ἐπαμάομαι
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
English (LSJ)
A scrape together for oneself, εὐνὴν ἐπαμήσατο χερσί heaped him up a bed (of leaves), Od.5.482; γῆν ἐπαμησάμενον Thgn. 428, cf. Thphr.HP4.13.5, AP7.446 (Hegesipp., tm.); γῆν ἐπαμησάμενος having heaped up a grave or barrow, Hdt.8.24; so ἐ. κόνιν Polyaen.2.1.23; ἐ. τινί τι Plu.2.982b; γῆν εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Porph. Abst.4.9:—later in Act., κόνιν ἐπαμῆσαι D.L.6.79, cf. Iamb.VP31.192 : written ἐφαμᾶν in Hld.2.20.
German (Pape)
[Seite 898] darauf-, zusammenhäufen; εὐνὴν ἐπαμήσατο, ein Streulager, Od. 5, 482; γῆν, Erde aufschütten, z. B. zum Grabhügel, Her. 8, 24; Xen. Oec. 19, 11; αἰγιαλῖτιν θῖνα Zon. 9 (VI, 404); κόνιν Polyaen. 2, 1, 23; a. Sp.; D. L. 6, 79 auch act., κόνιν ἐπαμῆσαι, vgl. Heliod. 2, 20, wo ἐφαμήσας steht.
