float ^G:V

ἐπιπολάζω-άζω,

future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐπιπεπόλακα [Refs 1st c.AD+]: [ἐπιπολάζωή]:—to be at the top, come to the surface, float on the surface, ὕλη ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἐγχέλεις οὐκ ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀτμὶς ἐ. [Refs]; τὸ ἐπιπολάζωάζον, opposed to τὸ ὑφιστάμενον, [Refs]; [τὸ ἔλαιον] ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐ. [Refs]; of birds, hover over, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of food, remain crude in the stomach, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II. metaphorically, have the upper hand, prevail, [[ἐπιπολάζωάζει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.64, 8.107; ἐ. ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς πολιτεύμασιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2. to be prevalent, fashionable, current, τοῖς τηλικούτοις.. ὕβρις ἐ. [ἐπιπολάζωαζούσης τὰ νῦν λεσχηνείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ μάλιστα ἐπιπολάζωάζουσαι [δόξαι] [ἐπιπολάζωάζοντος τοῦ γελοίου [prev. work] 1128a12. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3. to be common, abound, ὁ χυμὸς ἐπεπόλασεν [ἐπιπολάζωάζοντες μύες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 580b14 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν.. ἄνοιαν ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of habits, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γένος -άζον τῷ βίῳ abounding in the world, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4. to be `uppish' or insolent, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with dative person, behave insolently to, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III. wander over, τὴν Αἴγυπτον [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV. overflow, of the sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.2. ἐ. τῇ ῥητορικῇ to be engaged upon it, [Refs]