porous, spongy ἐπίκοιλ-ος, ον, porous, spongy, ὀστέον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 1 (comparative); ἕλκη conjecture for ποικίλα in [[ Sor. 1.122. ] Refs]
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porous, spongy ἐπίκοιλ-ος, ον, porous, spongy, ὀστέον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 1 (comparative); ἕλκη conjecture for ποικίλα in [[ Sor. 1.122. ] Refs]
to rest upon ἐπικοιμ-άομαι, fall asleep after a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 5.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or, over a thing, [τοῖς βιβλίοις] [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 49 ] Re
to embellish ἐπικοσμ-έω, add ornaments to, decorate after or besides, τὰ ἱρά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.184; adorn, ἄγαλμα, ἕδος, [[ Hyp. “Eux.” 24, 25; τὴν θεόν “IG” 22.1277; [κέρκους] ἐπικεκό
Epicurean Epicurean , [variant datesAnthology Palantina; οἱ Ἐπ. the Epicureans , [[Lucian] Refs 2nd c.AD] (Middle Liddel)
help ἐπικουρ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, aid, succour, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, 108, A. “Pers.” 731 (troch.), etc.; ἐπικουρίας δεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, X. “Oec.” 17
to lighten ἐπικουφ-ίζω, lighten a ship by throwing out part of its cargo, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.118 (_passive_): _metaphorically_, ἐ. ἡ τιμὴ τοὺς πόνους τῷ ἄρχοντι] Refs 5th c.BC+] ligh
tempering ἐπίκρᾱσις, εως, ἡ, (ἐπικεράννυμι(mixing of wine, Διοσκούροις “IG” 11 [[ (2).159 A 7 (3rd c.BC), +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; tempering, [[ Diph.Siph. cited in Ath. 3.91f ] Refs]; of humours, [
to prevail against ἐπικρᾰτ-αιόω, add strength to, confirm, [[ LXX.Eccl.4.12 (_passive_). ] LXX]
to prevail ἐπικρᾰτ-έω (Aeolic dialect ἐπι-κρετέω probably in [[ Alc. 82)] Refs], rule over, with dative, νήεσσιν ἐπικρατέουσιν ἄριστοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.214; νήσοισιν 8th c.B
to hang upon ἐπικρεμάννῡμι and ἐπικρεμαννύω, hang over, ἄτην τινί 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 206 codices; κίνδυνον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.31.7; φόβον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus
decretum ἐπί-κρῐμα, ατος, τό, = Latin decretum, [[“OGI” 453.23 (Aphrodisias, M. Antonius), 669.28 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Καίσαρος Epist. cited in [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiqu
to decide ἐπι-κρίνω [κρῑ], future -κρῐνῶ (see.below):— decide, determine, τι [[ Pl. “Lg.” 768a ] Refs]; τὸ πλεῖον καὶ τοὔλαττον [[1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.29; περί τινος Decrees cited i
to clap ἐπικροτ-έω, rattle on or over, τὰ δ᾽ ἐπικροτέοντα πέτοντο ἅρματα flew rattling over the ground, [[ Hes. “Sc.” 308. ] Refs] __2. with accusative, strike with a rattling sound, clash, κύμβαλα
to strike ἐπι-κρούω, hammer in, ἧλον [[5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1004, compare “IG” 22.463.64; τὸν ἵππον καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν -κρούοντα [prev. work]12.374.173; χθόνα βάκτροι
to roll upon Related to: κῠλίω [ῑ], later form of κυλίνδω: (προσ-) κύλιε [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 202, (ἀνα-) κυλῖον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 116 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—roll along
bent over, crooked ἐπίκῡφος, ον, bent over, crooked, [[ LXX.3Mac.4.5, Scholia Opp. “H.” 1.342, Suid. (_comparative_). ] LXX]
be said of . . ἐπιλᾰλ-έω, interrupt in speaking, [[ Sm. “LXX.Psa.122(123).4. “] LXX] __2. charm (variant{ἐπᾴδω}), [[ LXX.Jer.8.17. ] LXX] __3. Pass:, to be said of.. , ἀλόγοις -εῖται 12th c.AD: Eus
to catch ἐπιλαμβάνω, take or get besides, ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259a28: with genitive partitive, ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου take a little more time, [[
to shine forth ἐπι-λάμπω, shine after or thereupon, ἠέλιος δ᾽ ἐπέλαμψε thereupon the sun shone forth, [[ Il. 17.650 ] Refs]; of the moon, [[ “Hymnus ad Mamercus Elegiacus” 141, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarch
to forget Included with: ἐπιλήθ-ω, cause to forget, ὁ γάρ τ᾽ [ὕπνος] ἐπέλησεν ἁπάντων laps one in forgetfulness of all, [[ Od. 20.85 ] Refs]; ἡδονὴ σφέας ἐπιλήθουσα τῶν πάρος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medic
to call/choose ἐπιλέγω, say in connexion with an action, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 64, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖν τι καὶ ἐπιλέγειν say while or after doing it, [[ [prev. author
to shave ἐπιλειόω, smooth off, shave smooth, τὸ γένειον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.34 (middle).
be insufficient ἐπιλείπω, leave behind, ἐπὶ δὲ πλεῖον ἐλέλειπτο [[8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.475, cf. X. “An.” 1.8.18 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] codices:—middle, leave behind, of gleanings,
chosen ἐπίλεκτ-ος, ον, chosen, τὸ ἐ. γένος Ἰσραήλ [[1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.242; ξύλα πρὸς εὐωδίαν ἐ. Ael. “VH” 5.6; ἐ. σμύρνα _choice._ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.8.3;