A. mark the surface, graze, ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα φωτός
Il. 4.139
, cf. 13.553 , Poll. 4.179 ;μιν ἐπιγράψαςhavingput a mark onthe lot, Il. 7.187 ;ἄκροις δακτύλοις ἐ.trifle withdishes, Luc. Am. 42 .—In Hom. the word has not the sense ofwriting.
;πῶς οἷόν τε τῷ ἀνδρὶ δύο πατέρας -ψασθαι; Is. 4.4 (later in Act. ,ἑαυτῷ τινὰ πατέρα -γράφων claimingas his father, App. BC 1.32 ).
4. . Med. ,ἐπιγράφεσθαι μάρτυρας cause to be endorsed on a depositionas witnesses, D. 54.31 ; κλητῆρα οὐδ' ὁντινοῦν ἐπιγραψάμενος
Id. 21.87
; butἐπιγράφεσθαι τίμημα τῷ κλήρῳ set one'svaluation on the property, Is. 3.2 .
5. .προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι choosea patron,and enter his name as suchin the public register (asμέτοικοιat Athens were obliged to do), Ar. Pax 684 ; so prob.ἐπεγράφοντοshd. be restored for-γραφονin Luc. Peregr. 11 ; ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον
D. 43.15
;οἱ τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐπιγραφόμενοι, i.e. the Platonists, Luc. Herm. 14 :— Pass. , κύριος ἐπιγεγράφθαι
D. 43.15
, cf. POxy. 251.32
(i A.D.),al.
b. . metaph.,Ὅμηρον ἐπιγράφεσθαι attributeone's fluency to Homer, Luc. Dem.Enc. 2 ;πρεσβυτέρους ἐ. χρόνους claim the authority ofgreater antiquity, Id. Am. 35 .
IV. .ἐπιγράψαι ἐαυτὸν ἐπί τι claim credit for, Aeschin. 3.167 ; ἀλλοτρίοις ἐαυτὸν πόνοις
Ael. NA 8.2
, cf. Plu. Pomp. 31 ;αὐτὸς ἐ. τὴν νίκην claimas his own, J. AJ 7.7.5 :—so Med. and Pass. ,τοιούτων ῥητόρων ἐπὶ τὰς τοῦ δήμου γνώμας ἐπιγραφομένων inscribing their nameson . . , Aeschin. 1.188 ; ἐπιγράφεσθαι ἀλλοτρίαις γνώμαις
