ἐπιπροΐημι
κάλλιστον τὸ δικαιότατον, λῷστον δ' ὑγιαίνειν → nothing is more beautiful than being just, but nothing is more pleasant than being healthy | Most beautiful is what is most just; the best thing is to be healthy.
English (LSJ)
poet. Verb,
A send forth, τὸν μὲν νηυσὶν ἐπιπροέηκα . . Ἴλιον εἴσω on board ship to Ilium, Il.18.58; but κεῖνον . . νηυσὶν ἐπιπροέηκα θοῇσιν, ἐλθεῖν . . to the ships, to go... 17.708; ἄνδρας δὲ λίσσεσθαι ἐπιπροέηκεν ἀρίστους sent them forth to supplicate, 9.520; Μενελάῳ ἐπιπροέμεν ταχὺν ἰόν (Ep. aor. 2 inf.) shoot an arrow at him, 4.94; νημερτέα βάξιν ἐ. A.R.4.1185; φρῖκας Nic.Th.778; πότμον Orac. ap. Luc.Alex.27; λιγὺν οὖρον Orph.A.361; τινὰ θαλάσσῃ into the sea, A.R.4.1617, etc.; ῥέεθρον θαλάσσῃ, of a river, D.P.49, cf. 794: hence, seemingly intr., νήσοισιν ἐπιπροέηκε (sc. νῆα) he made straight for them, Od.15.299.
