ἐπιζήμιος
νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life
English (LSJ)
Dor. etc. ἐπιζάμιος [ᾱ], ον,
A bringing loss upon, hurtful, prejudicial, Charon 12, Th.1.32, Isoc.2.18, etc.; τινί X.Mem.2.7.9, cf. Aeschin.1.45. Adv. -ίως Poll.8.147, D.Chr.14.18. 2. penal: ἐπιζήμια, τά, punishments, penalties, Pl.Lg.784e,788b; -ζάμια Tab. Heracl.1.127; χρησόμεθα ἐπιζημίοις, = ἐπιζημιώσομεν, Epist.Philipp. ap.D.18.157: sg., -ζάμιον, τό, fine, IG5(2).6.36 (Tegea), 5(1).1498 (Messenia). II. liable to punishment, of persons, Pl.Lg.765a; of acts, Arist.Pol.1297a33, cf. PRev.Laws7.6 (iii B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 941] 1) schädlich, nachtheilig; πραγματεῖαι Isocr. 2, 18; τί πονηρὸν καὶ ἐπιζ. Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 57; Ggstz ξύμφορον, Thuc. 1, 32; τινί, Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 9. – 2) der Strafe unterworfen, ἐπιζήμιοι, ἐὰν μὴ ἴωσι Plat. Legg. VI, 765 a; ἐπιζήμιόν ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν νόμων τινί, strafbar, Aesch. 1, 45; – τὰ ἐπιζήμια, die Strafe, Plat. Legg. VI, 784 e, ἐπιζήμια τιθέναι VII, 788 b. – Adv., Poll. 5, 135 u. Sp.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
1 funeste, nuisible;
2 exposé à une amende ou à une peine;
3 pénal ; τὰ ἐπιζήμια PLAT peines, amendes.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ζημία.
