ἐπιζήμι-ος,
Doric dialect etc. ἐπιζάμιος [ᾱ], ον, bringing loss upon, hurtful, prejudicial, [[ 5th c.BC: Charon Historicus 12, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.18, etc.; τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.9, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ίως[[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.147, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 14.18. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2. penal: ἐπιζήμια, τά, punishments, penalties, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 784e, 788b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ζάμια [[ “Tab.” “Heracl.” 1.127] Refs]; χρησόμεθα ἐπιζημίοις, ={ἐπιζημιώσομεν}, Epist.Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157: _sing._, -ζάμιον, τό ] Refs 4th c.BC+], fine, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 5(2).6.36 (from Tegea), 5(1).1498 (from Messenia). ] Refs]
__II. liable to punishment, of persons, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of acts, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a33, compare “PRev.Laws” 7.6 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]