ἐπήβολος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Aeol. ἐπάβ- dub. in <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>10.2</span>), ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[having reached]], [[achieved]], or [[gained]] a thing, c. gen., οὐ νηὸς ἐ. οὐδ' ἐρετάων γίγνομαι <span class="bibl">Od.2.319</span>; τούτων ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.94</span>; ἱματίου ἐ. γενέσθαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.418.22</span> (iii B.C.); τούτων τῶν θεῶν ἐ. <b class="b2">in possession of .</b>., <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.111</span>; τερπνῆς . . τῆσδ' ἐ. νόσου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>542</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. φρενῶν</b>, Lat. [[compos mentis]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>444</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>492</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιστήμης, παιδείας ἐ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>289b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>724b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Lex</span>2</span>; μήτε πόλεως μήτε πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Hyp. <span class="title">Fr.</span>78</span>; μεγάλων καὶ καλῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1101a13</span>; <b class="b3">νόος οἰκωφελίας αἷσιν ἐπάβολος</b> whose mind is [[skilled in]] housewifery, <span class="bibl">Theoc.28.2</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ὄντων ἐ. γενόμενος</b> having become [[acquainted with]] the true facts, <span class="bibl">Hld. 10.20</span>: c. inf., <b class="b2">most dexterous at .</b>., κλέψαι -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arat.</span>10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[pertaining to]], [[befitting]], <b class="b3">κλήροισιν ἐ</b>. [[belonging to]] our fields, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span> 232</span>; πάντεσσιν ἐ. ἥνδανε μῆτις <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1380</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be reached]] or [[won]], ἐπήβολος ἅρματι νύσσα <span class="bibl">Id.3.1272</span>. (<b class="b3">ἐφήβολος</b> <span class="title">CIG</span> (add.)<span class="bibl">4303a20</span> (Myra).)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">who gets something, participating, have possession of</b> (Od.), also [[attainable]] (A. R.; cf. Wifstrand Krit. und exeget. Bemerkungen zu A. R. [Lund 1929] 28f.); <b class="b3">ἐπαβολά</b> f. [[share]] (Gortyn), <b class="b3">ἐπηβολή μέρος</b> H.<br />Derivatives: Cf. <b class="b3">ἐπηβολία συνηβολία</b> (EM 357,29). <b class="b3">κατηβολή τὸ ἐπιβάλλον</b> (E. Fr. 614, 750).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [471] <b class="b2">*gʷelh₁-</b> [[throw]]?<br />Etymology: Verbal nouns of <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-βάλλω</b> with <b class="b3">-η-</b> after <b class="b3">ἐπ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-ήκοος</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-ημοιβός</b> etc. (lengthening in compounds). Brugmann Sächs. Ber. 1901, 103.