ἐπιφημ-ίζω,
utter words ominous of the event, ἰόντος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πεντηκόντερον ἐπεφημίζετο (middle) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124; ἐ. τινὶ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 promise, pledge, κείνῳ παῖδ᾽ ἐπεφήμισα..ἐκδώσειν conjecture in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 130 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐκ παιδὸς ἐπιφημισθεῖσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἑβδόμη ὑπατεία (of Marius) [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.61. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II apply the name of A (accusative) to B (dative), where A is usually a god, ascribe or assign B to A, ἑκάστῃ μοίρᾳ θεόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 771d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα τις πράττει τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιφημίζων in the name of the gods, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.126; ἅπασι τοῖς μεγάλοις ἐ. τὸ δαιμόνιον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 later the construction is reversed, τοῖς θεοῖς τι [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.37; τὴν ἐλαίας γένεσιν.. τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 30.5 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, θεοῖς..παῖδες ἐπεφημίσθησαν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.37; ὅσα θεῖα Ἐλευσῖνι ἐπιφημίζεται τῇ χώρᾳ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.445J.; μέρη τῆς γῆς Ποσειδῶνι ἐπιπεφήμισται [prev. author] “Or.” 46(3).16. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III call, name, with double accusative, τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐ. λυσιτελοῦν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 417c, compare “Ti.” 73d; ἀέρα ἐ. σκότος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.6, compare 2.43, +others, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.7; Ἡλίου -ίζοντας Αἰήτην υἱέα 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.82d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]