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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Transliteration A: epikremánnymi Transliteration B: epikremannymi Transliteration C: epikremannymi Beta Code: e)pikrema/nnumi

English (LSJ)

and ἐπικρεμαννύω,

   A hang over, ἄτην τινί Thgn.206 codd.; κίνδυνον Plb.2.31.7; φόβον D.S.16.50.    II. Pass., ἐπικρέμαμαι, aor. ἐπεκρεμάσθην, overhang, of a rock, h.Ap.284; οἰκία ἐπικρεμαμένη τῇ ἀγορᾷ Plu.Publ.10: metaph., hang over, threaten, θάνατος Simon.39.3; δόλιος αἰών Pi.I.8(7).14 (tm.); τιμωρία Th.2.53; ἐπικρεμάμενος κίνδυνος impending danger, Id.7.75, cf.3.40: c.dat.pers., ἐπικρέμαθ' ἧμιν ὄλεθρος A.R.3.483; Ep.3pl. impf. ἐπεκρεμόωντο Nonn.D.20.173.