ἐπιζάω
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἐπιζώω,
A survive, εἰ ἐπέζωσε Hdt.1.120; ἂν ὡς ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐπιζώῃ Pl.Lg.661c (-ζώιη cod.), cf. Eus.Mynd.38, etc.: me taph.of envy, Plu.Num.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 941] (s. ζάω), darüber, länger leben, überleben, Plut. Pomp. 53 Num. 22 u. öfter, wie a. Sp. Bei Plat. Legg. II, 661 c ist ἂν ἐπιζῴη in ἐπιζῇ zu ändern. Vgl. das ion. ἐπιζώω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
seul. prés. et ao. ἐπέζησα;
vivre après, survivre.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ζάω.
