ἐπίκειμαι, serving as Pass. toἐπιτίθημι,
A. to be laid upon, and so,
I. . of doors,to be put toorclosed(cf. ἐπιτίθημι
11
), θύραι δ' ἐπέκειντο φαειναί
Od. 6.19
: metaph., γλώσσῃ θύραι οὐκ ἐπίκεινται
Thgn. 421
.
2. . generally,to be placed, lie inoron, c. dat., ἐπισκύνιον ἐπέκειτο προσώπῳ
Theoc. 24.118
; of troops,ὄχθαις Ἴστρου ἐ. Hdn. 2.9.1 .
3. . of islands,νῆσοι ἐπὶ Λήμνῳ(-ουcodd.)ἐπικείμεναι lying offLemnos, Hdt. 7.6 ; soἐ. τῇ Θρηί̈κῃib. 185 ;ἐπὶ [τῇ Λακαίνῃ χώρῃ] ib. 235 , cf. Th. 4.53 : abs.,αἱ νῆσοι αἱ ἐπικείμεναιthe islandsoff the coast, Id. 2.14 , cf. 4.44 ;πάσῃ ἐ. τῇ θαλάσσῃ liesrightacrossthe sea, of Crete, Arist. Pol. 1271b34 ; ἡ ἐπικειμένη τινὸς γῆ
PTeb. 50.6