ἐπισχύω
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English (LSJ)
(ἰσχύς)
A make strong or powerful, τὴν πόλιν X.Oec.11.13. II intr., to be or grow strong, Thphr.CP2.1.4; prevail, D.S. 5.59, Corn.ND7 ; to be urgent, ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες Ev.Luc.23.5 ; ὁ λόγος -ύσει πρὸς συμβουλίαν ἢ διδαχήν Vett.Val.48.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 988] stark machen, verstärken, τὴν πόλιν, bejstehen, Xen. Oec. 11, 13; – intrans., stark werden, Theophr.; τῆς κατὰ τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀνάγκης ἐπισχυούσης D. Sic. 5, 59; drängen, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπισχύω: καθιστῶ τι ἰσχυρόν, ἐνισχύω, τὴν πόλιν Ξεν. Οἰκ. 11, 13. ΙΙ. ἀμετάβ., εἶμαι ἢ γίνομαι ἰσχυρός, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 2. 1, 4· ὑπερισχύω, Διόδ. 5. 59· ἐπιμένω, οἱ δὲ ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. κγ΄, 5.
