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ἐπιβάλλω:
__I. transitive, throw or cast upon, θριξὶ.., ἃς ἐπέβαλλον (i.e. πυρί) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.135; ἐπὶ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλεν αὐτῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.520, compare 4.440; ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.107; φάρη κόραις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1221 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. [[ τινὰς ἐπὶ ἁμάξας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.48, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75, 5.112; ἐπιβάλλοντας (i.e. χοῦν)] Refs 5th c.BC+] throwing on more and more, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2. lay on, [ἡμιόνοις] ἐπέβαλλεν [[ ἱμάσθλην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.320; ἐ. πληγάς τινι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.8 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ζεὺς ἐπὶ χεῖρα [[ βάλοι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 395 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 933 (_anapaest meter_); ἐ.τὴν χεῖρά τινι [prev\. author] “Lys.” 440 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but τῷ καρπῷ τοῦ νοσοῦντος τὴν χεῖρα, of feeling the pulse, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).40; so τὴν ἁφήν [prev\. author] 8.821, 4th c.AD(?): Marcellinus Biographus “Puls.” 119); τὰς χεῖρας τοῖς κατ᾽ Αἴγαιον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.2.8; Ῥωμαίοις [prev\. author] 18.51.8; ἐπί τινα NT.Matt.26.50 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; impose as a tax tribute, [[ τινί τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.106, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108; as a fine or penalty, ζημίην, φυγὴν ἐ. τινί, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.92 (_passive_), 7.3; ἀργύριον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.6; ἐπιβολάς [prev\. author] 20.14, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 61.2; λύτρα Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Exo.21.30 ] LXX+5th c.BC+] (passive); inflict, θνατοῖς ἐ. ἀνάλγητα, λύπην, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Tr.” 128 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1115 (_anapaest meter_), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.3. ἐ. σφρηγῖδα, δακτύλιον, affix a seal, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.128, 2.38; σφραγῖδ᾽ ἐπί τι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 559 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σύμβολόν τινι [[[prev. work] 1215. ] Refs]
__I.4. add, contribute, μικρὸν [ἀληθεία] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 993b2; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “de Igne” 49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; νέον [φῶς] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cra.” 409b: _metaphorically_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+], throw in, mention, τι uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1246 (Lyric poetry) (in _middle_, χαίρειν τεοῖς προθύροις ἐπιβάλλομαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.27); Φαῖστος.. ἐπιβάλλων φησί Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.28: _absolutely_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+], bid higher, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1259a14. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.5. place next in order, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.26.15. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.6. let grow, [[ κλήματα Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.5 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; βλαστούς [[[prev. work] 3.5.1. ] Refs]
__I.7. let loose, [[ πρόβατα ἐπὶ κνῆκον “PRyl.” 69.6 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__I.8. causal of [[ ἐπιβαίνω Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] 111.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.134. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II. throw oneself upon, go straight towards, with accusative, [[ ἡ δὲ Φεὰς ἐπέβαλλεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.297 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: later with dative loci, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.18.3, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.30, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.12, etc.; νήσοις 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus 39 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἰς Ιταλίαν, ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.24.17, 5.6.6, compare “PAmh.” 2.31.5 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2. fall upon, ὅπου ἂν ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “HA” 598a3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially in hostile sense, set upon, c.dative, [[[prev. work] 623b1, etc.; τοῖσ᾽ Αρβήλοις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.64 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, [[ ἐ.ληστρικῷ τρόπῳ “PRyl.” 127.10 (1st c.AD); ἐπιβάλλουσαι] Refs 1st c.AD+] jostling, trampling, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 248a; obscene meaning, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Av.” 1216. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3. (i.e. τὸν νοῦν) set to a thing, devote oneself to it, with dative, [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 10.30; τοῖς αὐλοῖς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.59; τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Cicero” 4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+] (in full τὴν διάνοιαν ἐ. πρός τι [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.43)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: generally, give one's attention to, think on, NT.Mark.14.72.
__II.3.b. apprehend, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “fragment” 423 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; attain by intuition, c.dative, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Pr.” 54. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.4. fall in one's way, ὅταν ἐπιβάλλῃ περὶ τῆς τοιαύτης [[ πολιτείας ἡ σκέψις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a25; κατὰ τὸν ἐπιβάλλοντα λόγον [prev\. author] “GA” 716a3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__II.5. follow, come next, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.23.2; τισί Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Aemilius Paulus” 33 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὃν ἐπιβαλὼν ἔφη said thereupon, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; interrupt, [[ ἀποκρινομένῳ Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Characteres” 7.2 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+].
__II.6. belong to, fall to the share of, μόριον [[ ὅσον αὐτοῖσι ἐπέβαλλε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.16; εἰ μὴ τὸ ὅλον, μέρος γε, ἐπιβάλλει τῆς βλασφημίας ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.272; ὅσον ἐπιβάλλει αὐτοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260a19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑκάστῳ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπιβάλλει τοσοῦτον ὅσονπερ ἀρετῆς [[[prev. work] 1323b21; τῶν κτημάτων τὸ ἐπιβάλλον (i.e. μέρος)] Refs] the portion that falls to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.115, cf. LXX.Tob.3.17, 6.12; so τὸ ἐ. ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς μέρος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.254; τὸ ἐ. μέρος τῆς οὐσίας NT.Luke.15.12, compare “PGrenf.” 1.33.33 (2nd c.BC)] NT+5th c.BC+], etc.; fall due, of payments, [[ “PLond.” 1.3.21 (2nd c.BC); τόκον ὃν ἔφη ἐπιβάλλειν αὑτῷ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] which was payable by him, [[“BCH” 6.21 (Delos, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.6.b. participle ἐπιβάλλων, in Law, next-of-kin, ὁ ἐ., οἱ ἐ., [[“Leg.Gort.” 7.36, 11.42, +others ] Refs]
__II.7. impersonal with accusative et infinitive, τοὺς Δελφοὺς δὴ ἐπέβαλλε.. παρασχεῖν it concerned them to provide, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.180: or with _dative_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+] et infinitive, [[ ἐπιβάλλει τινὶ ποιεῖν τι 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.39, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.51.1; ἐπιβάλλοντος ἡμῖν εὐεργετικοῖς εἶναι 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 15 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κοινῇ πᾶσιν [[ ἐπιβάλλει “UPZ” 112.10 (2nd c.BC); καθότι ἐπέβαλλεν ἀνδρὶ καλῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷ “IG” 12(7).231.5 (from Amorgos)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: frequently in participle, ἐπιβάλλουσαν ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν στρατείαν τινί incumbent upon.., [[ 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.61 H.; τὸ ἐπιβάλλον 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.128, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 2.11.3, etc.; τὰς -ούσας τάσεις τῆς φωνῆς 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.96 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ τῇ φύσει ἐ. [[ Antip.Stoic. 3.255 ] Refs]; appropriate, ὑποδοχαί Teles[[ p.41 H.; ἰήματα “IG” 22.1121.15; ἁρμονία 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Comm.” “in Mathematics texts” 30; ἡ στέρησις ἐπιβάλλοντός ἐστι παρεῖναι εἴδους τινός] Refs 4th c.AD+] a specific form which ought to be present, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.8.11. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.8. shut to, close, of the larynx, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “PA” 664b26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.9. in Logic, λόγοι ἐπιβάλλοντες, -όμενοι, overlapping and overlapped, of syllogisms in a sorites, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.85; so of Time, ἐπέβαλε τοῖς χρόνοις Ἰουλιανῷ Eunapius Historicus [{4-5th c.AD}] “Vitae Sophistarum” p.497 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, [[ γηραιῷ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ ἐπεβάλετο Anonymus “Intr.Arat.” p.326M. ] Refs]
__II.10. in Alchemy, make a `projection' (compare ἐπιβολή), Syn.Alch.p.68B.
__III. middle, mostly like the intransitive usages, but also:
__III.1. with genitive, throw oneself upon, desire eagerly, [[ ἐνάρων ἐπιβαλλόμενος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.68; παρθενίας ἐπιβάλλομαι Sappho Lyrica [{7-6th c.BC}] 102; τοῦ εὖ ζῆν ἐπιβάλλονται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1258a3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__III.2. with accusative, put upon oneself, ἐπιβαλλομέναν [[.. πλόκον ἀνθέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 840 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιβάλλεσθαι put on more wraps, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Char.” 2.10 (cf. IV. 1); ὕπνον ἡδὺν -όμενος Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 12.51 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, take possession of, [[ καὶ ἐπὶ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.209 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐθαίρετον δουλείαν ἐπιβαλεῖται will take upon himself, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.b. of trees, make fresh growth, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 3.5.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.3. c.accusative, also, attempt, undertake, [[ ἔργον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Sophista” 264b, “Ti.” 48c; μέθοδον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260b36 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, Decrees cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.68, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.43.2, etc.: _absolutely_, πολλῶν -ημένων] Refs 4th c.BC+] though many have made the attempt, [[ 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 76. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.4. with dative, put one's hand to, [[ ἐχέτλῃ “AP” 7.650 (3rd c.BC: Phalaecus Epigrammaticus (?)): _metaphorically_ ] Refs 3rd c.BC+], apply or devote oneself to, [[ τόλμῃ καὶ πράξει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.81.1; ἐγχειρήματι μεγάλῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.25 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.
__III.5. arrive at, [πολίεσσι] [[ Callias Epigrammaticus “Del.” 68; ὅταν ἐπὶ τοὺς χρόνους ἐπιβαλώμεθα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.55 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].
__III.6. ἐπὶ πᾶσι -εβάλοντο brought up the rear, [[ [prev\. author] 18.33. ] Refs]
__IV. in passive, lie upon, be put upon, ἐπιβεβλημένοι τοξόται archers with their arrows on the string, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 4.3.28, compare 5.2.12; λάσιον ἐπιβεβλημένος] Refs 5th c.BC+] having a rough cloak on, [[ 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 36] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐν ψύχει κεῖσθαι -ημένον [[5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.3.1, compare 6.4.14; διφθέραν -ημένη Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 5.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__IV.2. to be set over, [[ ὁ τελώνης ὁ ἐπιβεβλημένος τῷ Ζεύγματι Philostratus Sophista [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Vita Apollonii” 1.20 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+].
__IV.3. Rhet., ornate (see. ἐπιβολή), ἰδέα λόγων οὔτ᾽ ἐπιβεβλημένη [[ οὔτ᾽ αὖος [prev\. author] “VS” 1.20.2 ] Refs].
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