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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=ἐπινείφω
|Medium diacritics=ἐπινείφω
|Low diacritics=επινείφω
|Capitals=ΕΠΙΝΕΙΦΩ
|Transliteration A=epineíphō
|Transliteration B=epineiphō
|Transliteration C=epineifo
|Beta Code=e)pinei/fw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[snow upon]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.14.6</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>5.9.13</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">θεὸς ἐπινείφει δρόσον</b> (i.e. manna) <span class="bibl">Ph.2.112</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">οἷς δ' ὁ θεὸς</b> ἐπινείφει καὶ ἐπομβρεῖ τὰς ἀγαθῶν πηγάς <span class="bibl">Id.1.296</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.383</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐνθυμήματα</b> <b class="b2">are dropped, distilled into</b> the mind, <span class="bibl">Id.1.441</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. impers., <b class="b3">ἐπινείφει</b> <b class="b2">fresh snow falls</b>, or <b class="b2">it keeps snowing</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>8.1</span>.</span>
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