ἐπινεύω

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ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his

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Transliteration A: epineúō Transliteration B: epineuō Transliteration C: epineyo Beta Code: e)pineu/w

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   A -νεύσω Luc.Sat.4, -νεύσομαι Aristaenet.2.1:—nod to, in token of command or approval, nod assent, opp. ἀνανεύω, ἐμῷ δ' ἐπένευσα κάρητι Il.15.75; ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων 1.528, etc.; ἐπὶ γλεφάροις νεῦσαν Pi.I.8(7).49; σὺ . . ἐπένευσας τάδε did'st approve, sanction these acts, E.Or.284, cf. D.18.324; ἐπένευσεν ἀληθὲς εἶναι he nodded in sign that it was true,Aeschin.3.59; σιγῇ δὲ τὰ ψευδῆ . . ἐπινεύουσι they indicate falsehoods without speaking, D.21.139: abs., Antipho 2.2.7; Ἑλληνικὸν ἐ. give a Greek nod, Ar.Ach.115: c. acc., grant or promise, τινά τινι E.Hel.681 (lyr.); τι Id.Ba.1349; ὑπέρ τινος Plb.21.5.3: c. dat., ἐ. τῇ δεήσει τινός PGiss. 1.41 ii 9 (ii A.D.): c. dat. pers., ἐ. τισὶ δεομένοις SIG888.13 (Macedonia, iii A.D.): c. dat. pers. et inf., permit, κῴδια ἐ. ἡμῖν ἐργάζεσθαι PPetr.2p.108(iii B.C.).    2. make a sign to another to do a thing, order him to do, c. inf., ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε σιωπῇ . . στορέσαι λέχος Il.9.620:abs., Od.16.164(tm.), h.Cer.169,466, X.Cyr.5.5.37.    3. nod forwards, κόρυθι ἐπένευε φαεινῇ he nodded with his helmet, i.e.it nodded, Il.22.314; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι Theoc.22.186; ἐ. ἐς τὸ κάταντες Luc.DDeor.25.2; πέτραι ἐπινενευκυῖαι overhanging, Id.Prom.1.    4. incline towards, εἴς τινα Ar.Eq.657.    5. roll down an inclined plane, Hero Aut.2.1.    6. trans., elevate, point upwards, Id.Bel.78.8, 89.14:—Pass., to be inclined downwards, opp. ἐξυπτιάζεσθαι, S.E. P.1.120.    b. tilt, [κεράμιον] Gp.7.9.    7. ἐπινενευκὼς σφυγμός, name coined by Archigenes, Gal.8.479.