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|Definition=Thess. (before τ)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ἐτ]] ''IG''9(2).517.14 (iii B. C.), Prep. with [[genitive]], dat., and acc., to denote the [[being upon]] or [[support]]ed upon a [[surface]] or [[point]].<br><span class="bld">A</span> WITH GEN.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> with Verbs of Rest, [[upon]], καθέζετ' ἐπὶ θρόνου Il.1.536; ἧστο.. ὑψοῦ ἐπ' ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς 13.12; ἐπὶ πύργου ἔστη 16.700; κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονός 20.345: without a Verb expressed, <b class="b3">ἔγχεα ὄρθ' ἐπὶ σαυρωτῆρος</b> (''[[sc.]]'' σταθέντα) ἐλήλατο 10.153; <b class="b3">ἔκλαγξαν ὀϊστοὶ ἐπ' ὤμων</b> the arrows [[on]] his shoulders, 1.46; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑπὸ γῆς</b>, Pl.''Lg.''728a: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests [[upon]] something, as [[on]] a [[chariot]], a [[horse]], a [[ship]], <b class="b3">φεύγωμεν ἐφ' ἵππων</b> [[on]] our [[chariot]], Il.24.356; οὐκ ἂν ἐφ' ὑμετέρων ὀχέων.. ἵκεσθον 8.455; ἄγαγε.. δῶρ' ἐπ' ἀπήνης 24.447; ἐπὶ τῆς ἁμάξης.. ὠχέετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.31; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀχεῖσθαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.58; οὓς κῆρες φορέουσι.. ἐπὶ νηῶν Il.8.528; πέμπειν τινὰς ἐπὶ τριήροιν X.''HG''5.4.56, etc.; ἐπ' ὤμου.. φέρειν Od.10.170; <b class="b3">τὴν κλεῖδα περιφέρειν ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ</b> to [[carry]] the key about [[on]] his person, Numen. ap. Eus.''PE''14.7; <b class="b3">βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ' ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 190d; [[ἐπ' ἄκρων ὁδοιπορεῖν]] = [[walk on tiptoe]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1230; of places, [[upon]], if the place is an actual [[support]], νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω Id.''OT''416; [[ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐωνύμον]] = [[on the left]], [[ἐπὶ τῶν πλευρῶν]] = [[on the flanks]], X.''An.''1.8.9,3.2.36; but most freq., in, rarely in Hom., [[ἐπ' ἀγροῦ]] = [[in the country]]. Od. 1.190; γᾶς ἐπὶ ξένας S.''OC''1705 (lyr.); νήσου τῆσδ' ἐφ' ἧς ναίει Id.''Ph.'' 613; ἐπὶ ξένας δμωῒς ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίας πόλεος E.''Andr.''137 (lyr.); οἱ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης σύμμαχοι Th.5.35; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας κατοικοῦντας Isoc.12.103; <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἰκήματος κατίσαι, καθῆσθαι</b>, in a [[brothel]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.έ, Pl. ''Chrm.''163b; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκημάτων καθεζομένους Aeschin.1.74; ἐπὶ τῶν ἐργαστηρίων καθίζειν Isoc.7.15; <b class="b3">μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῶν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[χώρα]]ς) remain in statu quo, Indut. ap. Th.4.118; οἱ ἐπ' ἐρημίας λῃστεύοντες Jul. ''Or.''7.210a; later of towns, ἐπ' Ἀλεξανδρείας ''BGU''908.16 (ii A.D.), etc.; sometimes also, [[at]] or [[near]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτάων</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῶν πηγῶν</b>) Il.22.153; κόλπος ὁ ἐπὶ Ποσιδηΐου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.115; <b class="b3">αἱ ἐπὶ Λήμνου ἐπικείμεναι νῆσοι</b> [[off]] Lemnos, ib.6 codd.; [[τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης]] = [[the Thrace-ward region]], Th.1.59, cf. ''IG''12.45.17, etc.; <b class="b3">ποταμοὶ ἐφ' ὧν ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι.</b>. [[on]], i.e. [[near]] which... X.''An.''2.5.18; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν τραπεζῶν</b> [[at]] the money-changers' tables, Pl.''Ap.''17c; in Geom., <b class="b3">αἱ ἐφ' ὧν</b> AA BB ([[γραμμή|γραμμαί]]) the lines AA BB, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1132b6, etc.; <b class="b3">ἕλιξ ἐφ' ἇς τὰ ΑΒΓΔ</b> a [[spiral]] ABCD, Archim.''Spir.''13 (cf. B.1.1k); also ἐπὶ τοῦ βάτου = in the [[passage]] [[concern]]ing the [[bush]], ''Ev.Marc.''12.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in various relations not strictly local, [[μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς]] = [[remain in the command]], X.''Ages.''1.37; <b class="b3">μένειν ἐπὶ τινος</b> [[abide]] [[by]] it, D.4.9; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐπὶ τοῦ πολεμεῖν εἶναι</b>, to [[be engaged in]].., Id.15.11, ''Prooemia'' 1; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ὀνόματος εἶναι</b> bear a name, Id.39.21; ἔχεται πόλις ἐπὶ νόσου S.''Ant.''1141 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of ships, <b class="b3">ὁρμεῖν ἐπ' ἀγκύρας</b> [[ride]] [[at]] (i.e. [[in dependence upon]] an) [[anchor]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.188; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προσπόλου μιᾶς χωρεῖν</b> [[dependent upon]] an [[attendant]], S.''OC''746.<br><span class="bld">c</span> with the personal and reflexive Pron., once in Hom., εὔχεσθε.. σιγῇ ἐφ' ὑμείων Il.7.195; later mostly with 3rd pers., <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἑωυτῶν κεῖσθαι</b> [[by]] themselves, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2, cf. 8.32; οἰκέειν κώμην Id.5.98; ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν αὐτόνομοι οἰκεῖν Th.2.63; ἵζεσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.17; ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν πλεῖν Th.8.8; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὑμέων αὐτῶν βαλέσθαι</b> consider it [[by]] yourselves, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.71, etc.; αὐτὴ ἐφ' αὑτῆς σκοποῦσα Th.6.40; ἐφ' ἡμῶν αὐτῶν τὸν ἐξετασμὸν ποιεῖσθαι D.18.16; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἑωυτῶν διαλέγονται</b> speak in a dialect of their own, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.142; also αὐτοὶ ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν χωρεῖν X. ''An.''2.4.10; πράττειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 326d, cf. ''Sph.''217c; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν μόνον προορώμενοι</b> considering their own [[interest]] only, th.1.17.<br><span class="bld">d</span> with numerals, to denote the [[depth]] of a body of soldiers, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τεττάρων ταχφῆναι</b> to be drawn up four [[deep]], four [[in file]], X.''An.''1.2.15, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι</b>, of the Thebansat Leuctra, Id.''HG'' 6.4.12; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀλίγων τεταγμένοι</b>, i.e. in a [[long]] [[thin]] [[line]], Id.''An.''4.8.11; οὐκ ἐπ' ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων στρατιὰν παρατεταγμένην Th.7.79; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑνὸς ἄγειν</b> in single [[file]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.4.2, cf. ''An.''5.2.6; rarely of the [[length]] of the line, ἐπὶ τεσσάρων ταξάμενοι τὰς ναῦς Th.2.90; in X., ἐγένοντο τὸ μέτωπον ἐπὶ τριακοσίων.. τὸ δὲ βάθος ἐφ' ἑκατόν ''Cyr.''2.4.2; <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἐπὶ κέρως, ἐπὶ κέρας</b>, v. infr. c.1.3; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ φάλαγγος γίγνεται τὸ στράτευμα</b> is formed in column, ''An.''4.6.6, etc. (but in E.''Ph.''1467, <b class="b3">ἀσπίδων ἔπι</b> is merely in or [[under]] arms): hence, generally, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ πλίνθων τὸ εὖρος</b> eight bricks [[wide]], X.''An.''7.8.14.<br><span class="bld">e</span> c. gen. pers., [[before]], [[in presence of]], ἐπὶ μαρτύρων.. πράσσεταί τι Antipho 2.3.8; ἐξελέγχεσθαι ἐπὶ πάντων D.25.36; so, [[before]] a magistrate or official, ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 38.11 (i A.D.), cf. ''UPZ''71.15 (ii B.C.), ''Ev.Matt.''28.14; γράψομαί σε ἐπὶ Ῥαδαμάνθυος Luc.''Cat.''18; τινὰ εἰς δίκην καὶ κρίσιν ἐπὶ τῶν στρατοπέδων προκαλεῖν Jul.''Or.''1.30d; πίστεις δοῦναι ἐπὶ θεῶν D.H.5.29; but <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δικασταῖς</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in D.19.243 (leg. [[ἔπη]]).<br><span class="bld">f</span> with Verbs of perceiving, observing, judging, etc., [[in the case of]], ἐπὶ νούσων παντοίων ἐπύθοντο Emp.112.10; ὁρᾶν τι ἐπὶ τινος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.9.3; αἰσθάνεσθαί τι ἐπὶ τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 406c, etc.; τὴν γνώμην ἔχειν ἐπὶ τινος Hyp.''Eux.''32; τὰ συμβόλαια ἐπὶ τῶν νόμων σκοπεῖν D.18.210; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων ἂν</b> [[ἐσκόπει]] ib.233, cf. 25.2 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); ἐφ' ἑνός τι παριδεῖν Lycurg.64; τὰς ἐναντιώσεις ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν λόγων τηροῦντες, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἔργων μὴ καθορῶντες Isoc.13.7; οὐδεὶς ἐφ' αὑτοῦ τὰ κακὰ συνορᾷ Men.631; ἀγνοεῖν τι ἐπὶ τινος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.3.2; also with Verbs of speaking, [[on]] a subject, λέγειν ἐπὶ τινος Pl.''Chrm.''155d, ''R.''524e, etc.; ἐπιδεῖξαί τι ἐπὶ τινος Isoc.8.109; ἵνα τοὺς ἐπαίνους ἐπ' αὐτῶν κοινοὺς ποιήσωμαι D.60.12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> implying Motion:<br><span class="bld">a</span> where the sense of motion is lost in the sense of being supported, <b class="b3">ὀρθωθεὶς.. ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος</b> having raised himself [[upon]] his elbow, Il.10.80; ἐπὶ μελίης.. ἐρεισθείς 22.225; τὴν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου 18.389.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in a pregnant sense, denoting the goal of motion (cf. [[εἰς]] A.1.2, ἐν A.1.8), <b class="b3">νῆα.. ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν</b> drew the ship [[upon]] the land [[and left it there]], 1.485; <b class="b3">περάαν νήσων ἔπι</b> carry [[to]] the islands [[and leave there]], 21.454, cf.22.45; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καταπίπτειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.54; <b class="b3">ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τῶν πύργων</b> ib.7.1.39; ἐπ' Ἀβύδου ἀφικομέναις Th.8.79 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); freq. of motion [[towards]] or (in a military sense) [[upon]] a place, προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν Il.5.700; τρέσσε.. ἐφ' ὁμίλου 11.546 (but <b class="b3">νήσου ἔ. Ψυρίης νέεσθαι</b> to go [[near]] Psyria, Od.3.171); <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἴκου ἀπελαύνειν, ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν</b>, home[[wards]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.δ, Th.1.30,87, etc.; also with names of places, ἰέναι ἐπὶ Κυζίκου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.14; πλεῖν ἐπὶ Χίου Id.1.164, cf. 168; <b class="b3">ἀποπλεῖν ἐπ' αἰγύπτου</b> ib. ''1''; ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἐπὶ Θεσσαλίης Id.5.64; <b class="b3">ὁ κόλπος ὁ ἐπὶ Παγασέων φέρων</b> the bay that leads [[to]] Pagasae, Id.7.193; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ βαβυλῶνος ὁδός</b> the [[road]] [[leading to]] [[Babylon]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 5.3.45, cf.''An.''6.3.24.<br><span class="bld">c</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γνώμης τινὸς γίγνεσθαι</b> come [[to]] an opinion, D.4.7; ἐπ' ἐλπίδος γενέσθαι Plu.''Sol.''14; [[ὡς ἐπὶ κινδύνου]] = [[as if to meet danger]], Th.6.34; ἐπὶ τοῦ [[ἀλύπως]] ζῆν with a view to.., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 358b; cf. infr. B. 111.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[in the time of]], ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων Il.5.637,23.332; ἐπὶ Κρόνου Hes.''Op.''111; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ Κέκροπος, ἐπὶ Δαρείου</b>, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.44,6.98, etc.; ἐπὶ τῶν τριάκοντα Lys.13.2; ὀλιγαρχία ἡ ἐπὶ τῶν τετρακοσίων καταστᾶσα Isoc.8.108; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τούτου τυραννεύοντος, ἐπὶ Λέοντος βασιλεύοντος, ἐπὶ Μήδων ἀρχόντων</b>, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.15,65, 134, etc.; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐμῆς βασιλείας Isoc.3.32; [[ἐπ' ἐμεῦ]] = [[in my time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.5, 2.46, etc.; ἡ εἰρήνη ἡ ἐπ' Ἀνταλκίδου D.20.54, cf. X.''HG''5.1.36; αἱ ἐπ' Ἀσδρούβα γενόμεναι ὁμολογίαι Plb.3.15.5; [[ἐπ' εἰρήνης]] = [[in time of peace]], Il.2.797, 9.403; ἐπ' ἐμῆς νεότητος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''211 (lyr.); ἐπὶ Λάχητος καὶ τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου Th.6.6; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἡμέρης ἑκάστης</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.117.<br><span class="bld">b</span> later [[ἐπὶ δείπνου]] = [[at dinner]], Luc.''Asin.''3; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης, ἐφ' ἑκάστης κύλικος</b>, Plu.''Alex.''23; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς κύλικος, ἐπὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου</b>, Luc.''Pisc.''34, Plu.''Alex.''53.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in various causal senses:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[over]], of persons in authority, ἐπ' οὗ ἐτάχθημεν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.109; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων</b> the public officers, D.18.247; freq. in forged decrees, <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός</b> ib.38; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν, τῶν ἱππέων</b>, ib.116; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως</b> ib.38 (but cf. c. 111.3); <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Lys. 32.5; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας στρατηγός Plu.''Phoc.''32; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν σιτοποιῶν καὶ μαγείρων Id.''Alex.''23; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴνου Id.''Pyrrh.''5; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν τοῦ Ὄθωνος</b>, = Lat. [[ab epistulis]], his [[secretary]], Id.''Oth.''9; cf. B. 111.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ τινος</b> to be called [[after]] him, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.45; ἐπὶ τινος μετονομασθῆναι Id.1.94: ἐπὶ τινος τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔχειν Id.4.107; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινος ἐπώνυμος γίγνεσθαι</b> ib.184; also ἐπ' ὀνόματος καλεῖν Plb.5.35.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of occasions, circumstances, and conditions, <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτου μόνον, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ πάντων</b>, [[on]] all occasions, D.21.38, cf. 183; ἐφ' ἑκάστων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 25e; ἐφ' ἑκατέρου Id.''Tht.''159c; ἐφ' ἑκάστης μαντείας D.21.54; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξουσίας καὶ πλούτου πονηρὸν εἶναι</b> in.. ib.138; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος</b> ib.72, cf. 18.17; τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς πομπῆς καὶ τοῦ μεθύειν πρόφασιν λαβών Id.21.180; ἐπὶ σχολῆς Aeschin.3.191; ἐπ' ἀδείας Plu. ''Sol.''22; ἐπ' ἀληθείας ''Ev.Marc.''12.14, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''255.16 (i A.D.): hence in adverbial phrases, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἴσας</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[μοίρας]]) [[equally]], S.''El.''1062 (lyr.); ἐπὶ καιροῦ D.20.90; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐσχάτων</b> [[at]] the last, [[LXX]] ''De.''17.7 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐσχάτῳ]]) <b class="b3">; ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος</b> [[for]] the present, ''SIG''543.6 (Epist. Philipp.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[in respect of]], ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων Arist.''Pol.''1280a17, cf. ''EN''1131b18; [[concerning]], τὰ ἐπ' αὐτῶν ἐνεστηκότα ''PTeb.''7.6 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">B</span> WITH DAT.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[upon]], just like the gen. (hence Poets use whichever case suits the metre, whereas in Prose the dat. is more freq.):<br><span class="bld">1</span> with Verbs of Rest, ἕζεο τῷδ' ἐπὶ δίφρῳ Il.6.354; ἧντ' ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153; στῆ δ' ἐπὶ.. νηΐ 8.222; κεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τινι X.''An.''1.8.27; <b class="b3">καίειν ἐπὶ πᾶσι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[βωμοῖς]]) Il.8.240; ἔβραχε χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι 4.420; ἐπὶ χθονὶ δέρκεσθαι 1.88, etc.: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests [[upon]] something, νηυσὶν ἐπ' ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον 2.351 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ἐν]]); ἐπ' ὤμοις φέρειν E.''Ph.''1131 (but <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἵππῳ, ἐφ' ἵπποις</b> and the like are never used for <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἵππου</b>, etc.); of places, mostly in, ἐπὶ τῇ χώρῃ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.77; τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμα S.''Ph.''353; ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις τόποις Id.''Tr.''1100; ἐπὶ τῇ ψυχῇ δάκνομαι Id.''Ant.''317; also, [[at]] or [[near]], ἐπὶ κρήνῃ Od.13.408; ἐπὶ θύρῃσι Il.2.788, etc.; of rivers, etc., [[by]], [[beside]], ἐπὶ ὠκυρόῳ Κελάδοντι.. 7.133, etc.; ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ Od.7.160; ἐπὶ νηυσί Il.1.559, etc.; of persons, <b class="b3">οὐ τἀπὶ Λυδοῖς οὐδ' ἐπ' Ὀμφάλῃ λατρεύματα</b> in Lydia, [[in the power of]] O., S.''Tr.''356.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[on]] or [[over]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' Ἰφιδάμαντι</b> [[over]] the body of Iphidamas, Il.11.261, cf. 4.470; τοιόνδ' ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ κομπάζεις λόγον A.''Ag.''1400; also, [[over]] or [[in honour of]], ἐπὶ σοὶ κατέθηκε.. ἄεθλα Od.24.91; [βοῦς] ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ πέφνεν Il. 23.776; κειράμενοι χαίτας ἐπ' Ἀδώνιδι Bion 1.81, cf. Lys.2.80; in Dor. and Aeol. sepulchral Inscrr., ''Schwyzer'' 348,al.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in hostile sense, [[against]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.61,6.74, 88, S.''Ph.''1139 (lyr.), etc.; [[as a check upon]], οἱ πρόβουλοι καθεστᾶσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς βουλευταῖς Arist.''Pol.''1299b37, cf. 1271a39; also, [[towards]], [[in reference to]], ἐπὶ πᾶσι χόλον τελέσαι Il.4.178; ἐπ' ἔργοις πᾶσι S.''OC''1268; δικαιότερος καὶ ἐπ' ἄλλῳ ἔσσεαι Il.19.181, cf. S.''Tr.''994 (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην Democr. 191; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς σώμασι κάλλος</b> [[extending over]] all bodies, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 210b; <b class="b3">ἡ [παιδεία] ἡ ἐπὶ σώμασι, ἐπὶ ψυχῇ</b>, Id.''R.''376e; <b class="b3">τἀπὶ σοὶ κακά</b> the ills which lie [[upon]] thee, S.''Ph.''806: in Att. also, <b class="b3">νόμον τίθεσθαι, θεῖναι ἐπὶ τινι</b>, make a law [[for his case]], whether [[for]] or [[against]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 488d, Lexap.And.1.87; νόμους ἀναγράψαι ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι D.24.5; <b class="b3">νόμος κεῖται ἐπὶ τινι</b> ib.70; <b class="b3">τἀπὶ τῷ πλήθει νενομοθετημένα</b> ib.123, cf. 142; <b class="b3">τί θεσμοποιεῖς ἐπὶ ταλαιπώρῳ νεκρῷ</b>; E.''Ph.''1645.<br><span class="bld">d</span>. of accumulation, [[upon]], [[after]], <b class="b3">ὄγχνη ἐπ' ὄγχνῃ</b> one pear [[after]] another, pear [[on]] pear, Od.7.120; ἐπὶ κέρδεϊ κέρδος Hes.''Op.''644; ἄτη ἑτέρα ἐπ' ἄτῃ A. ''Ch.''404 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πήματα ἐπὶ πήμασι, ἐπὶ νόσῳ νόσος</b>, S.''Ant.''595, ''OC''544 (both lyr.).<br><span class="bld">e</span>. [[in addition to]], [[over and above]], [[besides]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἄρα σοί γ'</b> ἐπὶ εἴδεϊ καὶ φρένες ἦσαν Od.17.454, cf. 308; ἄλλα τε πόλλ' ἐπὶ τῇσι παρίσχομεν Il.9.639, cf. Od.22.264; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖσι</b> [[besides]], 24.277; ἐπὶ τούτοις Him.''Or.''14.10; so of Numerals, τρισχιλίους ἐπὶ μυρίοις Plu.''Publ.''20, cf. Jul.''Or.''4.148c, etc.; γυναῖκ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν.. ἔχει E.''Med.''694: with Verbs of eating and drinking, [[with]], ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ πίνειν ὕδωρ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.27; [[νέκταρ]] ποτίσαι ἐπ' ἀμβροσίᾳ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''247e; especially of a relish, <b class="b3">κάρδαμον μόνον</b> ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ἔχειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.11; παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὰν μᾶδδαν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''835: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ φάγοις ἥδιστ' ἄν; ἐπὶ βαλλαντίῳ</b>; Id.''Eq.''707; later <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γογγυλίσι</b> [[διαβιῶναι]] live [[on]] turnips, Ath.10.419a.<br><span class="bld">f</span>. of position, [[after]], [[behind]], of soldiers, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.16-18.<br><span class="bld">g</span>. [[in dependence upon]], [[in the power of]], τὰ δ' οὐκ ἐπ' ἀνδράσι κεῖται Pi.''P.''8.76; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινί ἐστι</b> it is in his [[power]] to do, c.inf., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.29, etc.; ἐπὶ σοί ἐστιν ἀναζωπυρεῖν M.Ant.7.2; ἐπὶ ἑτέροις γίγνεσθαι Th.6.22; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει</b> in their [[hands]], S.''OC''66, cf. Th.2.84; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπ' ἐμοί, τὸ ἐπὶ ἐκείνῳ</b>, etc., as far as is in my [[power]], etc., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.4.11, Isoc.4.142, etc.; τὸ ἐπὶ τούτοις εἶναι Lys.28.14; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱάσι</b> their [[property]], Leg.Gort.4.37.<br><span class="bld">h</span>. [[according to]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς νόμοις</b> Lexap.D. 24.56; ἐπὶ πᾶσι δικαίοις ποιούμεθα τοὺς λόγους Id.20.88; ἐπὶ προφάσει θηρός S.''Tr.''662 codd.(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">i</span>. of condition or circumstances in which one is, ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ Il.4.175, etc.; ἐπ' ἀρρήτοις λόγοις S.''Ant.''556; ἐπ' ἀσφάκτοις μήλοισι E.''Ion'' 228 (lyr.); ταύταις ἐπὶ συντυχίαις Pi.''P.''1.36; ἐπ' εὐπραξίᾳ S.''OC''1554; ἐπὶ τῷ παρόντι Th.2.36; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαβεῖν</b>, v. [[αὐτόφωρος]]; also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ δείπνῳ</b> [[at]] dinner, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.12, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]'' 3.2; ἐπὶ τῇ κύλικι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 214b; ἐπὶ θαλίαις E.''Med.''192 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">k</span>. Geom., of the point, etc., [[at]] which letters are written, <b class="b3">κέντρον ἐφ' ᾧ</b> K Hippocr. ap. Simp.''in Ph.''64.14; <b class="b3">ἡ [γραμμὴ] ἐφ' ᾗ</b> HK the line HK, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''375b22.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. with Verbs of Motion:<br><span class="bld">a</span>. where the sense of motion merges in that of support, ἐπὶ χθονὶ βαίνει Il.4.443; θεῖναι ἐπὶ γούνασιν 6.92; καταθέσθαι ἐπὶ γαίῃ 3.114; <b class="b3">ἱστὸν ἔστησεν ἐ.</b> ψαμάθοις 23.853; ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε 1.55; <b class="b3">δυσφόρους ἐπ' ὄμμασι γνώμας</b> βαλεῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''51, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. in pregnant construction, <b class="b3">πέτονται ἐπ'</b> [[ἄνθεσιν]] fly [[on to]] the flowers [[and settle there]], Il.2.89; <b class="b3">ἐκ.. βαῖνον ἐ.</b> ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης Od.15.499; καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ Σκαμάνδρῳ Il.5.36; <b class="b3">ἦλθε δ'</b> ἐπὶ Κρήτεσσι 4.251, cf. 273; νῆες εἰρύατ'.. ἐπὶ θινὶ θαλάσσης 4.248.<br><span class="bld">c</span>. rarely for εἰς c.acc., νηυσὶν ἔ. γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν 5.327, 11.274.<br><span class="bld">d</span>. in hostile sense, [[upon]] or [[against]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἔχειν, ἰθύνειν ἵππους</b>, 5.240, 8.110; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἱέναι βέλος, ἰθύνεσθαι ὀϊστόν</b>, 1.382, Od.22.8; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοι</b> Ἀκράγαντι τανύσαις Pi.''O.''2.91; ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ ἐτιταίνετο.. τόξα Il.5.97; ἐφ' Ἕκτορι.. ἀκοντίσσαι 16.358; κύνας.. σεύῃ ἐπ' ἀγροτέρῳ συΐ 11.293; ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ' ἀνδράσιν Od.10.214, cf. E.''Ph.''1379, etc.: also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι</b> τετάχθαι Th.2.70, 3.13; ὅστις φάρμακα δηλητήρια ποιοῖ ἐπὶ Τηΐοισιν ''SIG''37.2 (Teos, v B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]], rarely, and never in good Att., exc. in sense of succession (infr. 2), <b class="b3">ἐπὶ νυκτί</b> [[by]] night, Il.8.529; ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ, αἱ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes.''Op.''102; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἤματι τῷδε</b> [[on]] this very day, Il.13.234; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἤματι</b> [[for]] today, 19.229, 10.48, Od.2.284; <b class="b3">αἰεὶ ἐπ'</b> [[ἤματι]] every day, 14.105; ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.112, 5.53, cf. D.S. 34/5.2.1; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ ἐστίν Heraclit.6; ἐπὶ τρίς ''Act.Ap.''10.16, ''PHolm.''1.18.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of succession, [[after]], <b class="b3">ἕκτῃ ἐπὶ δέκα</b> on the 16th of the month, Chron. ap. D.18.155, Decr.ib.181 ([[δεκάτῃ]] codd.); [[τετράδι]] ἐπὶ δέκα ''IG''12.304.62; <b class="b3">πρὸ τῆς ἕκτης ἐπὶ δέκα</b> ib.22.1361.19; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξεργασμένοισι</b>, = Lat. [[re peracta]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.164, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἀγορεύειν, ἀνίστασθαι</b>, E.''Or.''898,902, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.7, etc.; ἐπὶ διεφθαρμένοισι Ἴωσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.170, <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ τούτοισι</b>, = Lat. [[quod superest]], Id.9.78, cf. Th.1.65, A.''Ag.'' 255, etc.; τοὐπὶ τῷδε πῆμα E.''Hipp.''855 (lyr.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[in the time of]] (cf. A. 11) only in Arc., ἐπὶ Χαιριάδαι ''Schwyzer''665 ''A'' 21, cf. 666 (Orchom.).<br><span class="bld">III</span>. in various causal senses:<br><span class="bld">1</span>. of the occasion or cause, <b class="b3">τετεύξεται ἄλγε' ἐπ' αὐτῇ</b> [[for]] her, Il.21.585; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ σοὶ μάλα πόλλ'</b> [[ἔπαθον]] [[for]] thee, 9.492: freq. with Verbs expressing some mental affection, ἐπὶ παντὶ λόγῳ ἐπτοῆσθαι Heraclit.87; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν ἐπὶ τινι</b> to be proud [[at]] or of a thing, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 342d, X.''HG''3.4.11, etc.; <b class="b3">χλιδᾶν ἐ.</b>τινι S.''El.''360; <b class="b3">ἀγάλλεσθαι, ἀγανακτεῖν ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι</b>, X.''An.''2.6.26, Isoc.4.122; ὀνομαστὸς ἐπὶ τινι γεγονέναι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.61; also <b class="b3">ἐφ' αἵματι</b> [[φεύγειν]] to be tried [[on]] a capital charge, D.21.105; <b class="b3">πληγὰς λαμβάνειν</b> ἐπὶ τινι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.16; ζημιοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τινι D.24.122, etc.: in adverbial phrases [δικάσσαι] ἐπ' ἀρωγῇ [[with]] favour, Il.23.574; δολίῃ ἐπὶ τέχνῃ Hes. ''Th.''540; ἐπὶ μιῇ αἰτίῃ ἀνήκεστον πάθος ἔρδειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.137, etc.; [[ἐ]].<b class="b3">κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ</b> [[for]] malice, Th.1.37; <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐνοία, ἐπ' ἔχθρα</b>, D. 18.273, 21.55; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγαθῇ ἐλπίδι</b> with.., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.18, cf. ''Ep.Rom.'' 4.18; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑκατέροις</b> in both cases, Pl.''Tht.''158d, cf. Xenoph.34.4; [[ἐ]]. δάκρυσί τινα καταστένειν E. ''Tr.''315 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῇ πάσῃ συκοφαντίᾳ καὶ</b> [[διασεισμῷ]] Mitteis ''Chr.''31 vI (ii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of an end or purpose, υἱὸν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι Il.5.154, cf. 9.482; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρπῳ</b> [[for]] supper, Od.18.44; ἐπὶ κακῷ ἀνθρώπου σίδηρος ἀνεύρηται [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.68; ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ Id.4.164; ἐπὶ σῷ καιρῷ S.''Ph.''151 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τῷ κέρδει [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.56; <b class="b3">δῆσαι ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b> or <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.37, 3.119, cf.1.109, X.''An.''1.6.10; ἐπὶ θανάτῳ συλλαβεῖν Isoc.4.154; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξαγωγῇ</b> [[for]] [[exportation]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.6; <b class="b3">χρηστηριάζεσθαι ἐπὶ τῇ χώρῃ</b> with a view to gaining.., Id.1.66; ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐθύσαντο X.''An.''3.5.18; ἐπὶ τῷ ὑβρίζεσθαι Th.1.38, cf.34, etc.; τι κακοτεχνεῖν ἐπὶ αἰσχύνῃ τοῦ ἀνδρός ''PEleph.''1.6 (iv B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of the condition [[upon]] which a thing is done, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τούτοισι</b> [[on these terms]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60, etc.; ἐπὶ τοῖσδε, ὥστε.. Th.3.114; [[ἐπὶ τούτῳ]], [[ἐπ' ᾧτε]] = [[on condition that]].., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.83, cf. 7.158: in orat. obliq., <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> or <b class="b3">ἐφ' ᾧτε</b> followed by inf., Id.1.22, 7.154, X.''HG''2.2.20; ἐφ' ᾧ μηδὲν κακὸν ποιήσουσιν Th.1.126 (but [[ἐφ' ᾧ]] = [[wherefore]], Ep.Rom.5.12); [[ἐπ' οὐδενί]] = [[on no condition]], [[on no account]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.38; but, [[for no adequate reason]], D. 21.132; [[ἐπ' ἴσῃ τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ]], [[ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ]], [[on fair and equal terms]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.7, Th.1.27; [[ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς]], v. [[ῥητός]]; also of a woman's [[dowry]], τὴν μητέρα ἐγγυᾶν ἐπὶ ταῖς ὀγδοήκοντα μναῖς D.28.16; [[γῆμαί]] τινα ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις And.4.13; τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα ἐπὶ τῇ τυραννίδι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60; on the principle of.., ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ λυπεῖν ἀλλήλους Th.1.71.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. of the price [[for]] which... ἔργον τελέσαι δώρῳ ἔ. μεγάλῳ Il.10.304, cf. 21.445; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τίνι χρήματι</b>; [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.38; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πόσῳ</b>; Pl.''Ap.''41a; [[ἐ]].ταλάντῳ χρυσίου Ar.''Av.''154; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀργυρίῳ λέγειν, πράττειν</b>, D.19.182, 24.200; ἐπὶ χρήμασι λυμαίνεσθαι Id.19.332; ἐπὶ πολλῷ ἐρρᾳθυμηκότες Id.1.15; also of money lent [[at]] interest, <b class="b3">δανείζεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις</b> [[τόκος|τόκοις]] ibid.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δραχμῇ δανείζειν</b> lend [[at]] 12 per cent., Id.27.9; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> <b class="b3">ὀκτὼ ὀβολοῖς τὴν μνᾶν τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου δανείζειν</b>, i.e. [[at]] 16 per cent., Id.53.13; ἐπὶ διακοσίαις εἴκοσι πέντε τὰς χιλίας [[for]] 225 per mille, i.e. 22.5 per cent., Syngr. ap. eund.35.10; also of the security [[on]] which money is borrowed, δανείζειν ἐπὶ ἀνδραπόδοις Id.27.27; <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἴνου</b> κεραμίοις τρισχιλίοις Id.35.18; ἐπὶ νηΐ Id.56.3; δανείζειν ἐπὶ τοῖς σώμασιν Arist.''Ath.''9.1, cf. 2.2, D.H.4.9.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. of names, <b class="b3">φάος καὶ νὺξ ὀνόμασται..</b> ἐπὶ τοῖσί τε καὶ τοῖς Parm.9.2; ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ οἰκείου ἔχθρᾳ στάσις κέκληται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 470b; so ὄνομα κεῖται ἐπὶ τινι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.12; <b class="b3">ὄνομα καλεῖν</b> ἐπὶ τινι Pl.''Sph.''218c, cf. 244b; <b class="b3">πότερον ταῦτα, πέντε ὀνόματα ὄντα, ἐ.</b> ἑνὶ πράγματί ἐστι Id.''Prt.''349b (v. supr. A. 111.2).<br><span class="bld">6</span>. of persons in authority, <b class="b3">ὅς μ' ἐπὶ βουσὶν εἷσεν</b> who set me [[over]] the kine, Od.20.209, cf. 221; ποιμαίνειν ἐπ' ὄεσσι Il.6.25; οὖρον κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν Od.15.89; σημαίνειν ἐπὶ δμῳῇσι 22.427; <b class="b3">πέμπειν ἐπὶ τοσούτῳ</b> στρατεύματι Th.6.29; ἐπὶ ταῖς ναυσίν X.''HG''1.5.11; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς μηχαναῖς Id.''Cyr.''6.3.28; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς καμήλοις</b> ib.33; οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν ὄντες D. 9.2; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ.. γαμεῖν ἄλλην γυναῖκα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.154.<br><span class="bld">7</span>. [[in possession]] of, [[possessing]], ἐπὶ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μένειν Th.4.105, cf. 8.86; <b class="b3">ζῆν ἐ.</b> <b class="b3">παιδίοις, τελευτᾶν ἐπὶ παιδὶ γνησίῳ</b>, Alciphr.1.3, Philostr.''VS''2.12.2; ἐπὶ παισὶ διαδόχοις Hdn.4.2.1; ἀποθανεῖν ἐπὶ κληρονόμοις ταῖς θυγατράσι Artem.1.78, cf. ''PMeyer''6.22 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ μόνῳ παιδὶ σαλεύειν Hld. 1.9.<br><span class="bld">C</span>. WITH Acc.:<br><span class="bld">I</span>. of [[place]], [[upon]] or [[on to]] a height, with Verbs of Motion, ἐπὶ πύργον ἔβη Il.6.386, cf. 12.375; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλότατα τῶν</b> ὀρέων ἀναβαίνειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.131; προελθεῖν ἐπὶ βῆμα Th.2.34; [[ἀναβιβαστέον]] <b class="b3">τινά, ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 467e, X.''An.''3.4.35; also <b class="b3">ἐξ ἵππων</b> ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα Il.3.265; <b class="b3">ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐπὶ στόμα</b> [[upon]] his face, 6.43; ἐπὶ θρόνον.. ἕζετο 8.442; <b class="b3">ὤμω.. ἐπὶ στῆθος συνοχωκότε</b> drawn together [[upon]] his breast, 2.218; Ὀδυσσῆ' εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας Od.6.212; θέσθαι ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα X.''An.''7.3.23; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν Aeschin.Socr.54; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κεφαλήν</b> head-[[foremost]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 553b, Luc.''Pisc.''48 (v. [[κεφαλή]]): less freq. than [[ἐπί]] with [[genitive]] or dat.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. Geom., αἱ <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰς ἁφὰς ἐπιζευγνύμεναι εὐθεῖαι</b> [[joining]] the points of contact, Archim. ''Sph.Cyl.''1.8; <b class="b3">κάθετος ἐ.</b> perpendicular [[to]] (v. [[κάθετος]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[to]], ἦλθε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Il.1.12, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ βωμὸν ἄγων</b> ib.440; <b class="b3">ἴθυσαν δ' ἐ.</b> τεῖχος 12.443; ἐπὶ τέρμ' ἀφίκετο [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''48; ἡ [ὁδὸς] ἐπὶ Σοῦσα φέρει X. ''An.''3.5.15; ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν Πυλῶν ἐπὶ τὸ Ποσειδώνιον Th.4.118; [[ἐ]]. τὸ αὐτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον Id.1.79: c.acc. pers., βῆ δ' ἄρ' ἐπ' Ἀτρεΐδην Il.2.18, cf. 10.18,85,150, etc.: sometimes in pregn. constr. with Verbs of Rest, ἐπιστῆναι ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 212d; παρεῖναι ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον Th.2.34, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.12.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἔργα τρέπεσθαι, ἰέναι</b>, Il.3.422, Od.2.127; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὸν ἔπαινον Th.2.36; ἐπὶ συμφορὴν ἐμπεσεῖν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.88 codd.; also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἀποδιδόναι, ὀφείλειν</b>, pay, owe [[to]] the bank, D.33.12, Docum. ap. eund.45.31; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν</b> τράπεζαν D.33.10; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως</b> ib.24; also [[εἰσποιηθῆναι]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ὄνομά τινος</b> to be entered [[under]] his name, Id.44.36.<br><span class="bld">c</span>. [[up]] [[to]], [[as far as]] (<b class="b3">μέχρι ἐ.</b> X.''An.''5.1.[1]), παρατείνειν ἐπ' Ἡρακλέας στήλας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.181; ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καθήκειν Th.2.27,97: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πείρατ' ἀέθλων</b> ἤλθομεν Od.23.248; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ διηκόσια ἀποδιδόναι</b> yield 200-[[fold]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.193; in measurements, πλέον ἢ ἐπὶ δύο στάδια [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.8, ''An.''6.2.2; <b class="b3">ὅσον ἐπὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους</b> ib.6.4.5, cf. 1.7.15: freq. with a neut. Adj. or Pron., τόσσον τίς τ' ἐπιλεύσσει ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il.3.12; [[ὅσσον]] ἔφ' 2.616, cf. 15.358; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοσοῦτό γε φρονέω,.. ταύτην μηδὲν σίνεσθαι</b> I am prudent [[enough]], not to... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.97; ἐπὶ ὅσον δεῖ Th.7.66; [[ἐ]]. πάντ' ἀφίξομαι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''265; ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐλθεῖν X.''An.''3.1.18; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον</b> ἀγῶνος ἐλθεῖν Th.4.92; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μεῖζον χωρεῖν, ἔρχεσθαι</b>, ib.117, S.''Ph.''259; ἐπὶ μέγα χωρεῖν δυνάμεως Th.1.118; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μακρότερον, ἐπὶ μακρότατον</b>, Id.4.41, 1.1, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.16, 192; [[ἐπὶ σμικρόν]], [[ἐπὶ βραχύ]], [[a little way]], [[a little]], S. ''El.''414, Th.1.118; [[ἐπ' ἔλαττον]], [[ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 93b, Th.1.70; [[ἐπ' ὀλίγον]], [[ἐπὶ πολλά]], Pl.''Sph.''254b; [[ἐπὶ πλέον]] = [[still more]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.171, 5.51, Th.2.51; rarely with Advs., ἐπὶ μᾶλλον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.94, 4.181.<br><span class="bld">d</span>. [[before]], [[into the presence of]] (cf. A. 1.2e), ἦγον δή μιν ἐπὶ τὰ κοινά Id.3.156 (but <b class="b3">στὰς ἐπὶ τὸ συνέδριον</b> standing [[at the door of]] the council, Id.8.79); ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ''Ev.Matt.''10.18.<br><span class="bld">e</span>. in Military phrases (cf. A. 1.2d), <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐτάξαντο</b>, i.e. twenty-five [[in file]], Th.4.93; dub. in X., as <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολλοὺς</b> [[τεταγμένοι]] many [[in file]], [[An]].4.8.11 codd.; ἐπ' ὀλίγον τὸ βάθος γίγνεσθαι ''Cyr.''7.5.2 codd.; for <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κέρας</b> v. infr.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of the quarter or direction [[towards]] or in which a thing takes place, [[ἐπὶ δεξιά]], [[ἐπ' ἀριστερά]], [[to the right]] or [[to the left]], Il.7.238, 12.240, Od.3.171, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.33, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ ἕτερα</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θάτερα</b>, Id.5.74, Th.1.87, etc.; [[ἐπὶ τὰ μακρότερα]], [[ἐπὶ τὰ βραχύτερα]], [[on the longer side]], [[on the shorter side]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.50; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀμφότερα</b> [[νοέων]] [[both ways]], Id.8.22; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τέλος Pi.''O.''13.57, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τάδε Φασήλιδος</b> [[on this side]], Isoc.7.80; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἐκεῖνα</b>, v. [[ἐπέκεινα]]; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἕν, ἐπὶ δύο, ἐπὶ τρία</b>, of space, in one, two, three [[dimension]]s, Arist.''de An.''404b23, Plot.6.3.13; in Military phrases, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρυ ἀναστρέψαι</b>,<b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἀσπίδα μεταβαλέσθαι</b>, [[to]] the [[spear]] or [[shield]] [[side]], i.e. [[to]] right or left, X.''An.''4.3.29, ''Cyr.''7.5.6; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πόδα ἀναχωρεῖν</b>, etc., retire [[on]] the foot, i.e. facing the enemy, Id.''An.''5.2.32; so <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κέρας</b> or [[ἐ]]. <b class="b3">κέρως πλεῖν</b>, etc., sail [[towards]] or [[on]] the wing, i.e. in column (v. [[κέρας]] v11): metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κοσμῆσαι, δεινῶσαι</b>, etc., [[with]] exaggeration, Th.1.10, 8.74, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἀγγέλλεσθαι Id.6.34; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ φοβερώτερον</b> ib.83; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα ἐπαινέσαι</b> so as to provoke laughter, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 214e; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα</b>, Id.''Plt.''293e; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον</b> <b class="b3">καὶ κάλλιον, ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον καὶ τὸ αἴσχιον</b>, Id.''R.''381b; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον</b> Orac. ap. D.43.66.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. in hostile sense, [[against]], ἰέναι ἐπὶ νέας Il. 13.101; ὦρτο δ' ἐπ' αὐτούς 5.590; [[στρατεύεσθαι]] or <b class="b3">-εύειν ἐπὶ τινα</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.71,77, Th.1.26, etc.; ἰέναι ἐπὶ φάτιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''495 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἐπὶ τοὺσ</b> Ἀθηναίους Th.2.90; πέμπειν στρατηγὸν ἐπὶ τινας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.153; [[θύεσθαι]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινα</b> offer sacrifice on going against.., X.''An.''7.8.21; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὑμᾶς</b> [[to]] your [[prejudice]], D.6.33, 10.57.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. of extension [[over]] a space, <b class="b3">πουλὺν ἐφ' ὑγρὴν ἤλυθον</b> [[over]] much water, Il.10.27: <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα</b> θαλάσσης 2.159; ἐπὶ κύματα 13.27; ὁρόων ἐπ' ἀπείρονα πόντον 1.350; <b class="b3">πλέων, λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον</b>, 7.88, 5.771; ἐπὶ πολλὰ δ' ἀλήθην Od. 14.120; ἄγοισι.. Ἀνδρομάχαν.. ἐπ' ἄλμυρον πόντον Sapph.''Supp.''20a. 7: also with Verbs of Rest, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα</b> [[over]] nine acres he lay stretched, Od.11.577; <b class="b3">τόσσον ἔπ'</b> [[over]] so much, 5.251, cf. 13.114; <b class="b3">διώκοντες ἐπὶ πολύ</b> [[over]] a large space, Th.1.50, cf. 62, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλεῖστον</b> ib.4; ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον 2.34, etc.; freq. to be rendered [[on]], δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός Il.2.308; <b class="b3">ἵππους.. ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας</b> ib.765; ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει 17.447; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γαῖαν εἰσὶ δύω [γένη]</b> Hes.''Op.''11; ἀοιδοὶ ἔασιν ἐπὶ χθόνα ''Th.''95; ἐπὶ γᾶν μέλαιναν ἔμμεναι κάλλιστον Sapph. ''Supp.''5.2; also, [[among]], κλέος πάντας ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους Il.10.213, cf. 24.202,535; δασσάμενοι [κτήματ'] ἐφ' ἡμέας Od.16.385, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 322d.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]], [[for]] or [[during]] a certain time, ἐπὶ χρόνον Il.2.299, Od.14.193: πολλὸν ἐπὶ χρόνον 12.407; παυρίδιον.. ἐπὶ χρόνον Hes. ''Op.''133; ἐπὶ δηρόν Il.9.415; ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 84c, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> ὀλίγον χρόνον Lycurg.7; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ χρόνον τινά, ἐπὶ τινα χρόνον</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 344b, ''Grg.''524d; γῆν ἀπεμίσθωσαν ἐπὶ δέκα ἔτη Th.3.68; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ διετές</b> Lexap.D. 46.20; ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας X.''An.''6.6.36; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐφ' ἡμέραν ἀρκέσον</b> enough [[for]] the day, Id.''Cyr.''6.2.34, cf. D.50.23, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολύ</b> [[for]] a long time, Th.1.6, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[up to]], [[until]] a certain time, <b class="b3">εὗδον παννύχιος</b> καὶ ἐπ' ἠῶ καὶ μέσον ἦμαρ Od.7.288; οὐδ' ἐπὶ γῆρας ἵκετ' 8.226.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. in various causal senses:<br><span class="bld">1</span>. of the object or purpose [[for]] which one goes, <b class="b3">ἀγγελίην ἔπι Τυδῆ στεῖλαν</b> sent him [[for]] (i.e. [[to bring]]) tidings of... Il.4.384 (dub.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ βοῦν ἴτω</b> let him go [[for]] an ox, Od.3.421; ἐπὶ τεύχεα δ' ἐσσεύοντο Il.2.808; ἐλθεῖν πρός τινα ἐπ' ἀργύριον [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.12; <b class="b3">πέμπειν εἴς τινα ἐπὶ στράτευμα</b> ib.4.5.31; <b class="b3">ἴτω τις ἐφ' ὕδωρ</b> ib.5.3.49; <b class="b3">ἥκειν ἐπὶ τοὺς τόκους</b> [[for]] (i.e. [[to demand]]) the interest, D.50.61: less freq. c. acc. pers., ἐπ' Ὀδυσσῆα ἤϊε Od.5.149, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''555; κατῆλθον ἐπὶ ποιητήν Ar.''Ra.''1418; κατέρχονται ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀγόρατον Lys. 13.23: with acc. of a Noun of Action, <b class="b3">ἐξιέναι ἐπὶ θήραν</b> go out hunting, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.9; <b class="b3">ἔπλεον οὐχ ὡς ἐπὶ ναυμαχίαν</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for ναυμαχίᾳ) Th.2.83; ἐπὶ μάχην ἰέναι X.''An.''1.4.12; <b class="b3">ἔρχεσθαι, ἵζειν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον</b>, Il.2.381, Od.24.394; ἐπὶ δόρπον ἀνέστη 12.439; κληθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 174e, etc.; καλεῖν ἐπὶ ξείνια [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.107,5.18span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν θεωρίαν</b> [[to see]] the sight, ''Ev.Luc.''23.48, cf. ''PTeb.''33.6 (ii B.C.): freq. with neut. Pron. or Adj., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἐλθεῖν</b> [[for]] this [[purpose]], X.''An.''2.5.22, cf. Th.5.87; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτὸ</b> τοῦτο [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 447b, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τί</b>; [[to]] what [[end]]? Ar.''Nu.''256; ἐφ' ὅ τι Id.''Lys.''22,481; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἃ ἤλθομεν</b> [[for]] which [[purpose]], Th.7.15, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἴσα</b> [[for]] like [[ends]], Pi.''N.''7.5 (but <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο</b>, = [[ἴσως]], Il.12.436); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ</b> [[βέλτιον]] [[to]] a better [[result]], X.''An.''7.8.4; <b class="b3">ἀναστῆσαί τινα ἐπὶ χριστὸν Θεοῦ</b> set up [[as]] God's anointed, [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''23.1: after an Adj., <b class="b3">ἄριστοι πᾶσαν</b> ἐπ' ἰθύν Il.6.79, cf. Od.4.434; ἄπορος ἐπὶ φρόνιμα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''691 (lyr.); [[χρήσιμος]] ἐ… οὐδέν D.25.31: after a Noun, ὁδὸς ἐπὶ τι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.21; [[ὄργανα]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τι</b> ib.6.2.34.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[so far as regards]], τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην S.''Ant.''889; ὅσον γε τοὐπ' ἐμέ E.''Or.''1345; <b class="b3">τοὐπί σε, τὸ ἐπὶ σέ</b>, Id.''Hec.'' 514, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.12; τὸ ἐπὶ σφᾶς εἶναι Th.4.28; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ</b> [[for]] the most part, Arist.''Top.''100b29, etc.; ἐπὶ πᾶν Th.2.51; <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν</b> ξυνετὸν ἐπὶ πᾶν ἀργόν Id.3.82; κρείσσων ἐπ' ἀρετήν Democr.181; [[ἐ]]. μέγα Call.''Dian.''55.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of persons set [[over]] others, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοὺς πεζοὺς</b> καθιστάναι ἄρχοντα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.58, cf. ''HG''3.4.20; <b class="b3">στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς</b> <b class="b3">ὁπλίτας, ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν</b>, Arist.''Ath.''61.1, ''IG''22.682.24; ἐπὶ τὸν Πειραιέα Arist.''Ath.''l.c.; ἐπὶ Ῥαμνοῦντα ''IG''2.1206b (cf. A. 111.1); <b class="b3">οἱ θεσμοθέται</b> οἱ ἐπὶ τοὺς νόμους κληρούμενοι D.20.90.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[according to]], [[by]], [[ἐπὶ στάθμην]] = [[by the rule]], Od.5.245, 21.44, etc.<br><span class="bld">D</span>. POSITION:—[[ἐπί]] may suffer anastrophe ([[ἔπι]]) and follow its case, as in Il.1.162; it may like wise follow its Verb, ἤλυθ' ἔπι ψυχή Od.24.20, cf. Il.9.539.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. in Poets it is sometimes put with the second of two Nouns, though in sense it also governs the first, <b class="b3">ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐ.</b> γῆς Od.12.27, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''761, ''Ant.''367 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">E</span>. ABS., used adverbially, without anastrophe, <b class="b3">καὶ ἐπὶ σκέπας</b> ἦν ἀνέμοιο Od.5.443; <b class="b3">κτεῖνον δ' ἐπὶ μηλοβοτῆρας</b> [[as well]], Il.18.529; esp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δέ..</b> and besides.., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.65,75, etc.; πολιαί τ' ἐπὶ ματέρες S. ''OT''182 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[ἔπι]], for [[ἔπεστι]], [[there is]], Il.1.515, 3.45, Od.16.315; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἔπ' ἀνήρ..</b> [[there is]] no man... 2.58; <b class="b3">σοὶ δ' ἔ. μὲν μορφὴ</b> ἐπέων 11.367; ἔ. δέ μοι γέρας A.''Eu.''393 codd. (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">F</span>. PROSODY: in [[ἐπιόψομαι]], [[ι]] is not elided before a vowel; also in some words where σ or ϝ has been lost, as [[ἐπιάλμενος]], [[ἐπιείκελος]], [[ἐπιεικής]], [[ἐπιέξομαι]] (v. [[ἐπέχω]] VII). Dor. [[ἐπιεργάζομαι]] (v. [[ἐπιεργάζομαι]]).<br><span class="bld">G</span>. IN COMPOSITION:<br><span class="bld">I</span>. of [[place]], denoting,<br><span class="bld">1</span>. Support or Rest [[upon]], [[ἔπειμι]] (A), [[ἐπίκειμαι]], [[ἐπικαθίζω]], [[ἐπαυχένιος]], [[ἐπιβώμιος]], etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. Motion,<br><span class="bld">a</span>. [[upon]] or [[over]], [[ἐπιβαίνω]], [[ἐπιτρέχω]].<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[to]] or [[towards]], [[ἐπέρχομαι]], [[ἐπιστέλλω]], [[ἐπαρίστερος]], [[ἐπιδέξιος]].<br><span class="bld">c</span>. [[against]], ἐπαΐσσω, ἐπιπλέω ''ΙΙ'', [[ἐπιστρατεύω]], [[ἐπιβουλεύω]].<br><span class="bld">d</span>. [[up to]] a point, [[ἐπιτελέω]].<br><span class="bld">e</span>. [[over]] a place, as in [[ἐπαιωρέομαι]], [[ἐπαρτάω]].<br><span class="bld">f</span>. [[over]] or [[beyond]] boundaries, as in [[ἐπινέμομαι]].<br><span class="bld">g</span>. implying reciprocity, as in [[ἐπιγαμία]].<br><span class="bld">3</span>. Extension [[over]] a surface, as in [[ἐπαλείφω]], [[ἐπανθίζω]], ἐπιπέτομαι, ἐπιπλέω ''1'', [[ἐπάργυρος]], [[ἐπίχρυσος]].<br><span class="bld">4</span>. Accumulation of one thing [[over]] or [[besides]] another, as in [[ἐπαγείρω]], [[ἐπιμανθάνω]], [[ἐπαυξάνω]], [[ἐπιβάλλω]], [[ἐπίκτητος]].<br><span class="bld">5</span>. Accompaniment, [[to]], [[with]], as in [[ἐπᾴδω]], [[ἐπαυλέω]], [[ἐπαγρυπνέω]]: hence of Addition, [[ἐπίτριτος]] one [[and]] ''1''/3 [[more]], ''1'' +''1''/3; so [[ἐπιτέταρτος]], [[ἐπίπεμπτος]], [[ἐπόγδοος]], etc.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. with Adjs., [[somewhat]], [[slightly]], as in [[ἐπίξανθος]], [[ἐπίπικρος]].<br><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]] and Sequence, [[after]], as in [[ἐπιβιόω]], [[ἐπιβλαστάνω]], [[ἐπιγίγνομαι]], [[ἐπακόλουθος]], [[ἐπίγονος]], [[ἐπιστάτης]] 1.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. in causal senses:<br><span class="bld">1</span>. Superiority felt [[over]] or [[at]], as in [[ἐπιχαίρω]], [[ἐπιγελάω]], [[ἐπαισχύνομαι]].<br><span class="bld">2</span>. Authority [[over]], as in [[ἐπικρατέω]], [[ἔπαρχος]], [[ἐπιβουκόλος]], [[ἐπιποιμήν]].<br><span class="bld">3</span>. Motive [[for]], as in [[ἐπιθυμέω]], [[ἐπιζήμιος]], [[ἐπιθάνατος]].<br><span class="bld">4</span>. to give force or intensity to the Verb, as in [[ἐπαινέω]], [[ἐπιμέμφομαι]], [[ἐπικείρω]], [[ἐπικλάω]].