ἐπιδημ-έω,
to be at home, live at home, opposed to ἀποδημέω, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.136, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 173e, etc.; παρόντες καὶ ἐπιδημοῦντες 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.46; ἐ. τρία ἔη Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 1.132 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. Ἀθήνησι stay at home at Athens, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.16; so ἐν αὐτῇ (i.e. τῇ πόλει) ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cri.” 52b; opposed to στρατεύομαι, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2. of diseases, to be prevalent, epidemic, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Prog..” 25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II. come home, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 2.8.1; ἐνθάδε ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 172c; εἰ νῦν ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐπιδημεῖ Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Γεωργός” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__III. of foreigners, come to stay in a city, reside in a place, οἱ -οῦντες ἐν [[ Λακεδαίμονι ξένοι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 1.2.61 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. εἰς Μέγαρα come to Megara to stay there, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.37, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.154; ἐκ Κλαζομενῶν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Parmenides” 126b ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. τοῖς μυστηρίοις to be present at, attend them, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.176; τοὺς ἐπιδημήσαντας ἅπαντας τῶν Ἑλλήνων] Refs 4th c.BC+] all who were present[at the festival], [[[prev. work] 217; Φοίβου ἐπιδημήσαντος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 13 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: laterc. dative,[[ ταῖς Σάρδεσιν Philostratus Sophista [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.4; also ἐν Μέμφει “UPZ” 42i4 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]