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ἐπιφορέω

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οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ → for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength

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Transliteration A: epiphoréō Transliteration B: epiphoreō Transliteration C: epiforeo Beta Code: e)pifore/w

English (LSJ)

   A put, pile upon, ἐπιπολῆς τῶν ξύλων χοῦν γῆς ἐ. Hdt.4.201, cf.8.28 ; ἐπὶ τὸν ἅλα γῆν ἐ. Id.4.183 ; ὕλην Id.7.36 ; τῆς γῆς πολλήν Ar.Pax167, cf. X.An.3.5.10 ; [λίθους] ἄνωθεν Ar.Pax225.    2 bring, offer, Ph.1.259.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1001] = ἐπιφέρω, χοῦν, herzutragen, Her. 8, 28; ἐπὶ τὸν ἅλα γῆν ἐπιφορέοντες 4, 183; vgl. Ar. Pax 167; Xen. An. 3, 5, 10 u. Sp.; ἐπί τι, Paus. 10, 1, 3.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιφορέω: ἐπιφέρω, ἐπισωρεύω, ἐπιπολῆς τῶν ξύλων χοῦν γῆς ἐπ. Ἡρόδ. 4. 201, πρβλ. 8. 28· ἐπὶ τὸν ἅλα γῆν ἐπιφορέοντες, οὕτω σπείρουσι ὁ αὐτ. 4. 183· ὕλην ἐπεφόρησαν 7. 36· γῆν Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 167, πρβλ. Ξεν. Ἀν. 3. 5, 10· λίθους ἄνωθεν Ἀριστ. Εἰρ. 224. 2) συλλαμβάνω ἢ ἔχω ἐν γαστρί, Σύνοδ. Ἀγκύρ. 25.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
apporter par-dessus.
Étymologie: ἐπίφορος.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπιφορέω: μέλ. -ήσω = ἐπιφέρω, επιθέτω, επισωρεύω, τοποθετώ πάνω σε, σε Ηρόδ., Αριστοφ. κ.λπ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπιφορέω: наносить, насыпать, наваливать, нагромождать (χοῦν γῆς Her. и γῆν Xen.; λίθους ἄνωθεν Arph.).

Middle Liddell

fut. ήσω, = ἐπιφέρω
to put upon, lay over, Hdt., Ar., etc.