ἐπίφορος
Τί κοινότατον; ἐλπίς. καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὕτη πάρεστι → What is most common? Hope. For those who have nothing else, that is always there.
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἐπιφέρω)
A carrying towards, εἰ ἄνεμος ἐπεγένετο τῇ φλογὶ ἐπίφορος ἐς [τὴν πόλιν] Th.3.74, cf. 2.77 ; favourable, of winds. Paus.8.28.4 ; ἐπιφορώτατος [Ἑρμῆς] A.Ch.813 (lyr.). II leaning or prone to a thing, ἐ. κάτω ῥέψαι gloss in Hp.Art.14 (Comp.) ; πρὸς δεισιδαιμονίαν Plu.2.703d ; well-suited, εἴς τι Longin.5, Plu.2.623d. Adv. -ρως, ἔχειν πρός τι Str.12.3.26. b of documents, applicable, relationg to the matter in hand (cf. ἐπιφέρω 1.9), POxy.266.14, 1282.33 (i A. D.). 2 of ground, sloping, Hp.Ep.17. III pregnant, Id.Prorrh.1.103 ; near the time of bringing forth, X.Cyn.7.2 ; of plants, Thphr.CP3.2.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1001] 1) nachdringend, daranstoßend, vom günstigen Winde, Luc. u. Sp.; Thuc. 3, 74 εἰ ἄνεμος ἐπεγένετο τῇ φλογὶ ἐπίφορος ἐς τὴν πόλιν, wenn ein Wind dazu gekommen wäre, der die Flamme in die Stadt getrieben hätte; Aesch. Ch. 800 παῖς ὁ Μαίας ἐπιφορώτατος, geneigt; Neigung wozu habend, εἰς ποίησιν Plut.; πρός τι, Hel. – 21 der Geburt nahe, schwanger, Hippocr.; trächtig, von Hunden, Xen. Cyn. 7, 2. – Adv., ἐπιφόρως ἔχειν πρός τι, geneigt sein wozu, Strab. XII, 553.
