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πρέπ-ω,
imperfect ἔπρεπον, which were the tenses chiefly in use: future πρέψω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 995 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269c, 288c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔπρεψα [[ [prev. author] “Chrm.” 158c:] Refs] — properly of impressions on the senses,
__1 on the eye, to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous among a number, ὁ δ᾽ ἔπρεπε καὶ διὰ πάντων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.104; μετὰ δὲ π. ἀγρομένοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.172, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 92 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; to be distinguished in or by a thing, φάρεσιν μελαγχίμοις [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 12, compare “Th.” 124 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 512, 1050; π. παρηῒς φοινίοις ἀμυγμοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 24 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; shine forth, show itself, πειρῶντι χρυσὸς ἐν βασάνῳ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.67; πανσέληνος ἐν σάκει π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 390, compare “Pers.” 239 (troch.), “Ag.” 389 (Lyric poetry); πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς [prev. work] 242 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τοι πρέπει ὄμμασιν αἰδώς [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 214; Ζεὺς πρέπων δι᾽ αἰθέρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 216 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with participle, to be clearly seen as doing or being, ὁ φρυκτὸς ἀγγέλλων πρέπει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 30 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σπλάγχνα.. πρέπουσ᾽ ἔχοντες[[ [prev. work] 1222, compare “Eu.” 995 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs]
__2 on the ear, βοὰ π. the cry sounds loud and clear, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.67, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 321. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 on the smell, to be strong or rank, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου π. [[[prev. work] 1311. ] Refs]
__II to be conspicuously like, resemble, π. τινὶ εἶδος to be like one in form, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.38; πρέποντα.. ταύρῳ δέμας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 301; εἴ τι σῇ δοκεῖ πρέπειν γυναικί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1121; πρέπεις.. θυγατέρων μορφὴν μιᾷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 917: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τοῦδε γὰρ δράμημα φωτὸς Περσικὸν πρέπει μαθεῖν his running is like Persian to behold, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 247, compare “Supp.” 719 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; more frequently with ὡς or ὥστε, πρέπει ὡς τύραννος εἰσορᾶν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 664; ὡς πένθιμος πρέπεις ὁρᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1056; πρέπει γ᾽ ὥστε θὴρ ἄγραυλος φόβῃ [prev. author] “Ba.” 1188 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III to be conspicuously fitting, beseem, with dative person, θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).16; τοῖς ὀλβίοις γε καὶ τὸ νικᾶσθαι πρέπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 941, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 158c, etc.; with Preps., ποῦ τάδ᾽ ἐν χρηστοῖς πρέπε; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 510; οἷα δὴ εἰς πλῆθος πρέπει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ὅ τι γιγνόμενον ἂν πρέποι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 976c, compare “Plt.” 269c, 288c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρέποι γὰρ ἂν (i.e. λεχθεῖσα) [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 219c. ] Refs]
__III.2 frequently in participle, ὕμνοι πρέποντες γάμοις [[ [prev. author] “R.” 460a, etc.] Refs]; especially in participle neuter, πρέπον τε εἶναι καὶ ἁρμόττειν [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 503e; ἤν τι ἄλλο π. δοκῇ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.25; τὸ π. τῇ γραφῇ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.40.3: rarely with _genitive_, π. ἦν δαίμονος τοὐμοῦ τόδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 534, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 14, Thom.Mag. p.306R. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. that which is seemly, propriety, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 294a; πρὸς τὸ μέτριον καὶ τὸ π. [prev. author] “Plt.” 284e, etc.: _plural_, πρέποντα πάσχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9; πρέποντα τῇ συγγενείᾳ ποιοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 rarely with personal subject, πρέπων ἔφυς πρὸ τῶνδε φωνεῖν art the fit person to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πομπήϊος.. πάνυ τοῖς ἔπεσι πρέπων suiting them, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 72, compare “Publ.” 17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.4 mostly impersonal, πρέπει it is fitting, both of outward circumstances and moral fitness, with dative person et infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.79, etc.; οὐ πρέπει νῷν.. δάσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.147; πρέπει ἐσλοῖσιν ὑμνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “fragment” 121, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 483 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 115, etc.: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive unexpressed, πρέπει γοῦν σοι [ἀποκρίνεσθαι] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4.b with accusative person et infinitive, πρέπει τὸν Αἰνησιδάμου ἐγκωμίων τε μελέων λυρᾶν τε τυγχανέμεν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.46, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 728, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.86, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4.c with infinitive only, πρέπει γαρυέμεν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.82, compare “P.” 5.43, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 656, “Ag.” 636, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4.d with infinitive understood, an accusative may be subject, ἀπήλλαξαν οὕτω ὡς κείνους ἔπρεπε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68.α᾽,compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 195, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 312b; or object, τείσασθαι οὕτως, ὡς κείνους [τείσασθαι] πρέπει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.139 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so with dative of indirect object, [[ [prev. author] 8.114. ] Refs]
__IV transitive, liken, τινί τι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1328 (cited in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
