ἐπίκειμαι,
serving as passive to ἐπιτίθημι, to be laid upon, and so,
__I. of doors, to be put to or closed [[compare (ἐπιτίθημι 11), θύραι δ᾽ ἐπέκειντο φαειναί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.19: _metaphorically_, γλώσσῃ θύραι οὐκ ἐπίκεινται 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 421. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2. generally, to be placed, lie in or on, with dative, ἐπισκύνιον ἐπέκειτο προσώπῳ [[3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.118; of troops, ὄχθαις Ἴστρου ἐ. Hdn. 2.9.1. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.3. of islands, νῆσοι ἐπὶ Λήμνῳ (-ου codices) ἐπικείμεναι lying off Lemnos, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6; so ἐ. τῇ Θρηΐκῃ [prev. work] 185 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ [τῇ Λακαίνῃ χώρῃ[[] [prev. work] 235, cf. Th. 4.53: _absolutely_, αἱ νῆσοι αἱ ἐπικείμεναι] Refs] the islands off the coast, [[ [prev. author] 2.14, compare 4.44 ] Refs]; πάσῃ ἐ. τῇ θαλάσσῃ lies right across the sea, of Crete, [[ Arist. “Pol.” 1271b34; ἡ ἐπικειμένη τινὸς γῆ “PTeb.” 50.6 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II. to be laid upon, ἐμοὶ σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσι [[6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 19 (so literal, σφραγὶς οὐκ ἐ. “BGU” 361 iii 29 (2nd c.AD), etc.)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐπίκειται ἀγνώμων σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανος [[6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1259, cf. X. “Oec.” 19.13; ἐ. ἐπί τινος Hero Mechanicus 2nd-1st c.BC(?) “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.38, +others, D.C. 67.16: _metaphorically_, κρατερὴ δ᾽ ἐπικείσετ᾽ ἀνάγκη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.458, cf. NT.1Cor.9.16 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; of a duty, οἷς ἐπέκειτο φροντίζειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786f.