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Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
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English (LSJ)
A rule over, χώρας πολλῆς X.Cyr.4.6.2; τῶν ὁμόρων Isoc.4.140; τῶν ἔξωθεν Pl.Criti.116e; [νήσων] prob. in Thphr.HP9.4.10; to be governor, commandant of a place, Hell.Oxy.16.6: c. dat., Epigr. ap.Paus.6.19.6: abs., ὁ ἐπάρχων, = ἔπαρχος, Hdn.4.12.1; of consular authority, Plu.Sull.8. 2 rule besides one's hereditary dominions, X.Cyr.1.1.4. II Med., ἐπάρξασθαι δεπάεσσιν pour the first drops before a libation, freq. in Hom.:—οἰνοχόος μὲν ἐπαρξάσθω δεπάεσσιν, ὄφρα σπείσαντες κατακείομεν let him begin by pouring wine into the cups, Od.18.418, cf. 7.183; κοῦροι . . κρητῆρας ἐπεστέψαντο ποτοῖο, νώμησαν δ' ἄρα πᾶσιν ἐπαρξάμενοι δεπάεσσιν Il.1.471, al. 2 generally, serve, offer, νέκταρ τε καὶ ἀμβροσίην χερσὶν ἐπήρξατο h.Ap.125; ἐπάρχεσθαι δὲ τοὺς χοροὺς [χορ] είας (dub.) τῷ Διονύσῳ IG12(9).192.10 (Eretria, iv B.C.). 3 = ἀπάρχομαι, τῇ ἐπαρχῇ ἣν ἐπάρχονται οἱ δημόται ib. 22.1215.13. 4 begin, c. inf., PTeb.27.34 (ii B.C.).