ἐπιφημίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[utter words ominous of the event]], <b class="b3">ἰόντος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πεντηκόντερον ἐπεφημίζετο</b> (Med.) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.124</span>; ἐ. τινὶ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα <span class="bibl">D.C.39.39</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[promise]], [[pledge]], <b class="b3">κείνῳ παῖδ' ἐπεφήμισα..ἐκδώσειν</b> cj. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>130</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ παιδὸς ἐπιφημισθεῖσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἑβδόμη ὑπατεία</b> (of Marius) <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.61</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[apply the name of]] A (acc.) [[to]] B (dat.), where A is usu. a god, [[ascribe]] or [[assign]] B [[to]] A, ἑκάστῃ μοίρᾳ θεόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>771d</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσα τις πράττει τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιφημίζων</b> [[in the name of]] the gods, <span class="bibl">D.20.126</span>; ἅπασι τοῖς μεγάλοις ἐ. τὸ δαιμόνιον <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Publ.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> later the constr. is reversed, τοῖς θεοῖς τι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>2.37</span>; τὴν ἐλαίας γένεσιν.. τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.30.5</span>:—Pass., θεοῖς..παῖδες ἐπεφημίσθησαν <span class="bibl">D.C.44.37</span>; ὅσα θεῖα Ἐλευσῖνι ἐπιφημίζεται τῇ χώρᾳ Aristid.1.445J.; μέρη τῆς γῆς Ποσειδῶνι ἐπιπεφήμισται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>46(3).16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[call]], [[name]], c. dupl. acc., τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐ. λυσιτελοῦν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 417c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>73d</span>; ἀέρα ἐ. σκότος <span class="bibl">Ph.1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.43</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.7</span>; Ἡλίου -ίζοντας Αἰήτην υἱέα <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.82d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with epexegetic inf., <b class="b3">τὴν ἔξω φορὰν ἐπεφήμισεν εἶναι τῆς ταὐτοῦ φύσεως</b> the outer revolution he [[called]] the revolution of the Same, [[ordained]] that it should be.., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>36c</span> : hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c.acc. inf., [[allege]], [[declare]], αὐτὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ θεράποντα εἶναι <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>8.12</span>; πολλὰ ἐ. αὑτῷ δηλοῦν [τὴν ἔλαφον] Plu. [[sert]].11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[bestow]] a name [[on]], ὄνοματά τισι <span class="bibl">Ph.1.304</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.C.54.33</span>; <b class="b3">πομπῇ ἐπεφήμισαν οὔνομα νηῶν</b> [[named]] [the fish [[πομπίλος]]] <b class="b2">after.</b>., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.187</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in later Prose, [[dedicate]], [[devote]] to a god, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sacr.</span>10</span>; Διὶ ἀγάλματα <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.8.8</span>; τοὺς γενομένους τότε παῖδας Ἄρεως ἐ. <span class="bibl">Str.5.4.12</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Id.6.2.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.565</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>7</span>, etc.</span>