mark the surface, graze, [[ ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα φωτός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.139, compare 13.553, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.179; μιν ἐπιγράψας] Refs 8th c.BC+] having put a mark on the lot, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.187; ἄκροις δακτύλοις ἐ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. trifle with dishes, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 42.—In 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus] Refs 8th c.BC+] the word has not the sense of writing.
__II. write upon, inscribe, [[ γράμματα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.88; τάδε [prev\. author] 4.88; ἐ. ὀνομαστὶ τὰς πόλεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.97; ἐπίγραμμα ὃ.. προείλεθ᾽ ἡ πόλις αὐτοῖς ἐπιγράψαι [prev\. author] 18.289 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, [[ ἐ. τοῖς ἀναθήμασι “IG” 12.76.43 ] Refs]; especially write or place an epitaph on a tomb, [[[prev. work]14.1835, +others, 7.2543.9: ] Refs]middle, have inscribed, ἐπεγράφου [[ τὴν Γοργόνα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 1095 (with play on 111.5); ἐλεγεῖον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, of the inscription, to be inscribed upon, ἐπιγέγραπταί [[ οἱ τάδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77, compare 7.228; τῶν τῷ χρυσέῳ ἐπιγέγραπται Λακεδαιμονίων [prev\. author] 1.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἐπίγραμμα] ὃ Μίδᾳ φασὶν ἐπιγεγράφθαι over or on the tomb of Midas, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 264c; ἐπιστολὴ -γεγραμμένη] Refs 5th c.BC+] addressed, of a letter, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.36.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cic.” 15 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, to have something inscribed upon one, ἐπεγράφοντο ῥόπαλα, ὡς Θηβαῖοι ὄντες used to bear clubs upon their shields, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 7.5.20; so ἀσπὶς ἐπιγεγραμμένη τὰς ὁμολογίας] Refs 5th c.BC+] having the articles inscribed upon it, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.58. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.3. generally, register or enter in a public list, [[ ἐπιγράψαι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπιτρόπους 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς πράκτορας register his name among the πράκτορες, Decrees cited in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.77 (_passive_):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ἐπεγράψαντο πολίτας enrolled fresh citizens, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4; ξένην καὶ ξένον γονέας -ψάμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς οἷόν τε τῷ ἀνδρὶ δύο πατέρας -ψασθα; [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.4 (later in _active_, ἑαυτῷ τινὰ πατέρα -γράφων _claiming_ as his father, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “BC” 1.32). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4. middle, ἐπιγράφεσθαι μάρτυρας cause to be endorsed on a deposition as witnesses, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.31; κλητῆρα οὐδ᾽ ὁντινοῦν ἐπιγραψάμενος [prev\. author] 21.87 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἐπιγράφεσθαι τίμημα τῷ κλήρῳ set one's valuation on the property, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.5. προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι choose a patron, and enter his name as such in the public register (as μέτοικοι at Athens were obliged to do), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 684; so probably ἐπεγράφοντο should be restored for -γραφον in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 11; ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐπιγραφόμενοι, i.e. the Platonists, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 14:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, [[ κύριος ἐπιγεγράφθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.15, compare “POxy.” 251.32 (1st c.AD), +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
