ἐπαρκ-έω,
future -έσω (see. below): Epic dialect aorist infinitive ἐπαρκέσσαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1161, compare “IG” 5(1).730.18] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—to be strong enough for a thing, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always of cases of danger or injury: 1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. with accusative of things et dative person, ward off something from one, οὐδέ τί οἱ τό γ᾽ ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.873; οὔτε τι Τηλέμαχος τό γ᾽ ἐπήρκεσεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.568; οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτῳ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαρκέσει τὸ μὴ οὐ πεσεῖν ] Refs 8th c.BC+]prohibebit quominus.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 918. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative of things, ward off, prevent, ἐπαρκέσσαι κακότητα [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.1161 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σέ τοι μόνον δέδορκα πημονάν (Reiske for ποιμένων) ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 360 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with dative person only, help, assist, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 871, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.93, NT.1Tim.5.10, etc.: rarely with _accusative_ _person_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 803 (troch.)] NT+6th c.BC+]: absolutely, τίς ἄρ᾽ ἐπαρκέσε; who will aid? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 91 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 777. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II supply, furnish, ἄκος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐπἤρκεσαν, τὸ μὴ πόλιν.. παθεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1170 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τινί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 830, LXX.1Mac.11.35, etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. τινὶ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ impart to him a share of.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative of things, supply with, πέπλοις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 301. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]