ἐπί-κλησις,εως,ἡ,
A. surname, additional name; used by Hom. only in acc. abs., like ἐπίκλην , and mostlyἐπίκλησιν καλέειν, asἈστυάναξ,ὃν Τρῶες ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσινAstyanax, as they call himby surname(his name being Scamandrius), Il. 22.506 ;Ἄρκτος, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐ.καλέουσιwhich theycall alsothe Wain, 18.487 , cf. 7.138 , 22.29 ;Τιτῆνας ἐ. καλέεσκεν . . τιταίνοντας ἀτασθαλίῃ μέγα ῥέξαι ἔργον namedthem Titans,aftertheir endeavouring . . (ἐπὶ τῷ τιταίνειν), Hes. Th. 207 ; so in Hdt. , ἐ. δὲ ἡ κρήνη ἐπικαλέεται Ἡλίου
4.181
;Ἀθηναίης ἐ. Ἀσσησίης
1.19
; also,in name only, nominally, [Μενέσθιον] τέκε Πολυδώρη Σπερχειῷ, αὐτὰρ ἐ. Βώρῳshe bare him to Spercheius (really), butnominallyto Borus, Il. 16.177 ; τὸν τοῦ βουκόλου ἐπίκλησιν παῖδα
Hdt. 1.114
;κατ' ἐ. Apollod. 1.3.2 ; opp.ὄνομα, D.H. 5.21 .
2. . after Hom. , in other cases,surname, name, Th. 1.3 , etc.
3. .imputation,charge, Id. 7.68 , PLille 29.27
(iii B.C.); ἐ. ἔχει κακὸς ἐ͂ιναι