ἐπιδήμιος
From LSJ
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English (LSJ)
ον (but α, ον IG9(1).333.7 (Locr.)),
A among the people, ἐπιδήμιοι ἁρπακτῆρες plunderers of one's own countrymen, Il.24.262; πόλεμος ἐ. civil war, 9.64; ἐπιδαμίᾳ δίκᾳ χρήστω IGl.c.; ἔφαντ' ἐ. εἶναι σὸν πατέρ' that he was at home, Od.1.194; ἐ. ἔμποροι resident merchants, Hdt.2.39; οὐδ' εὐνῆς αἰδὼς ἐ. A.R.2.1023: generally, common, commonplace, τοῦτο τοὐπιδήμιον Plu.2.735a. 2. sojourning among, ψυχὴ . . ἐ. ἄστροις IG12(8).609.3 (Thasos); settling in a place, A.R.1.827. 3. of diseases, prevalent, epidemic, ἴκτερος Hp.Int.37. 4. ἐπιδήμια θύειν sacrifice in honour of a visit or arrival, Him.Ecl.36.1.
