ἐπιφορά

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ἡ, (ἐπιφέρω)

   A bringing to or upon: hence,    1 donative, extra pay, in pl., Th.6.31, D.S.17.94 ; so ἡ ἔξωθεν ἐ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας Plb.5.90.4    2 application, ὀνομάτων Pl.Lg.944b, cf.Cra.430d.    3 secondcourse [at dinner], Damox.2.58 (pl.).    4 fine paid by contractor for failure to keep time, BCH35.44 (Delos), cf.Hermes17.5 (ibid.); = καταδίκη, Hsch. (pl.).    5 application, τὴν τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι to concentrate attention, Plu.2.1144b.    b infliction, πληγῶν POxy. 283.15 (i A. D.).    6 additional payment of φόρος, IG12.205, al.    II (from Pass.) offering made at the grave, Plu.Num.22.    2 impact, Epicur.Nat.15.26, al. ; sudden attack, Plb.6.55.2, etc. ; ἐπιφορὰς πρός τινα ποιῆσαι, in controversy, Phld.Lib.p.35 O. ; ἐ. ὄμβρων sudden burst of rain, Plb.4.41.7 ; of wind, Thphr.CP5.12.11 ; ἡ τοῦ κωρύκου ἐ. Philostr.Gym.57 ; attack of an orator, opp. ἀπολογία, Id.VS1.25.10 (pl.).    3 vehemence in oratory, Hermog.Id.1.11, al., Philostr.VS1.17.1, al.    4 growth by assimilation of nourishment, Stoic.2.229.    5 Medic., epiphora, persistent flow of tears, as a disease, Dsc.Eup.1.35, Gal.14.749,768 (but non-technically, floods of tears, Plb.15.26.3) ; deflux of morbid humours, Meno Iatr.5.30, Plu.2.102a (pl.) ; τοῦ γάλακτος Sor.1.76 ; ὀχθώδεις ἐ. tuberous eruption, Ruf. ap. Orib.8.24.35.    b attack, πυρετῶν, etc., Vett.Val.3.4 (pl.), al.    6 propensity, -φορὰς ἔχειν πρός τι Men.Rh.p.342 S.    III Rhet., second clause in a sentence, opp. ἀρχή, D.H.Dem. 20.    2 repetition, συνδέσμου Demetr.Eloc.196.    3 succession of clauses ending in the same word, opp. ἐπιβολή, Rut.Lup.1.8.    IV in Stoic Logic, the conclusion of a syllogism, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.80, Crinisib.3.269, Procl.in Prm.p.534 S.    2 question at issue, τῆς ἐ. ἀπερρυηκέναι Phld.Mus.p.96 K.    V in Gramm., ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιφορᾷ τὸ λλ to have λλ immediately following, Hdn.Gr.2.932.