ἐπιέννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">put on besides</b> or [[over]], <b class="b3">χλαῖναν δ' ἐπιέσσαμεν</b> we [[threw]] a cloak [[over]] him, <span class="bibl">Od.20.143</span>: elsewh. Hom. has only pf. part. Pass. <b class="b3">ἐπιειμένος</b> (Aeol. ἐπέμμενος Sapph.70): in metaph. sense c. acc., <b class="b3">ἀναιδείην, ἀλκήν</b>, <b class="b2">clad in</b> shamelessness, strength, <span class="bibl">Il.1.149</span>, <span class="bibl">8.262</span>, etc.; ἐ. ἀχλύν <span class="title">AP</span>7.283 (Leon.); <b class="b3">λευκοῖσι κόμας ἐ. ὤμοις</b> <b class="b2">covered with</b> hair [[over]] her white shoulders, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.45</span>; <b class="b3">χαλκὸν ἐπίεσται</b> [[has]] brass [[upon]] or <b class="b2">over it</b>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.47</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">put on oneself besides, put</b> [[on]] as an [[upper]] garment, χλαίνας ἐπείνυσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.64</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ</b> δὲ νεφέλην ἕσσαντο <span class="bibl">Il.14.350</span>; <b class="b3">γᾶν ἐπιεσσόμενος</b> (fut.), i.e. to be buried. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.16</span>; so γῆν ἐπιέσασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.6</span>; γῆν ἐπιεννύμεθα <span class="title">AP</span>7.480 (Leon.), cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>9.4</span>: also, c. acc. rei, <b class="b3">ἐπιεσσάμενοι</b> <b class="b3">νῶτον κρόκαις</b> <b class="b2">having wrapt one's</b> shoulders [[with]] it, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.44</span>.— Old Ep. Verb, not found till late (exc. Sapph. l.c.) in the form ἐφέννῡμι, because of the digamma, v. [[ἕννυμι]], καταέννυμι; ἐπιέσασθαι is retained even in X.l.c.; <b class="b3">ἐφέσσεσθαι, ἐφέσσατο</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.691</span>, <span class="bibl">1326</span>; ἐφεσσάμενος Theoc. l.c., <span class="title">AP</span>7.299 (Nicom.), 446 (Hegesipp.).</span>