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ἐπί,
Thess. (before τ) [[ ἐτ “IG” 9(2).517.14 (3rd c.BC), _preposition_ with _genitive_, _dative_, and _accusative_ ] Refs 3rd c.BC+], to denote the being upon or supported upon a surface or point.
__A WITH GEN.:
__A.I of Place,
__A.I.1 with Verbs of Rest, upon, [[ καθέζετ᾽ ἐ. θρόνου 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.536; ἧστο.. ὑψοῦ ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς 13.12; ἐ. πύργου ἔστη 16.700; κεῖται ἐ. χθονός 20.345 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a Verb expressed, ἔγχεα ὄρθ᾽ ἐ. σαυρωτῆρος (i.e. σταθέντα) [[ ἐλήλατο 10.153 ] Refs]; ἔκλαγξαν ὀϊστοὶ ἐπ᾽ ὤμων the arrows on his shoulders, [[ 1.46; ἐ. γῆς, opposed to ὑπὸ γῆς, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 728a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests upon something, as on a chariot, a horse, a ship, φεύγωμεν ἐφ᾽ ἵππων on our chariot, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.356; οὐκ ἂν ἐφ᾽ ὑμετέρων ὀχέων.. ἵκεσθον 8.455; ἄγαγε.. δῶρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης 24.447; ἐπὶ τῆς ἁμάξης.. ὠχέετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀχεῖσθαι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.58; οὓς κῆρες φορέουσι.. ἐ. νηῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.528; πέμπειν τινὰς ἐ. τριήροιν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.56, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ὤμου.. φέρειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.170 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν κλεῖδα περιφέρειν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ to carry the key about on his person, [[ 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “PE” 14.7; βαδιοῦνται ἐ. δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 190d; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρων ὁδοιπορεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+] walk on tiptoe, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” 1230 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, upon, if the place is an actual support, [[ νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω [prev\. author] “OT” 416 ] Refs]; ἐ. τοῦ εὐωνύμον on the left, ἐ. τῶν πλευρῶν on the flanks, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 1.8.9, 3.2.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but most frequently, in, rarely in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ] Refs 8th c.BC+] in the country. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.190; γᾶς ἐ. ξένας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1705 (Lyric poetry); νήσου τῆσδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἧς ναίει [prev\. author] “Ph.” 613; ἐ. ξένας δμωῒς ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίας πόλεος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 137 (Lyric poetry); οἱ ἐ. Θρᾴκης σύμμαχοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.35; τοὺς ἐ. τῆς Ἀσίας κατοικοῦντας Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 12.103 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος κατίσαι, καθῆσθαι, in a brothel, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.έ, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Chrm.” 163b; τοὺς ἐ. τῶν οἰκημάτων καθεζομένους 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.74; ἐ. τῶν ἐργαστηρίων καθίζειν Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 7.15 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; μένειν ἐ. τῆς αὐτῶν (i.e. χώρας) remain in statu quo, Indut. cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118; οἱ ἐπ᾽ ἐρημίας λῃστεύοντες 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.210a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later of towns, [[ ἐπ᾽ Ἀλεξανδρείας “BGU” 908.16 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.; sometimes also, at or near, ἐπ᾽ αὐτάων (i.e. τῶν πηγῶν) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.153; κόλπος ὁ ἐ. Ποσιδηΐου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.115 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἱ ἐ. Λήμνου ἐπικείμεναι νῆσοι off Lemnos, [[[prev. work] 6 codices; τὰ ἐ. Θρᾴκης] Refs] the Thrace-ward region, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.59, compare “IG” 12.45.17, etc.; ποταμοὶ ἐφ᾽ ὧν ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι..] Refs 5th c.BC+] on, i.e. near which.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 2.5.18; ἐ. τῶν τραπεζῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] at the money-changers' tables, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ap.” 17c; in Geometry texts, αἱ ἐφ᾽ ὧν AA BB [γραμμαί] the lines AA BB, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1132b6, etc.; ἕλιξ ἐφ᾽ ἇς τὰ ΑΒΓΔ a spiral ABCD, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Spir.” 13 (compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.1k); also ἐ. τοῦ βάτου] Refs 5th c.BC+] in the passage concerning the bush, [[ “NT.Mark.12.26”. ] NT]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A.I.2 in various relations not strictly local, μένειν ἐ. τῆς ἀρχῆς remain in the command, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Ages.” 1.37; μένειν ἐ. τινος] Refs 5th c.BC+] abide by it, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.9; ἐ. τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐ. τοῦ πολεμεῖν εἶναι,] Refs 4th c.BC+] to be engaged in.., [[ [prev\. author] 15.11, “Prooem.” 1; ἐ. ὀνόματος εἶναι bear a name, [prev\. author] 39.21; ἔχεται πόλις ἐ. νόσου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1141 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry).
__A.I.2.b of ships, ὁρμεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρας ride at (i.e. in dependence upon an) anchor, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188; ἐ. προσπόλου μιᾶς χωρεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+] dependent upon an attendant, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 746. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.2.c with the personal and reflexive pronoun, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, εὔχεσθε.. σιγῇ ἐφ᾽ ὑμείων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.195 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; later mostly with 3rd pers., ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν κεῖσθαι by themselves, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, compare 8.32; οἰκέειν κώμην [prev\. author] 5.98; ἐ. σφῶν αὐτῶν αὐτόνομοι οἰκεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.63; ἵζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.17; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν πλεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ὑμέων αὐτῶν βαλέσθαι consider it by yourselves, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71, etc.; αὐτὴ ἐφ᾽ αὑτῆς σκοποῦσα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40; ἐφ᾽ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν τὸν ἐξετασμὸν ποιεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν διαλέγονται speak in a dialect of their own, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142; also αὐτοὶ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν χωρεῖν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 2.4.10; πράττειν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Protagoras” 326d, compare “Sph.” 217c; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν μόνον προορώμενοι] Refs 6th c.BC+] considering their own interest only, th.[[ 1.17. ] Refs]
__A.I.2.d with numerals, to denote the depth of a body of soldiers, ἐ. τεττάρων ταχφῆναι to be drawn up four deep, four in file, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 1.2.15, etc.; ἐ. πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι, of the Thebansat Leuctra, [prev\. author] “HG” 6.4.12; ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγων τεταγμένοι,] Refs 5th c.BC+] i.e. in a long thin line, [[ [prev\. author] “An.” 4.8.11; οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων στρατιὰν παρατεταγμένην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἄγειν in single file, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 2.4.2, compare “An.” 5.2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of the length of the line, [[ ἐ. τεσσάρων ταξάμενοι τὰς ναῦς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90; in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, ἐγένοντο τὸ μέτωπον ἐ. τριακοσίων.. τὸ δὲ βάθος ἐφ᾽ ἑκατόν “Cyr.” 2.4.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖν ἐ. κέρως, ἐ. κέρας, see below c.[[ 1.3; ἐ. φάλαγγος γίγνεται τὸ στράτευμα] Refs] is formed in column, [[ “An.” 4.6.6, etc. (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 1467, ἀσπίδων ἔπι is merely _in_ or _under_ arms): hence, generally, ἐ. ὀκτὼ πλίνθων τὸ εὖρος] Refs 5th c.BC+] eight bricks wide, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 7.8.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.2.e with genitive person, before, in presence of, [[ ἐ. μαρτύρων.. πράσσεταί τι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.8; ἐξελέγχεσθαι ἐ. πάντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so, before a magistrate or official, [[ ἐ. τοῦ στρατηγοῦ “POxy.” 38.11 (1st c.AD), compare “UPZ” 71.15 (2nd c.BC), “NT.Mat.28.14”; γράψομαί σε ἐ. Ῥαδαμάνθυος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 18; τινὰ εἰς δίκην καὶ κρίσιν ἐ. τῶν στρατοπέδων προκαλεῖν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.30d; πίστεις δοῦναι ἐ. θεῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.29 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; but ἐπὶ δικασταῖς is falsa lectio in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.243 (to be read ἔπη). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.I.2.f with Verbs of perceiving, observing, judging, etc., in the case of, [[ ἐπὶ νούσων παντοίων ἐπύθοντο 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 112.10; ὁρᾶν τι ἐ. τινος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 3.9.3; αἰσθάνεσθαί τι ἐ. τινος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 406c, etc.; τὴν γνώμην ἔχειν ἐ. τινος 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 32; τὰ συμβόλαια ἐ. τῶν νόμων σκοπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων ἂν ἐσκόπει [[[prev. work]233, compare 25.2 (variant); ἐφ᾽ ἑνός τι παριδεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 64; τὰς ἐναντιώσεις ἐ. μὲν τῶν λόγων τηροῦντες, ἐ. δὲ τῶν ἔργων μὴ καθορῶντες Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 13.7; οὐδεὶς ἐφ᾽ αὑτοῦ τὰ κακὰ συνορᾷ Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 631; ἀγνοεῖν τι ἐ. τινος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.3.2 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; also with Verbs of speaking, on a subject, [[ λέγειν ἐ. τινος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Charmides” 155d, “R.” 524e, etc.; ἐπιδεῖξαί τι ἐ. τινος Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 8.109; ἵνα τοὺς ἐπαίνους ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν κοινοὺς ποιήσωμαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.12 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__A.I.3.a where the sense of motion is lost in the sense of being supported, ὀρθωθεὶς.. ἐπ᾽ ἀγκῶνος having raised himself upon his elbow, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.80; ἐ. μελίης.. ἐρεισθείς 22.225; τὴν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐ. θρόνου 18.389 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__A.I.3.b in a pregnant sense, denoting the goal of motion (compare [[ εἰς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] 1.2, ἐν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] 1.8), νῆα.. ἐπ᾽ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν] Refs 5th c.BC+] drew the ship upon the land and left it there, 1.485; περάαν νήσων ἔπι carry to the islands and leave there, 21.454, compare22.45; [[ ἐ. τῆς γῆς καταπίπτειν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀναβῆναι ἐ. τῶν πύργων [[[prev. work] 7.1.39; ἐπ᾽ Ἀβύδου ἀφικομέναις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (variant); frequently of motion towards or (in a military sense) upon a place, [[ προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐ. νηῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.700; τρέσσε.. ἐφ᾽ ὁμίλου 11.546 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (but νήσου ἔ. Ψυρίης νέεσθαι to go near Psyria, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.171); ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀπελαύνειν, ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν,] Refs 8th c.BC+] homewards, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.30, 87, etc.; also with names of places, ἰέναι ἐ. Κυζίκου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14; πλεῖν ἐ. Χίου [prev\. author] 1.164, compare 168; ἀποπλεῖν ἐπ᾽ αἰγύπτου [prev. work] 1; ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἐ. Θεσσαλίης [prev\. author] 5.64 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ κόλπος ὁ ἐ. Παγασέων φέρων the bay that leads to Pagasae, [[ [prev\. author] 7.193; ἡ ἐ. βαβυλῶνος ὁδός] Refs] the road leading to [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 5.3.45, compare “An.” 6.3.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.3.c metaphorically, ἐ. γνώμης τινὸς γίγνεσθαι come to an opinion, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.7; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδος γενέσθαι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Solon” 14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐ. κινδύνου as if to meet danger, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34; ἐ. τοῦ ἀλύπως ζῆν _with a view to... Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Protagoras” 358b; compare below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__A.II of Time, in the time of, [[ ἐ. προτέρων ἀνθρώπων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.637, 23.332; ἐ. Κρόνου {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 111 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. Κέκροπος, ἐ. Δαρείου, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.44, 6.98, etc.; ἐ. τῶν τριάκοντα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.2; ὀλιγαρχία ἡ ἐ. τῶν τετρακοσίων καταστᾶσα Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 8.108 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. τούτου τυραννεύοντος, ἐ. Λέοντος βασιλεύοντος, ἐ. Μήδων ἀρχόντων, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.15, 65, 134, etc.; ἐ. τῆς ἐμῆς βασιλείας Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 3.32 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἐμεῦ in my time, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 2.46, etc.; ἡ εἰρήνη ἡ ἐπ᾽ Ἀνταλκίδου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.54, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 5.1.36; αἱ ἐπ᾽ Ἀσδρούβα γενόμεναι ὁμολογίαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.15.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ εἰρήνης in time of peace, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.797, 9.403; ἐπ᾽ ἐμῆς νεότητος Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 211 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. Λάχητος καὶ τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρης ἑκάστης variant for{-ῃ -τῃ} in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.117. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.b later ἐ. δείπνου at dinner, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 3; ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης, ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστης κύλικος, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alex.” 23; ἐ. τῆς κύλικος, ἐ. τοῦ ποτηρίου, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 34, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alex.” 53. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.III in various causal senses:
__A.III.1 over, of persons in authority, [[ ἐπ᾽ οὗ ἐτάχθημεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. τῶν πραγμάτων the public officers, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.247; frequently in forged decrees, ὁ ἐ. τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός [prev. work]38; ὁ ἐ. τῶν ὁπλιτῶν, τῶν ἱππέων, [prev. work]116; ὁ ἐ. τῆς διοικήσεως [prev. work]38 (but compare with 111.3); τοῦ ἐ. τῶν ὁπλιτῶν is _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.5; ὁ ἐ. τῆς χώρας στρατηγός Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Phocion” 32; οἱ ἐ. τῶν σιτοποιῶν καὶ μαγείρων [prev\. author] “Alex.” 23; ὁ ἐ. τοῦ οἴνου [prev\. author] “Pyrrh.” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐ. τῶν ἐπιστολῶν τοῦ Ὄθωνος, = Latin ab epistulis, his secretary, [[ [prev\. author] “Oth.” 9; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 κεκλῆσθαι ἐ. τινος to be called after him, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.45; ἐ. τινος μετονομασθῆναι [prev\. author] 1.94: ἐ. τινος τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔχειν [prev\. author] 4.107 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινος ἐπώνυμος γίγνεσθαι [[[prev. work] 184; also ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος καλεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.35.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+].
__A.III.3 of occasions, circumstances, and conditions, οὐκ ἐ. τούτου μόνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐ. πάντων, on all occasions, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.38, compare 183; ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστων Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Philebus” 25e; ἐφ᾽ ἑκατέρου [prev\. author] “Tht.” 159c; ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστης μαντείας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.54 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσίας καὶ πλούτου πονηρὸν εἶναι in.. [[[prev. work]138; ἐ. τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος [prev. work]72, compare 18.17; τὴν ἐ. τῆς πομπῆς καὶ τοῦ μεθύειν πρόφασιν λαβών [prev\. author] 21.180; ἐ. σχολῆς 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.191; ἐπ᾽ ἀδείας Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Solon” 22; ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας NT.Mark.12.14, “POxy.” 255.16 (1st c.AD): hence in adverbial phrases, ἐπ᾽ ἴσας (i.e. μοίρας)] NT+4th c.BC+] equally, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1062 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. καιροῦ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.90 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων at the last, [[ LXX.Deu.17.7 (variant{ἐσχάτῳ}); ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος] LXX] for the present, [[“SIG” 543.6 (Epist. Philipp.). ] Refs]
__A.III.4 in respect of, [[ ἐ. τῶν πραγμάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280a17, compare “EN” 1131b18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; concerning, [[ τὰ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐνεστηκότα “PTeb.” 7.6 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.I of Place, upon, just like the genitive (hence Poets use whichever case suits the metre, whereas in Prose the dative is more frequently):
__B.I.1 with Verbs of Rest, [[ ἕζεο τῷδ᾽ ἐ. δίφρῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.354; ἧντ᾽ ἐ. πύργῳ 3.153; στῆ δ᾽ ἐ... νηΐ 8.222; κεῖσθαι ἐ. τινι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 1.8.27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καίειν ἐ. πᾶσι (i.e. βωμοῖς) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.240; ἔβραχε χαλκὸς ἐ. στήθεσσι 4.420; ἐ. χθονὶ δέρκεσθαι 1.88 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests upon something, [[ νηυσὶν ἐπ᾽ ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον 2.351 (variant for{ἐν}); ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1131 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but ἐφ᾽ ἵππῳ, ἐφ᾽ ἵπποις and the like are never used for ἐφ᾽ ἵππου, etc.); of places, mostly in, [[ ἐ. τῇ χώρῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77; τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 353; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτοις τόποις [prev\. author] “Tr.” 1100; ἐ. τῇ ψυχῇ δάκνομαι [prev\. author] “Ant.” 317 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, at or near, [[ ἐ. κρήνῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.408; ἐ. θύρῃσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.788 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; of rivers, etc., by, beside, [[ ἐ. ὠκυρόῳ Κελάδοντι.. 7.133, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάρῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.160; ἐ. νηυσί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.559 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; of persons, οὐ τἀπὶ Λυδοῖς οὐδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Ὀμφάλῃ λατρεύματα in Lydia, in the power of O., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Tr.” 356. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.b on or over, ἐπ᾽ Ἰφιδάμαντι over the body of Iphidamas, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.261, compare 4.470; τοιόνδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ κομπάζεις λόγον Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1400 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, over or in honour of, [[ ἐ. σοὶ κατέθηκε.. ἄεθλα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.91; [βοῦς] ἐ. Πατρόκλῳ πέφνεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.776; κειράμενοι χαίτας ἐπ᾽ Ἀδώνιδι 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.81, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.80; in _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ sepulchral Inscrr., “Schwyzer” 348, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.c in hostile sense, against, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, 6.74, 88, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 1139 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; as a check upon, [[ οἱ πρόβουλοι καθεστᾶσιν ἐ. τοῖς βουλευταῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b37, compare 1271a39 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, towards, in reference to, [[ ἐ. πᾶσι χόλον τελέσαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.178; ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις πᾶσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1268; δικαιότερος καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλῳ ἔσσεαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.181, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Tr.” 994 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; ἐ. τοῖς δυνατοῖς ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 191 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. πᾶσιν τοῖς σώμασι κάλλος extending over all bodies, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 210b; ἡ [παιδεία] ἡ ἐ. σώμασι, ἐ. ψυχῇ, [prev\. author] “R.” 376e; τἀπὶ σοὶ κακά] Refs 5th c.BC+] the ills which lie upon thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 806: in _Attic dialect_ also, νόμον τίθεσθαι, θεῖναι ἐ. τινι,] Refs 5th c.BC+] make a law for his case, whether for or against, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Grg.” 488d, Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.87; νόμους ἀναγράψαι ἐ. τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμος κεῖται ἐ. τινι [[[prev. work]70; τἀπὶ τῷ πλήθει νενομοθετημένα [prev. work]123, compare 142; τί θεσμοποιεῖς ἐ. ταλαιπώρῳ νεκρ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 1645. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.d. of accumulation, upon, after, ὄγχνη ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ one pear after another, pear on pear, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.120; ἐ. κέρδεϊ κέρδος {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 644; ἄτη ἑτέρα ἐπ᾽ ἄτῃ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 404 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); πήματα ἐ. πήμασι, ἐ. νόσῳ νόσος, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ant.” 595, “OC” 544 (both Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.e. in addition to, over and above, besides, οὐκ ἄρα σοί γ᾽ [[ ἐ. εἴδεϊ καὶ φρένες ἦσαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.454, compare 308; ἄλλα τε πόλλ᾽ ἐ. τῇσι παρίσχομεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.639, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.264; ἐ. τοῖσι] Refs 8th c.BC+] besides, [[ 24.277; ἐ. τούτοις 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.10 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; so of Numerals, [[ τρισχιλίους ἐ. μυρίοις Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Publicola” 20, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Or.” 4.148c, etc.; γυναῖκ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν.. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 694 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with Verbs of eating and drinking, with, [[ ἐ. τῷ σίτῳ πίνειν ὕδωρ Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.27 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; νέκταρ [[ ποτίσαι ἐπ᾽ ἀμβροσίᾳ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedrus” 247e ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; especially of a relish, κάρδαμον μόνον [[ ἐ. τῷ σίτῳ ἔχειν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.11; παίειν ἐφ᾽ ἁλὶ τὰν μᾶδδαν Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 835 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: metaphorically, ἐ. τῷ φάγοις ἥδιστ᾽ ἄ; ἐ. βαλλαντί; [[ [prev\. author] “Eq.” 707; later ἐ. γογγυλίσι διαβιῶναι] Refs] live on turnips, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.419a. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.I.1.f. of position, after,behind, of soldiers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.3.16 - 18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.g. in dependence upon, in the power of, [[ τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσι κεῖται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινί ἐστι it is in his power to do, c.infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.29, etc.; ἐ. σοί ἐστιν ἀναζωπυρεῖν 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.2; ἐ. ἑτέροις γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῷ πλήθει in their hands, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 66, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.84; τὸ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοί, τὸ ἐ. ἐκείνῳ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., as far as is in my power, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 5.4.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.142, etc.; τὸ ἐ. τούτοις εἶναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοῖς υἱάσι their property, [[ Leges Gortynensium 4.37. ] Refs]
__B.I.1.h. according to, ἐ. τοῖς νόμοις Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.56; ἐ. πᾶσι δικαίοις ποιούμεθα τοὺς λόγους [prev\. author] 20.88; ἐ. προφάσει θηρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 662 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices (Lyric poetry).
__B.I.1.i. of condition or circumstances in which one is, [[ ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐ. ἔργῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.175, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ἀρρήτοις λόγοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 556; ἐπ᾽ ἀσφάκτοις μήλοισι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 228 (Lyric poetry); ταύταις ἐ. συντυχίαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.36; ἐπ᾽ εὐπραξίᾳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1554; ἐ. τῷ παρόντι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.36 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ λαβεῖν, see at {αὐτόφωρος}; also ἐ. τῷ δείπνῳ at dinner, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.3.12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Char.” 3.2; ἐ. τῇ κύλικι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 214b; ἐ. θαλίαις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 192 ] Refs 6th c.BC+] (anapaest meter).
__B.I.1.k. Geometry texts, of the point, etc., at which letters are written, κέντρον ἐφ᾽ ᾧ K Hippocr. cited in [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Ph.” 64.14; ἡ [γραμμὴ] ἐφ᾽ ᾗ HK the line HK, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mete.” 375b22. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.2. with Verbs of Motion:
__B.I.2.a. where the sense of motion merges in that of support, [[ ἐ. χθονὶ βαίνει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.443; θεῖναι ἐ. γούνασιν 6.92; καταθέσθαι ἐ. γαίῃ 3.114 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱστὸν ἔστησεν ἐ. [[ ψαμάθοις 23.853; ἐ. φρεσὶ θῆκε 1.55 ] Refs]; δυσφόρους ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι γνώμας [[ βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.
__B.I.2.b. in pregnant construction, πέτονται ἐπ᾽ ἄνθεσιν fly on to the flowers and settle there, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.89; ἐκ.. βαῖνον ἐ. ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.499; καθεῖσεν ἐ. Σκαμάνδρῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.36 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦλθε δ᾽ [[ ἐ. Κρήτεσσι 4.251, compare 273; νῆες εἰρύατ᾽.. ἐ. θινὶ θαλάσσης 4.248 ] Refs].
__B.I.2.c. rarely for εἰς c.accusative, [[ νηυσὶν ἔ. γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν 5.327, 11.274 ] Refs].
__B.I.2.d. in hostile sense, upon or against, ἐ. τινι ἔχειν, ἰθύνειν ἵππους, [[ 5.240, 8.110; ἐ. τινι ἱέναι βέλος, ἰθύνεσθαι ὀϊστόν, 1.382, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.8; ἐ. τοι Ἀκράγαντι τανύσαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.91; ἐ. Τυδεΐδῃ ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.97; ἐφ᾽ Ἕκτορι.. ἀκοντίσσαι 16.358; κύνας.. σεύῃ ἐπ᾽ ἀγροτέρῳ συΐ 11.293; ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.214, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 1379, etc.: also ἐ. τινι τετάχθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.70, 3.13; ὅστις φάρμακα δηλητήρια ποιοῖ ἐ. Τηΐοισιν “SIG” 37.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Teos, 5th c.BC).
__B.II. of Time, rarely, and never in good Attic dialect, except in sense of succession (below 2), ἐ. νυκτί by night, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.529; ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρῃ, αἱ δ᾽ ἐ. νυκτί {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 102 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἤματι τῷδε on this very day, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.234; ἐπ᾽ ἤματι] Refs 8th c.BC+] for to-day, [[ 19.229, 10.48, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.284; αἰεὶ ἐπ᾽ ἤματι every day, 14.105; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, 5.53, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.1; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρῃ ἐστίν 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 6; ἐ. τρίς “Act.Ap.” 10.16, “PHolm.” 1.18. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II.2. of succession, after, ἕκτῃ ἐ. δέκα on the [[ 16th of the month, Chron. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.155, Decrees [prev. work]181 (δεκάτῃ codices); τετράδι ἐ. δέκα “IG” 12.304.62 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸ τῆς ἕκτης ἐ. δέκα [[[prev. work]22.1361.19; ἐπ᾽ ἐξεργασμένοισι, =] Refs] Latin re peracta, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.164, etc.; ἐ. τινι ἀγορεύειν, ἀνίστασθαι, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Or.” 898, 902, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 2.3.7, etc.; ἐ. διεφθαρμένοισι Ἴωσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], τὰ ἐ. τούτοισι, = Latin quod superest, [[ [prev\. author] 9.78, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 255, etc.; τοὐπὶ τῷδε πῆμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 855 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry), etc.
__B.II.3. in the time of (compare [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11) only in 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, ἐπὶ Χαιριάδαι “Schwyzer” 665 A 21, compare 666 (Orchom.). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III. in various causal senses:
__B.III.1. of the occasion or cause, τετεύξεται ἄλγε᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ for her, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.585; ἐ. σοὶ μάλα πόλλ᾽ ἔπαθον] Refs 8th c.BC+] for thee, [[ 9.492: frequently with Verbs expressing some mental affection, ἐπὶ παντὶ λόγῳ ἐπτοῆσθαι 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 87 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μέγα φρονεῖν ἐ. τινι to be proud at or of a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 342d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 3.4.11, etc.; χλιδᾶν ἐ.τινι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 360; ἀγάλλεσθαι, ἀγανακτεῖν ἐ. τοῖς παροῦσι, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 2.6.26, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.122; ὀνομαστὸς ἐ. τινι γεγονέναι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 1.2.61 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; also ἐφ᾽ αἵματι φεύγειν to be tried on a capital charge, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.105; πληγὰς λαμβάνειν ἐ. τινι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.16; ζημιοῦσθαι ἐ. τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.122 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: in adverbial phrases [δικάσσαι] ἐπ᾽ ἀρωγῇ with favour, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.574; δολίῃ ἐ. τέχνῃ {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 540; ἐ. μιῇ αἰτίῃ ἀνήκεστον πάθος ἔρδειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.137 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐ.κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ for malice, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37; ἐπ᾽ εὐνοία, ἐπ᾽ ἔχθρα, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.273, 21.55; ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ ἐλπίδι <b>with.. </b>, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus Mem. 2.1.18, cf. NT.Rom.4.18; ἐφ᾽ ἑκατέροις] NT+5th c.BC+] in both cases, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 158d, compare 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 34.4; ἐ. δάκρυσί τινα καταστένειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 315 ] Refs 6th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τῇ πάσῃ συκοφαντίᾳ καὶ διασεισμῷ Mitteis [[“Chr.” 31 vI (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.III.2. of an end or purpose, [[ υἱὸν ἐ. κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.154, compare 9.482; ἐ. δόρπῳ] Refs 8th c.BC+] for supper, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.44; ἐ. κακῷ ἀνθρώπου σίδηρος ἀνεύρηται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; ἐ. διαφθορῇ [prev\. author] 4.164; ἐ. σῷ καιρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 151 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τῷ κέρδει Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 1.2.56 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δῆσαι ἐ. θανάτῳ or τὴν ἐ. θανάτῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, 3.119, compare 1.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 1.6.10; ἐ. θανάτῳ συλλαβεῖν Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.154 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἐξαγωγῇ for exportation, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.6; χρηστηριάζεσθαι ἐ. τῇ χώρῃ] Refs 5th c.BC+] with a view to gaining.. , [[ [prev\. author] 1.66; ἐ. τούτοις ἐθύσαντο Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 3.5.18; ἐ. τῷ ὑβρίζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.38, compare 34, etc.; τι κακοτεχνεῖν ἐ. αἰσχύνῃ τοῦ ἀνδρός “PEleph.” 1.6 (4th c.BC). ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__B.III.3. of the condition upon which a thing is done, ἐ. τούτοισι on these terms, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, etc.; ἐ. τοῖσδε, ὥστε.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τούτῳ, ἐπ᾽ ᾧτε on condition that.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 7.158: in indirect speech, ἐπ᾽ or ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε] Refs 5th c.BC+] followed by infinitive, [[ [prev\. author] 1.22, 7.154, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 2.2.20; ἐφ᾽ ᾧ μηδὲν κακὸν ποιήσουσιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but ἐφ᾽ ᾧ = wherefore, NT.Rom.5.12); ἐπ᾽ οὐδενί on no condition, on no account, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, for no adequate reason, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.132; ἐπ᾽ ἴσῃ τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ, ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ] Refs 4th c.BC+], on fair and equal terms, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.7, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27; ἐ. ῥητοῖς, see at {ῥητός}; also of a woman's dowry, τὴν μητέρα ἐγγυᾶν ἐ. ταῖς ὀγδοήκοντα μναῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆμαί [[ τινα ἐ. δέκα ταλάντοις Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.13; τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα ἐ. τῇ τυραννίδι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; on the principle of.. , [[ ἐ. τῷ μὴ λυπεῖν ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__B.III.4. of the price for which.., [[ ἔργον τελέσαι δώρῳ ἔ. μεγάλῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.304, compare 21.445; ἐ. τίνι χρήματ; 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38; ἐ. πόσ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ap.” 41a; ἐ. ταλάντῳ χρυσίου Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 154 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρίῳ λέγειν, πράττειν, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.182, 24.200; ἐ. χρήμασι λυμαίνεσθαι [prev\. author] 19.332; ἐ. πολλῷ ἐρρᾳθυμηκότες [prev\. author] 1.15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of money lent at interest, δανείζεσθαι ἐ. τοῖς μεγάλοις τόκοις [[[prev. passage]; ἐ. δραχμῇ δανείζειν] Refs] lend at 12 per cent., [[ [prev\. author] 27.9; ἐπ᾽ ὀκτὼ ὀβολοῖς τὴν μνᾶν τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου δανείζειν] Refs], i.e. at 16 per cent., [[ [prev\. author] 53.13; ἐ. διακοσίαις εἴκοσι πέντε τὰς χιλίας _for_ 225 per mille, i.e. 22.5 per cent., Syngr. cited in [same work] 35.10 ] Refs]; also of the security on which money is borrowed, [[ δανείζειν ἐ. ἀνδραπόδοις [prev\. author] 27.27 ] Refs]; ἐπ᾽ οἴνου [[ κεραμίοις τρισχιλίοις [prev\. author] 35.18; ἐ. νηΐ [prev\. author] 56.3; δανείζειν ἐ. τοῖς σώμασιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 9.1, compare 2.2, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III.5. of names, φάος καὶ νὺξ ὀνόμασται.. [[ ἐ. τοῖσί τε καὶ τοῖς Parmenides Poeta Philosophus [{4-5th c.BC}] 9.2; ἐ. τῇ τοῦ οἰκείου ἔχθρᾳ στάσις κέκληται Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 470b; so ὄνομα κεῖται ἐ. τινι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.12 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄνομα καλεῖν [[ ἐ. τινι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Sophista” 218c, compare 244b; πότερον ταῦτα, πέντε ὀνόματα ὄντα, ἐ. ἑνὶ πράγματί ἐστι [prev\. author] “Prt.” 349b (v. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.2). ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__B.III.6. of persons in authority, ὅς μ᾽ ἐ. βουσὶν εἷσεν who set me over the kine, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.209, compare 221; ποιμαίνειν ἐπ᾽ ὄεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.25; οὖρον κατέλειπον ἐ. κτεάτεσσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.89; σημαίνειν ἐ. δμῳῇσι 22.427 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέμπειν ἐ. τοσούτῳ [[ στρατεύματι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.29; ἐ. ταῖς ναυσίν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.11; οἱ ἐ. ταῖς μηχαναῖς [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 6.3.28 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. ταῖς καμήλοις [[[prev. work] 33; οἱ ἐ. τοῖς πράγμασιν ὄντες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.2; ἐ. θυγατρὶ.. γαμεῖν ἄλλην γυναῖκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__B.III.7. in possession of, possessing, [[ ἐ. τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μένειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105, compare 8.86; ζῆν ἐ. παιδίοις, τελευτᾶν ἐ. παιδὶ γνησίῳ, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VS” 2.12.2; ἐ. παισὶ διαδόχοις 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.2.1; ἀποθανεῖν ἐ. κληρονόμοις ταῖς θυγατράσι 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.78, compare “PMeyer” 6.22 (2nd c.AD); ἐ. μόνῳ παιδὶ σαλεύειν 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__C.I. of Place, upon or on to a height, with Verbs of Motion, [[ ἐ. πύργον ἔβη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.386, compare 12.375; ἐ. τὰ ὑψηλότατα τῶν ὀρέων ἀναβαίνειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.131; προελθεῖν ἐ. βῆμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀναβιβαστέον τινά, ἀναβαίνειν ἐ. τὸν ἵππον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 467e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 3.4.35; also ἐξ ἵππων ἀποβάντες ἐ. χθόνα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.265 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐ. στόμα upon his face, [[ 6.43; ἐ. θρόνον.. ἕζετο 8.442 ] Refs]; ὤμω.. ἐ. στῆθος συνοχωκότε drawn together upon his breast, [[ 2.218; Ὀδυσσῆ᾽ εἷσαν ἐ. σκέπας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.212; θέσθαι ἐ. τὰ γόνατα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 7.3.23; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Socraticus Philosophus 54 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. κεφαλήν head-foremost, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 553b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 48 (v. κεφαλή): less frequently than ἐπί with _genitive_ or _dative_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.I.b. Geometry texts, αἱ ἐ. τὰς ἁφὰς ἐπιζευγνύμεναι εὐθεῖαι joining the points of contact, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Sph.Cyl.” 1.8; κάθετος ἐ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. perpendicular to (v. κάθετος).
__C.I.2. to, [[ ἦλθε θοὰς ἐ. νῆας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐ. βωμὸν ἄγων [[[prev. work] 440; ἴθυσαν δ᾽ ἐ. τεῖχος 12.443; ἐ. τέρμ᾽ ἀφίκετο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 48; ἡ [ὁδὸς] ἐ. Σοῦσα φέρει Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 3.5.15; ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν Πυλῶν ἐ. τὸ Ποσειδώνιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. [[ τὸ αὐτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον [prev\. author] 1.79 ] Refs]: c.accusative person, [[ βῆ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Ἀτρεΐδην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.18, compare 10.18, 85, 150, etc.: sometimes in <i>pregnant</i> _construction_ with Verbs of Rest, ἐπιστῆναι ἐ. τὰς θύρας Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 212d; παρεῖναι ἐ. τὸν τάφον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus Cyr. 3.3.12. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.I.2.b. metaphorically, ἐ. ἔργα τρέπεσθαι, ἰέναι, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.422, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.127; ἰέναι ἐ. τὸν ἔπαινον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.36; ἐ. συμφορὴν ἐμπεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.88 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] codices; also ἐ. τὴν τράπεζαν ἀποδιδόναι, ὀφείλειν, pay, owe to the bank, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.12, Docum. cited in [same work] 45.31; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐ. τὴν τράπεζαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως [[[prev. work]24; also εἰσποιηθῆναι ἐ. τὸ ὄνομά τινος] Refs] to be entered under his name, [[ [prev\. author] 44.36. ] Refs]
__C.I.2.c. up to, as far as (μέχρι ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 5.1. [1]), παρατείνειν ἐπ᾽ Ἡρακλέας στήλας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.181; ἐ. θάλασσαν καθήκειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.27, 97: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πείρατ᾽ ἀέθλων ἤλθομεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.248 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. διηκόσια ἀποδιδόναι yield [[ 200 ] Refs]-fold, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; in measurements, πλέον ἢ ἐ. δύο στάδια Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.8, “An.” 6.2.2; ὅσον ἐ. εἴκοσι σταδίους [prev. work] 6.4.5, compare 1.7.15: frequently with a _neuter_ ] Refs 6th c.BC+] adjective or pronoun, [[ τόσσον τίς τ᾽ ἐπιλεύσσει ὅσον τ᾽ ἐ. λᾶαν ἵησιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσον [[ ἔφ᾽ 2.616, compare 15.358; ἐ. τοσοῦτό γε φρονέω,.. ταύτην μηδὲν σίνεσθαι] Refs] I am prudent enough, not to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.97; ἐ. ὅσον δεῖ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.66 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. [[ πάντ᾽ ἀφίξομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 265; ἐ. πᾶν ἐλθεῖν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 3.1.18 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὸ ἔσχατον [[ ἀγῶνος ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μεῖζον χωρεῖν, ἔρχεσθαι, [[[prev. work] 117, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” 259; ἐ. μέγα χωρεῖν δυνάμεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μακρότερον, ἐ. μακρότατον, [[ [prev\. author] 4.41, 1.1, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.16, 192; ἐ. σμικρόν, ἐ. βραχύ] Refs 5th c.BC+], a little way, a little, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 414, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118; ἐπ᾽ ἔλαττον, ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 93b, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70; ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγον, ἐ. πολλά, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sph.” 254b; ἐ. πλέον] Refs 5th c.BC+] still more, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.171, 5.51, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51; rarely with Advs., ἐ. μᾶλλον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 4.181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__C.I.2.d. before, into the presence of (compare [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2e), ἦγον δή μιν ἐ. τὰ κοινά [prev\. author] 3.156 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but στὰς ἐ. τὸ συνέδριον standing at the door of the council, [[ [prev\. author] 8.79); ἐ. ἡγεμόνας καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε NT.Matt.10.18 ] NT].
__C.I.2.e. in Military phrases (compare [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2d), ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐτάξαντο] Refs 4th c.BC+], i.e. twenty-five in file, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93; uncertain in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, as ἐ. πολλοὺς τεταγμένοι] Refs 5th c.BC+] many in file, [[ “An.” 4.8.11 codices; ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγον τὸ βάθος γίγνεσθαι “Cyr.” 7.5.2 ] Refs] codices; for ἐ. κέρας see below[[ 3. ] Refs]
__C.I.3. of the quarter or direction towards or in which a thing takes place, ἐ. δεξιά, ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερά, to the right or left, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238, 12.240, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.171, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.33, etc.; ἐ. τὰ ἕτερα or ἐ. θάτερα, [prev\. author] 5.74, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87, etc.; ἐ. τὰ μακρότερα,βραχύτερα] Refs 8th c.BC+], on the longer, shorter side, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα νοέων] Refs 5th c.BC+] both ways, [[ [prev\. author] 8.22; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ἐ. τάδε Φασήλιδος on this side, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.80; ἐ. ἐκεῖνα, see at {ἐπέκεινα}; ἐφ᾽ ἕν, ἐ. δύο, ἐ. τρία] Refs 5th c.BC+], of space, in one, two, three dimensions, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de An.” 404b23, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.3.13; in Military phrases, ἐ. δόρυ ἀναστρέψαι,ἐ. ἀσπίδα μεταβαλέσθαι] Refs 4th c.BC+], to the spear or shield side, i.e. to right or left, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 4.3.29, “Cyr.” 7.5.6; ἐ. πόδα ἀναχωρεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., retire on the foot, i.e. facing the enemy, [[ [prev\. author] “An.” 5.2.32; so ἐ. κέρας or ἐ. κέρως πλεῖν] Refs], etc., sail towards or on the wing, i.e. in column (v. [[ κέρας v11): _metaphorically_, ἐ. τὸ μεῖζον κοσμῆσαι, δεινῶσαι] Refs], etc., with exaggeration, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10, 8.74, etc.; ἐ. τὸ πλέον ἀγγέλλεσθαι [prev\. author] 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὸ φοβερώτερον [[[prev. work] 83; ἐ. τὰ γελοιότερα ἐπαινέσαι so as to provoke laughter, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 214e; ἐ. τὰ καλλίω, ἐ. τὰ αἰσχίονα, [prev\. author] “Plt.” 293e; ἐ. τὸ βέλτιον καὶ κάλλιον, ἐ. τὸ χεῖρον καὶ τὸ αἴσχιον, [prev\. author] “R.” 381b; ἐ. τὸ ἄμεινον Oracle texts cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.66. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.I.4. in hostile sense, against, [[ ἰέναι ἐ. νέας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.101; ὦρτο δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς 5.590 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; στρατεύεσθαι or -εύειν ἐ. τινα, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 77, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, etc.; ἰέναι ἐ. φάτιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 495 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); πλεῖν ἐ. τοὺσ [[ Ἀθηναίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90; πέμπειν στρατηγὸν ἐ. τινας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύεσθαι ἐ. τινα offer sacrifice on going against.. , [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 7.8.21; ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς] Refs 5th c.BC+] to your prejudice, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.33, 10.57. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.I.5. of extension over a space, πουλὺν ἐφ᾽ ὑγρὴν ἤλυθον over much water, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.27: ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης 2.159; ἐ. κύματα 13.27; ὁρόων ἐπ᾽ ἀπείρονα πόντον 1.350 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλέων, λεύσσων ἐ. οἴνοπα πόντον, [[ 7.88, 5.771; ἐ. πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀλήθην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.120; ἄγοισι.. Ἀνδρομάχαν.. ἐπ᾽ ἄλμυρον πόντον Sappho Lyrica [{7-6th c.BC}] “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20a. 7: also with Verbs of Rest, ἐπ᾽ ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα] Refs 8th c.BC+] over nine acres he lay stretched, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.577; τόσσον ἔπ᾽] Refs 8th c.BC+] over so much, [[ 5.251, compare 13.114; διώκοντες ἐ. πολύ] Refs] over a large space, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.50, compare 62, etc.; ἐ. πλεῖστον [prev. work] 4; ὡς ἐ. πλεῖστον 2.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; frequently to be rendered on, [[ δράκων ἐ. νῶτα δαφοινός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.308 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππους.. ἐ. νῶτον ἐΐσας [[[prev. work] 765; ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει 17.447 ] Refs]; ἐ. γαῖαν εἰσὶ δύω [γένη] [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Op.” 11; ἀοιδοὶ ἔασιν ἐ. χθόνα “Th.” 95; ἐ. γᾶν μέλαιναν ἔμμεναι κάλλιστον Sappho Lyrica [{7-6th c.BC}] “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, among, [[ κλέος πάντας ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπους 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.213, compare 24.202, 535; δασσάμενοι [κτήματ᾽] ἐφ᾽ ἡμέας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.385, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 322d. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.II. of Time, for or during a certain time, [[ ἐ. χρόνον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.299, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.193: πολλὸν ἐ. χρόνον 12.407; παυρίδιον.. ἐ. χρόνον {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 133; ἐ. δηρόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.415; ἐ. πολὺν χρόνον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedo” 84c ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐπ᾽ [[ ὀλίγον χρόνον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. χρόνον τινά, ἐ. τινα χρόνον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 344b, “Grg.” 524d; γῆν ἀπεμίσθωσαν ἐ. δέκα ἔτη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. διετές Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.20; ἐ. τρεῖς ἡμέρας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 6.6.36 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀρκέσον enough for the day, [[ [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 6.2.34, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.23, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; ἐ. πολύ] Refs 5th c.BC+] for a long time, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.II.2. up to, until a certain time, εὗδον παννύχιος [[ καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἠῶ καὶ μέσον ἦμαρ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.288; οὐδ᾽ ἐ. γῆρας ἵκετ᾽ 8.226 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__C.III. in various causal senses:
__C.III.1. of the object or purpose for which one goes, ἀγγελίην ἔπι Τυδῆ στεῖλαν sent him for (i.e. to bring) tidings of.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.384 (uncertain); ἐ. βοῦν ἴτω] Refs 8th c.BC+] let him go for an ox, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.421; ἐ. τεύχεα δ᾽ ἐσσεύοντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.808; ἐλθεῖν πρός τινα ἐπ᾽ ἀργύριον Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέμπειν εἴς τινα ἐ. στράτευμα [[[prev. work] 4.5.31; ἴτω τις ἐφ᾽ ὕδωρ [prev. work] 5.3.49; ἥκειν ἐ. τοὺς τόκους] Refs] for (i.e. to demand) the interest, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.61: less frequently with _accusative_ _person_, ἐπ᾽ Ὀδυσσῆα ἤϊε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.149, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 555; κατῆλθον ἐ. ποιητήν Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ranae” 1418; κατέρχονται ἐ. τὸν Ἀγόρατον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.23 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative of a Noun of Action, ἐξιέναι ἐ. θήραν go out hunting, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.2.9; ἔπλεον οὐχ ὡς ἐ. ναυμαχίαν (variant for{-μαχίᾳ}) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83; ἐ. μάχην ἰέναι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 1.4.12 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἔρχεσθαι, ἵζειν ἐ. δεῖπνον, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.381, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.394; ἐ. δόρπον ἀνέστη 12.439; κληθεὶς ἐ. δεῖπνον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 174e, etc.; καλεῖν ἐ. ξείνια 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107, 5.18; ἐ. τὴν θεωρίαν] Refs 8th c.BC+] to see the sight, [[ “NT.Luke.23.48”, compare “PTeb.” 33.6 (2nd c.BC): frequently with _neuter_ _pronoun_ ] NT+2nd c.BC+] or adjective, ἐ. τοῦτο ἐλθεῖν for this purpose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 2.5.22, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.87; ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 447b ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; ἐ. τ; to what end? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 256; ἐφ᾽ ὅ τι [prev\. author] “Lys.” 22, 481; ἐφ᾽ ἃ ἤλθομεν] Refs 5th c.BC+] for which purpose, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15, etc.; ἐπὶ ἴσα] Refs 5th c.BC+] for like ends, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.5 (but ἐ. ἶσα μάχη τέτατο, ={ἴσως}, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.436); ἐ. τὸ βέλτιον] Refs 8th c.BC+] to a better result, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 7.8.4; ἀναστῆσαί τινα ἐ. χριστὸν Θεοῦ] Refs 5th c.BC+] set up as God's anointed, [[ LXX.2Ki.23.1] LXX]: after an adjective, ἄριστοι πᾶσαν [[ ἐπ᾽ ἰθύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.79, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.434; ἄπορος ἐ. φρόνιμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 691 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); χρήσιμος [[ ἐ... οὐδέν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.31: after a Noun, ὁδὸς ἐ. τι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.21 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄργανα ἐ. τι [[[prev. work] 6.2.34. ] Refs]
__C.III.2. so far as regards, [[ τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 889; ὅσον γε τοὐπ᾽ ἐμέ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1345 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐπί σε, τὸ ἐ. σέ, [[ [prev\. author] “Hec.” 514, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 1.4.12; τὸ ἐ. σφᾶς εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐ. τὸ πολύ for the most part, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Top.” 100b29, etc.; ἐ. πᾶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν [[ ξυνετὸν ἐ. πᾶν ἀργόν [prev\. author] 3.82; κρείσσων ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 181 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐ. [[ μέγα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 55 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+].
__C.III.3. of persons set over others, ἐ. τοὺς πεζοὺς [[ καθιστάναι ἄρχοντα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.58, compare “HG” 3.4.20; στρατηγὸς ἐ. τοὺς ὁπλίτας, ἐ. τὴν χώραν, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 61.1, “IG” 22.682.24; ἐ. τὸν Πειραιέα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” [same place]; ἐ. Ῥαμνοῦντα “IG” 2.1206b (compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 111.1); οἱ θεσμοθέται οἱ ἐ. τοὺς νόμους κληρούμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.90 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__C.III.4. according to, by, ἐ. στάθμην by the rule, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.245, 21.44, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__D. POSITION:—ἐπί may suffer anastrophe (ἔπι) and follow its case, as in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.162; it may like wise follow its Verb, ἤλυθ᾽ ἔπι ψυχή 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.20, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.539. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__D.II. in Poets it is sometimes put with the second of two Nouns, though in sense it also governs the first, ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐ. [[ γῆς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.27, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 761, “Ant.” 367 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__E. AB[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, used adverbially, without anastrophe, καὶ ἐ. σκέπας ἦν ἀνέμοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.443 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κτεῖνον δ᾽ ἐ. μηλοβοτῆρας as well, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.529; especially ἐ. δέ.. ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and besides.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65, 75, etc.; πολιαί τ᾽ ἐ. ματέρες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry).
__E.II. ἔπι, for ἔπεστι, there is, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.515, 3.45, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.315; οὐ γὰρ ἔπ᾽ ἀνήρ.. ] Refs 8th c.BC+] there is no man.., [[ 2.58; σοὶ δ᾽ ἔ. μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων 11.367; ἔ. δέ μοι γέρας Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Eumenides” 393 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices (Lyric poetry).
__F. PROSODY: in ἐπιόψομαι, ι is not elided before a vowel; also in some words where σ or ϝ has been lost, as ἐπιάλμενος, ἐπιείκελος, ἐπιεικής, ἐπιέξομαι (v. [[ ἐπέχω v11). _Doric dialect_ ἐπιεργάζομαι (v. ἐπιεργάζομαι). ] Refs]
__G.I. of Place, denoting,
__G.I.1. Support or Rest upon, ἔπειμι (A), ἐπίκειμαι, ἐπικαθίζω, ἐπαυχένιος, ἐπιβώμιος, etc.
__G.I.2.a. upon or over, ἐπιβαίνω, ἐπιτρέχω.
__G.I.2.b. to or towards, ἐπέρχομαι, ἐπιστέλλω, ἐπαρίστερος, ἐπιδέξιος.
__G.I.2.c. against, [[ ἐπαΐσσω, ἐπιπλέω 11 ] Refs], ἐπιστρατεύω, ἐπιβουλεύω.
__G.I.2.d. up to a point, ἐπιτελέω.
__G.I.2.e. over a place, as in ἐπαιωρέομαι, ἐπαρτάω.
__G.I.2.f. over or beyond boundaries, as in ἐπινέμομαι.
__G.I.2.g. implying reciprocity, as in ἐπιγαμία.
__G.I.3. Extension over a surface, as in ἐπαλείφω, ἐπανθίζω, [[ ἐπιπέτομαι, ἐπιπλέω 1 ] Refs], ἐπάργυρος, ἐπίχρυσος.
__G.I.4. Accumulation of one thing over or besides another, as in ἐπαγείρω, ἐπιμανθάνω, ἐπαυξάνω, ἐπιβάλλω, ἐπίκτητος.
__G.I.5. Accompaniment, to, with, as in ἐπᾴδω, ἐπαυλέω, ἐπαγρυπνέω: hence of Addition, ἐπίτριτος one and 1/3 more, 1 + 1/3; so ἐπιτέταρτος, ἐπίπεμπτος, ἐπόγδοος, etc.
__G.I.6. with adjectives, somewhat, slightly, as in ἐπίξανθος, ἐπίπικρος.
__G.II. of Time and Sequence, after, as in ἐπιβιόω, ἐπιβλαστάνω, ἐπιγίγνομαι, [[ ἐπακόλουθος, ἐπίγονος, ἐπιστάτης 1.2 ] Refs].
__G.III. in causal senses:
__G.III.1. Superiority felt over or at, as in ἐπιχαίρω, ἐπιγελάω, ἐπαισχύνομαι.
__G.III.2. Authority over, as in ἐπικρατέω, ἔπαρχος, ἐπιβουκόλος, ἐπιποιμήν.
__G.III.3. Motive for, as in ἐπιθυμέω, ἐπιζήμιος, ἐπιθάνατος.
__G.III.4. to give force or intensity to the Verb, as in ἐπαινέω, ἐπιμέμφομαι, ἐπικείρω, ἐπικλάω.
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