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ἐπιτίθημι,
passive mostly furnished by ἐπίκειμαι: active, lay, put or place upon, of offerings laid on the altar, ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.267, compare 3.179; λιβανωτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 426, “V.” 96, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; set meats on the table, εἴδατα πόλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.140, compare 10.355 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε on the car, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.264; [νέκυας] ἐπὶ νηυσὶ τιθέντες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.419 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινὶ κύρτον καὶ κώπαν, as a grave-monument, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.505 (= 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120): Constr. mostly ἐ. τινί τι, τῷ ἰσχυροτέρῳ πλέον βάρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.9, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]: but also c.genitive, ἐ. λεχέων τινά [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.589; ἐ. τι ἐπί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽ ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ στέρνα τινός [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative only, put upon, set up, ἐ. φάρμακα apply salves, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.190; δέελον δ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμά τ᾽ ἔθηκε 10.466; στήλην λίθου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.183; φάκελον ξύλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 243 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. μνημεῖά τινι to him, [[ [prev. author] “IT” 702, compare “IG” 14.446 (from Tauromenium), 12.1068. ] Refs]
__2 set upon, turn towards, Ἑκτορέοις ἐπὶ φρένα θῆχ᾽ ἱεροῖσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.46 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but τῇ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε with infinitive, put it into her mind to.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.1. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II put on a covering or lid, ὡς εἴ τε φαρέτρῃ πῶμ᾽ ἐπιθείη [[ 9.314; κεφαλῇ ἐπέθηκε (as variant for{ἐφύπερθἐ καλύπτρην} 5.232 ] Refs]; λίθον δ᾽ ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσι, i.e. put a stone as a door to the cave, put it before the door, [[ 13.370 ] Refs]; also, put a door to, κολλητὰς ἐπέθηκα θύρας [[ 23.194; θύρας ἐπέθηκε φαεινάς 21.45; θυρεὸν μέγαν 9.240 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 set a seal on, [[ “BGU” 361 iii 22 (2nd c.AD) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; apply a pessary, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 214 (_passive_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a cupping instrument, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.11 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III put to, add, grant or give besides, ὅσσα τε νῦν ὔμμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ εἴ ποθεν ἄλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.62, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.364, etc.; κράτος, κῦδός τινι, 1.509 (tmesis), 23.400 (tmesis), 406 (tmesis); ἡμιτάλαντον χρυσοῦ [prev. work] 796. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 of Time, add, bring on, ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.399; μάλα πολλὰ [ἔτεα] 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 697. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV put on as a finish, χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κορώνην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.111; περόνην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.256: _metaphorically_, οὐδὲ τέλος μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις] Refs 8th c.BC+] add fulfilment, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 20.369; so later ἐ. κεφάλαἰ ἐφ᾽ ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18; κολοφῶνα ἐ. τῇ σοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέλος ἐπιτεθήκατον[[ [prev. work] 272a; πέρας ἐ. τῇ γενέσει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 776a4; πίστιν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.22, 49.42; ὁ δὲ μισθωσάμενος πίστιν ἐπιθήσει πρὸς τοὺς νεωποίας “SIG” 963.34 (Arcesine, 4th c.BC) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέρας ἐ. τῷ πράγματι [[ “PGiss.” 25.7 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.; ὅρον ἐ. τῷ πράγματι Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 87.2 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V impose, inflict a penalty, σοὶ δέ, γέρον, θωὴν ἐπιθήσομεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.192 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίκην, ζημίην, ἄποινα ἐ. τινί, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 144, 9.120, etc.; θάνατον δίκην ἐ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 838c; δίκην τὴν πρέπουσαν [prev. author] “Criti.” 106b; ἔργων ἀντ᾽ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐ. ἀμοιβήν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 334; τιμωρίαν ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.11 (compare below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: so of burdens, grievances, etc., θήσειν..ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεα Τρωσί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.39; οἷσιν ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε κακὸν μόρον 6.357; [ἄτην] οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶθῆκε..Ἐρινύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.234 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνάγκην ἐ. with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 10.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ...μὴ τυγχάνειν imposing as a penalty not to.., [[[prev. work] 3.3 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI dispatch a letter, ἐ. τι ἐς Αἴγυπτον, ἐς Μυτιλήνην, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42, 5.95; ἐ. [ἐπιστολάς] 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VII give a name, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 205b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VIII contribute (capital) to a venture, ἐς πεῖραν [[ “Leg.Gort.” 9.44. ] Refs]
__B middle, with perfect passive ἐπιτέθειμαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.975d, ] Refs 1st c.AD+] also aorist passive, [[ “Inscription Prien.” (see. below)] Refs], etc.:—put on oneself or for oneself, ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφιν..θήκατο placed a helmet on his head, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.30; κρατὶ δ᾽ ἐπὶ..κυνέην θέτο 5.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 702 (tmesis), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσι laying one's hands upon.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.317 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κτύπημα χειρὸς κάρᾳ on one's head, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1210 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II put on or to, as a door, πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b; θύρας 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 245, +others, etc. (see. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III apply oneself to, employ oneself on or in, with dative, ναυτιλίῃσι μακρῇσι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ πείρᾳ, τοῖς ἔργοις, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.3, etc.; τοῖς πολιτικοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, attempt to.., φιλοσοφεῖν ἐπέθετο [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 36.3; γράφειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπετέθη πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον [[ “Inscription Prien.” 17.38 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.III.2 make an attempt upon, attack, τῇ Εὐβοίῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31; Ἐφεσίοισι [prev. author] 1.26, compare 102, 8.27; τῷ δήμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61; τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῇ τοῦ δήμου καταλύσει attempt it, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.235; τυραννίδι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 125; ἀρχῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.772d ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐ. ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις or τοῖς ἀτυχήμασί τινος take advantage of them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make an attack, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302b25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 absolutely, δικαιοσύνην ἐπιθέμενος ἤσκεε he practised justice with assiduity, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, compare 6.60. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV bring on oneself, ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1409. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.IV.2 cause a penalty to be imposed, θάνατον ζημίαν ἐπιθέσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24; φόβον τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.41. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.V lay commands on, τί τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, compare “OGI” 669.61 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, variant in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.465d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.VI give a name, τινί [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.554 (tmesis), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b10. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.VII contribute, πολλοὶ ἐπέθεντο τὰς ἐπιδόσεις εἰς τὴν παρασκευὴν τοῦ πολέμου probably in [[ “SIG” 346.29 (4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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