ἔπειμι,
(εἰμί
__A sum) infinitive ἐπεῖναι: Epic dialect imperfect ἔπεσαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.344: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future ἐπέσομαι, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry -έσσομαι,[[ 4.756, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.99 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be upon, with dative loci, κάρη ὤμοισιν ἐπείη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.259; σῆμα δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπῆν κύκλῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 591 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Prose mostly with preposition, ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.118; ἐπὶ [τῷ ποταμῷ] πύλαι ἔπεισι [prev. author] 5.52, compare 7.176; ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις τύρσεις ἐπῆσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.4.2: _absolutely_, κώπη δ᾽ ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.7, compare 2.344, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.127, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 547, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.2 to be upon, be set upon, of names, οὐκ ἔπεστι ἐπωνυμίη Περσέϊ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.53; so ψεύδεσι σεμνὸν ἔπεστί τι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.23; τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔ. ἄνθος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1025 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be attached, μελέτη δ᾽ ἔπεστι παντί [[ “Anacreontea” 58.3; οὔτε τις τάξις οὔτε ἀνάγκη ἔπεστιν αὐτοῦ τῷ βίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 561d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of rewards and penalties, ποινά, κέρδος ἐπέσται, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 543 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 597; ἔπεστι νέμεσις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1467; ἔσχαται τιμωρίαι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις ἔπεισιν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.47, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 943d: _absolutely_, Ταραντίνων οὐκ ἐπῆν ἀριθμός] Refs 5th c.BC+] no count was taken, no number was attached, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.170, compare 191 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be at hand, be present, τίς τέρψις ἐπέστα; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1216 (Lyric poetry); αἰσχύνη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.33; πιεῖν δὲ θάνατος οἶνον, ἢν ὕδωρ ἐπῇ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 273 (assuming variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐπόντα accidents or characteristics, opposed to τὸ ὑποκείμενον, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.4.10. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]