ἐπίπνοος
From LSJ
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
ον, contr. ἐπί-πνους, ουν,
A breathed upon, Poll.5.110. 2. inspired, παρά τινος Pl.Cra.428c; ἐ. καὶ κατεχομένους ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ Id.Men.99d; ἐ. ἐκ τούτου τοῦ ἔρωτος Id.Smp.181c; σὺν τῷ ῥυθμῷ Ael.NA 11.10; ἐ. καὶ φοιβόληπτος Plu.Pomp.48. Adv. -πνως Poll.1.16.
German (Pape)
[Seite 971] zsgzgn ἐπίπνους, ουν, angehaucht, übtr. begeistert, παρὰ Εὐθύφρονος ἐπίπνους γενόμενος Plat. Crat. 428 c; οἱ ἐκ τούτου τοῦ ἔρωτος ἐπίπνοι Conv. 181 c, wie Plut. Cat. min. 42; καὶ φοιβόληπτος Pomp. 48; a. Sp.; – eigtl., τόπος, Poll. 1, 15.