ἐπιμένω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[stay on]], [[tarry]], abs., Il.19.142, Od.17.277; <b class="b3">ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς</b> αὔριον 11.351; <b class="b3">ἄγε νῦν ἐπίμεινον, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω</b> do you [[wait]], and I will put on my armour, Il.6.340; also ἐ. ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν.. ὄφρα.. Od. 4.587; ἐ. ἵνα.. ''h.Cer.''160, Ar.''Nu.''196; so ἐ. ἐς τε.. X.''An.''5.5.2: after Hom., [[remain in]] a place, ἐ. ἐν τῇ πόλει And.1.75, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπί τῇ</b> στρατιᾷ X.''An.''7.2.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. abs., [[remain in place]], [[continue as they are]], of things, Th.4.4, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 80c, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''6.4; [[keep one's seat]], of a horseman, Id.''Cyr.''1.4.8; [[stay behind]] in a place, Str.10.2.24.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[continue]] in a pursuit, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῇ ζητήσει, ἐπὶ λόγῳ</b>, Pl.''La.''194a, ''Tht.''179e; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς</b> δοξαζομένοις Id.''R.''490b; ἐπὶ τοῦ κακουργήματος D.24.86; ἐπὶ τῆς πολιορκίας Plb.1.77.1; c.dat., [[persist in]], τῇ ἀπονοία ''PTeb.''424.4 (iii A.D.); [[continue]] treatment, <b class="b3">ἐ.βοηθήματι</b> Herod.Med.in ''Rh.Mus.''58.83; [[cleave]] [[to]], μιᾷ γυναικί ''PSI''3.158.26 (iii A.D.): also c. part., <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων</b> ὀρθὸς ἑστηκώς Pl.''Men.''93d, cf.''Ev.Jo.''8.7; [[spend time over]], ὑποδείγμασι A.D.''Synt.''166.14.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[abide by]], <b class="b3">ταῖς σπονδαῖς</b> dub. l. in X.''HG.''3.4.6.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[endure]], τοῖς συμβεβηκόσι Sor.1.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. c. acc., [[await]], [[be]] [[in store for]], τινά E.''Supp.''624 (lyr.), v.l.in Id.''Ph.''223 (lyr.), cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 361d: c. aor. inf., ἐ. τι τελεσθῆναι Th.3.2; <b class="b3">μὴ 'πιμεῖναι τοὐμὸν ὀξῦναι</b> [[στόμα]] not to [[wait]] so as to... S.''Tr.''1176: c. fut. inf., Th.3.26.