ἐπίφορος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ον, (ἐπιφέρω)
A carrying towards, εἰ ἄνεμος ἐπεγένετο τῇ φλογὶ ἐπίφορος ἐς [τὴν πόλιν] Th.3.74, cf. 2.77 ; favourable, of winds. Paus.8.28.4 ; ἐπιφορώτατος [Ἑρμῆς] A.Ch.813 (lyr.). II leaning or prone to a thing, ἐ. κάτω ῥέψαι gloss in Hp.Art.14 (Comp.) ; πρὸς δεισιδαιμονίαν Plu.2.703d ; well-suited, εἴς τι Longin.5, Plu.2.623d. Adv. -ρως, ἔχειν πρός τι Str.12.3.26. b of documents, applicable, relationg to the matter in hand (cf. ἐπιφέρω 1.9), POxy.266.14, 1282.33 (i A. D.). 2 of ground, sloping, Hp.Ep.17. III pregnant, Id.Prorrh.1.103 ; near the time of bringing forth, X.Cyn.7.2 ; of plants, Thphr.CP3.2.8.
