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|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐπέσκηφα <span class="bibl">D.L.1.117</span>:—<b class="b2">make to lean upon</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς δὲ</b> <b class="b3">παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων</b> <b class="b2">made</b> it <b class="b2">fall upon</b> him, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>740</span>(troch.); <b class="b3">ἐ. χάριν τινί</b> <b class="b2">impose</b> it <b class="b2">upon</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>566</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. intr., <b class="b2">fall upon</b>, like lightning, <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν</b> it <b class="b2">came to</b> this point, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>482</span>; <b class="b3">νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή</b> (v.l.<b class="b3">ἐν-</b>) <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>15</span>; <b class="b3">ᾧ</b> ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>31.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. <b class="b2">lay it upon</b> one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., <b class="b3">μοῖρ' ἐπέσκηψε</b> Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>103</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>252</span>: folld. by imper., ib.<span class="bibl">1446</span>: less freq. c.acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>365</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι</b> ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.33</span>: inf. can freq. be supplied, <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω</b> (sc.<b class="b3">ποιεῖν</b>) thus much I <b class="b2">command</b> thee to do, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1221</span>; so πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ' ἐπισκήπτω τάδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>701</span>: pers. is freq. omitted, <b class="b3">ἐ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">ὑμῖν</b>) τὸν . . φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.158</span>; <b class="b3">βάξις</b> ἐπισκήπτουσα . . ἔξω δόμων . . ὠθεῖν ἐμέ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>664</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπέσκηψε . . εἶρξαι</b> Αἴαντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>752</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; also ἐ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1077</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. esp. <b class="b2">conjure</b> a person to do a thing, <b class="b3">ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω . . μὴ περιιδεῖν</b> <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.65</span>; τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν <span class="bibl">And.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας . . έπισκήπτοντας</b> μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.157</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.73</span>, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, <b class="b3">μέμνησθε τὰ</b> ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι... μὴ πειρωμένοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.13.92</span>, <span class="bibl">D.28.15</span>, <span class="bibl">36.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b3">γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα</b> <b class="b2">resting</b> hand <b class="b2">on</b> earth, i.e.<b class="b2">calling</b> earth <b class="b2">to witness</b>, <span class="bibl">B.7.41</span>: abs., γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω <span class="bibl">Id.5.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span>. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., <b class="b2">denounce</b> a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. ἐπίσκηψις 11), <b class="b3">διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί . . ·</b> <b class="b3">ἐπισκηψαμένων δ' ἡμῶν . . ἡ . . δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει</b>, i.e.a <b class="b3">διαμαρτυρία</b> was entered . . : we <b class="b2">replied by an</b> <b class="b3">ἐπίσκηψις . .</b>, and the action for false witness was brought on, <span class="bibl">Is.5.17</span>; in full, ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν <span class="bibl">D.29.7</span>; <b class="b3">ᾗ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῇ θεῷ</b>) <b class="b3"> οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.130</span>; ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις <span class="bibl">D.47.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.3.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ</b> <b class="b2">denounce</b> it as false, <span class="bibl">Din.1.52</span>:—also in Act., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145c</span>codd., <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>6.186b</span>:—hence Pass., ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 937b</span>: generally, <b class="b3">πρὸς τῆς θανούσης . . ἐπεσκήπτου</b> <b class="b2">wast denounced, accused</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1313</span>:—so in Act., <b class="b2">blame</b>, τινί <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.239a</span>.</span>
|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐπέσκηφα <span class="bibl">D.L.1.117</span>:—<b class="b2">make to lean upon</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς δὲ</b> <b class="b3">παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων</b> <b class="b2">made</b> it <b class="b2">fall upon</b> him, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>740</span>(troch.); <b class="b3">ἐ. χάριν τινί</b> <b class="b2">impose</b> it <b class="b2">upon</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>566</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. intr., <b class="b2">fall upon</b>, like lightning, <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν</b> it <b class="b2">came to</b> this point, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>482</span>; <b class="b3">νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή</b> (v.l.<b class="b3">ἐν-</b>) <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>15</span>; <b class="b3">ᾧ</b> ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>31.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. <b class="b2">lay it upon</b> one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., <b class="b3">μοῖρ' ἐπέσκηψε</b> Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>103</span> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>252</span>: folld. by imper., ib.<span class="bibl">1446</span>: less freq. c.acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>365</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι</b> ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.33</span>: inf. can freq. be supplied, <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω</b> (sc.<b class="b3">ποιεῖν</b>) thus much I <b class="b2">command</b> thee to do, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1221</span>; so πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ' ἐπισκήπτω τάδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>701</span>: pers. is freq. omitted, <b class="b3">ἐ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">ὑμῖν</b>) τὸν . . φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.158</span>; <b class="b3">βάξις</b> ἐπισκήπτουσα . . ἔξω δόμων . . ὠθεῖν ἐμέ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>664</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπέσκηψε . . εἶρξαι</b> Αἴαντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>752</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; also ἐ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1077</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. esp. <b class="b2">conjure</b> a person to do a thing, <b class="b3">ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω . . μὴ περιιδεῖν</b> <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.65</span>; τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν <span class="bibl">And.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας . . έπισκήπτοντας</b> μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.157</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.73</span>, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, <b class="b3">μέμνησθε τὰ</b> ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι... μὴ πειρωμένοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.13.92</span>, <span class="bibl">D.28.15</span>, <span class="bibl">36.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b3">γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα</b> <b class="b2">resting</b> hand <b class="b2">on</b> earth, i.e.<b class="b2">calling</b> earth <b class="b2">to witness</b>, <span class="bibl">B.7.41</span>: abs., γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω <span class="bibl">Id.5.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span>. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., <b class="b2">denounce</b> a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. ἐπίσκηψις 11), <b class="b3">διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί . . ·</b> <b class="b3">ἐπισκηψαμένων δ' ἡμῶν . . ἡ . . δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει</b>, i.e.a <b class="b3">διαμαρτυρία</b> was entered . . : we <b class="b2">replied by an</b> <b class="b3">ἐπίσκηψις . .</b>, and the action for false witness was brought on, <span class="bibl">Is.5.17</span>; in full, ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν <span class="bibl">D.29.7</span>; <b class="b3">ᾗ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῇ θεῷ</b>) <b class="b3"> οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.130</span>; ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις <span class="bibl">D.47.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.3.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ</b> <b class="b2">denounce</b> it as false, <span class="bibl">Din.1.52</span>:—also in Act., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145c</span>codd., <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>6.186b</span>:—hence Pass., ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 937b</span>: generally, <b class="b3">πρὸς τῆς θανούσης . . ἐπεσκήπτου</b> <b class="b2">wast denounced, accused</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1313</span>:—so in Act., <b class="b2">blame</b>, τινί <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.239a</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0978.png Seite 978]] 1) darauf stämmen, darauf lasten od. wuchten lassen, <b class="b2">daraufwerfen</b>, ἐς δὲ παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων Aesch. Pers. 726; ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν, verhängte über sie, 104. Dah. Jemandem <b class="b2">auferlegen</b>, auftragen, befehlen oder dringend, bittweise, <b class="b2">ans Herz legen</b>, [[βάξις]] ἦλθεν Ἰνάχῳ σαφῶς ἐπισκήπτουσα καὶ μ υθουμένη Aesch. Prom. 667; ὑμῖν πάντα ταῦτ' [[ἐπισκήπτω]] τελεῖν Soph. O. R. 252; ὑμῖν κοινὴν τήνδ' ἐπισκ. [[χάριν]] Ai. 563; πόλει καὶ σοὶ [[ταῦτα]] Eur. Phoen. 781, mit doppeltem acc., [[ἐπισκήπτω]] σε τάδε, ich bitte dich darum, I. T. 683, wie τοσοῦτον δή σ' [[ἐπισκήπτω]] Soph. Tr. 1211; mit dem acc. der Person u. folgdm inf., wie κελεύειν Eur. Alc. 372; vgl. Her. 4, 33; in Prosa bes. von den Wünschen u. Verfügungen Sterbender, ὑμῖν τάδε [[ἐπισκήπτω]], τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέων μὴ περιϊδεῖν Her. 3, 65, vgl. 7, 158; μέμνησθε τὰ ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι τελευτῶν τὸν βίον μὴ πειρωμένοισι ἀνακτᾶσθαι τὴν [[ἀρχήν]], was er den Persern anwünschte, wenn sie nicht versuchten, 3, 73; ἐπισκήψαντος τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπεξελθεῖν τοῖς φονεῦσι Antiph. 1, 1; αὐτοῖς μηδένα ἐάσειν Is. 9, 19; Lys. 13, 4. 41; ἃ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν ἐπέσκηπτον ἀπαγγέλλειν Plat. Menez. 246 c; auch mit Schwurformeln, ἔπισκήπτω ὑμῖν πρὸς θεῶν Andoc. 1, 32, wie beschwören; so abdt Aesch. κλαίοντας, ἱκετεύοντας –, ἐπισκήπτοντας μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν 3, 157; ἐπισκήπτουσιν ὑμῖν πρὸς τῶν ὅρκων μηδὲν νεωτερίζειν, sie beschwören euch bei den Eiden, Thuc. 2, 73; 3, 59; θεοὺς καὶ δαίμονας D. Hal. 10, 11; τὶ [[περί]] τινος, Luc. D. M. 13, 2; διὰ γραμμάτων Plut. Them. 9. – 2) med. sich worauf stützen, sich worauf berufen, μάρτυρι Dem. 34, 28, wo Becker das simplex σκήπτει hergestellt hat; – sich auflehnen gegen Einen, bes. in der attischen Gerichtssprache <b class="b2">Klage führen</b>, gegen falsches Zeugniß, μαρτυρίᾳ Is. 3, 11; τοῖς μεμαρτυρηκοσι ib. 66; τούτοις οὐκ ἐπεσκήψατο [[δηλονότι]] τἀληθῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας εἰδώς Dem. 29, 33; ἐπισκήπτεσθαι ὅλῃ τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ καὶ μέρει Plat. Legg. XI, 937 b, der auch pass. sagt ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι, ibid.; Dem. abdt οὐδ' ᾗ τινι τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν ἐπεσκήψατο (sc. μαρτυρίᾳ), er brachte keine Anklage des falschen Zeugnisses gegen seine Aussage vor, 29, 7; wegen Mordes Klage erheben, ἐπεξιέναι καὶ ἐπισκήπτεσθαι φόνου τῷ πατρί Plat. Euthyphr. 9 a; – ὁ ἐπιβουληθεὶς οὐκ ἐτόλμησε ἐπισκήψασθαι εἰς ὑμᾶς Lys. 3, 39. So auch im act., Plat. Theaet. 145 c. – Pass., wie bei Plat. oben, Soph. αἰτίαν πρὸς τῆς θανούσης τῆσδ' ἐπεσκήπτου μόρων Ant. 1297, du wirst beschuldigt, Schuld zu haben. – 3) intr., mit Gewalt darauf niederstürzen, dagegen hervorbrechen, ἐπεὶ δὲ [[πρᾶγμα]] δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν [[τόδε]] Aesch. Eum. 460; Sp.; [[νόσος]] ἐπέσκηψε Plut. Thes. 15.
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   A ἐπέσκηφα D.L.1.117:—make to lean upon, ἐς δὲ παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων made it fall upon him, A.Pers.740(troch.); ἐ. χάριν τινί impose it upon, S.Aj.566.    2. intr., fall upon, like lightning, πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν it came to this point, A.Eu.482; νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή (v.l.ἐν-) Plu.Thes.15; ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος Philum.Ven.31.3.    II. lay it upon one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., μοῖρ' ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν A.Pers.103 (lyr.), cf.S.OT252: folld. by imper., ib.1446: less freq. c.acc. et inf., E.Alc.365; τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν Hdt.4.33: inf. can freq. be supplied, τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω (sc.ποιεῖν) thus much I command thee to do, S.Tr.1221; so πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ' ἐπισκήπτω τάδε E.IT701: pers. is freq. omitted, . (sc. ὑμῖν) τὸν . . φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι Hdt.7.158; βάξις ἐπισκήπτουσα . . ἔξω δόμων . . ὠθεῖν ἐμέ A.Pr.664; ἐπέσκηψε . . εἶρξαι Αἴαντα S.Aj.752, cf. Antipho 1.1; also ἐ. περί τινος E.IT1077.    2. esp. conjure a person to do a thing, ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω . . μὴ περιιδεῖν Hdt.3.65; τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν And.1.32; κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας . . έπισκήπτοντας μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν Aeschin.3.157, cf. Th.2.73, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, μέμνησθε τὰ ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι... μὴ πειρωμένοισι Hdt.3.73, cf. Lys.13.92, D.28.15, 36.32.    3. γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα resting hand on earth, i.e.calling earth to witness, B.7.41: abs., γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω Id.5.42.    III. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., denounce a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. ἐπίσκηψις 11), διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί . . · ἐπισκηψαμένων δ' ἡμῶν . . ἡ . . δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει, i.e.a διαμαρτυρία was entered . . : we replied by an ἐπίσκηψις . ., and the action for false witness was brought on, Is.5.17; in full, ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν D.29.7; (sc. τῇ θεῷ) οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ. Aeschin.1.130; ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις D.47.1, cf. Is.3.11; ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ denounce it as false, Din.1.52:—also in Act., Pl.Tht.145ccodd., Jul. Or.6.186b:—hence Pass., ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι Pl.Lg. 937b: generally, πρὸς τῆς θανούσης . . ἐπεσκήπτου wast denounced, accused, S.Ant.1313:—so in Act., blame, τινί Jul.Or.7.239a.

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[Seite 978] 1) darauf stämmen, darauf lasten od. wuchten lassen, daraufwerfen, ἐς δὲ παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων Aesch. Pers. 726; ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν, verhängte über sie, 104. Dah. Jemandem auferlegen, auftragen, befehlen oder dringend, bittweise, ans Herz legen, βάξις ἦλθεν Ἰνάχῳ σαφῶς ἐπισκήπτουσα καὶ μ υθουμένη Aesch. Prom. 667; ὑμῖν πάντα ταῦτ' ἐπισκήπτω τελεῖν Soph. O. R. 252; ὑμῖν κοινὴν τήνδ' ἐπισκ. χάριν Ai. 563; πόλει καὶ σοὶ ταῦτα Eur. Phoen. 781, mit doppeltem acc., ἐπισκήπτω σε τάδε, ich bitte dich darum, I. T. 683, wie τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω Soph. Tr. 1211; mit dem acc. der Person u. folgdm inf., wie κελεύειν Eur. Alc. 372; vgl. Her. 4, 33; in Prosa bes. von den Wünschen u. Verfügungen Sterbender, ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω, τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέων μὴ περιϊδεῖν Her. 3, 65, vgl. 7, 158; μέμνησθε τὰ ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι τελευτῶν τὸν βίον μὴ πειρωμένοισι ἀνακτᾶσθαι τὴν ἀρχήν, was er den Persern anwünschte, wenn sie nicht versuchten, 3, 73; ἐπισκήψαντος τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπεξελθεῖν τοῖς φονεῦσι Antiph. 1, 1; αὐτοῖς μηδένα ἐάσειν Is. 9, 19; Lys. 13, 4. 41; ἃ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν ἐπέσκηπτον ἀπαγγέλλειν Plat. Menez. 246 c; auch mit Schwurformeln, ἔπισκήπτω ὑμῖν πρὸς θεῶν Andoc. 1, 32, wie beschwören; so abdt Aesch. κλαίοντας, ἱκετεύοντας –, ἐπισκήπτοντας μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν 3, 157; ἐπισκήπτουσιν ὑμῖν πρὸς τῶν ὅρκων μηδὲν νεωτερίζειν, sie beschwören euch bei den Eiden, Thuc. 2, 73; 3, 59; θεοὺς καὶ δαίμονας D. Hal. 10, 11; τὶ περί τινος, Luc. D. M. 13, 2; διὰ γραμμάτων Plut. Them. 9. – 2) med. sich worauf stützen, sich worauf berufen, μάρτυρι Dem. 34, 28, wo Becker das simplex σκήπτει hergestellt hat; – sich auflehnen gegen Einen, bes. in der attischen Gerichtssprache Klage führen, gegen falsches Zeugniß, μαρτυρίᾳ Is. 3, 11; τοῖς μεμαρτυρηκοσι ib. 66; τούτοις οὐκ ἐπεσκήψατο δηλονότι τἀληθῆ μεμαρτυρηκότας εἰδώς Dem. 29, 33; ἐπισκήπτεσθαι ὅλῃ τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ καὶ μέρει Plat. Legg. XI, 937 b, der auch pass. sagt ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι, ibid.; Dem. abdt οὐδ' ᾗ τινι τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν ἐπεσκήψατο (sc. μαρτυρίᾳ), er brachte keine Anklage des falschen Zeugnisses gegen seine Aussage vor, 29, 7; wegen Mordes Klage erheben, ἐπεξιέναι καὶ ἐπισκήπτεσθαι φόνου τῷ πατρί Plat. Euthyphr. 9 a; – ὁ ἐπιβουληθεὶς οὐκ ἐτόλμησε ἐπισκήψασθαι εἰς ὑμᾶς Lys. 3, 39. So auch im act., Plat. Theaet. 145 c. – Pass., wie bei Plat. oben, Soph. αἰτίαν πρὸς τῆς θανούσης τῆσδ' ἐπεσκήπτου μόρων Ant. 1297, du wirst beschuldigt, Schuld zu haben. – 3) intr., mit Gewalt darauf niederstürzen, dagegen hervorbrechen, ἐπεὶ δὲ πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν τόδε Aesch. Eum. 460; Sp.; νόσος ἐπέσκηψε Plut. Thes. 15.