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|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὤπαζον <span class="bibl">Il.8.341</span> ; Ep. ὄπ- <span class="bibl">16.730</span> : Ep. fut. ὀπάσσω <span class="bibl">Od.8.430</span>,<span class="bibl">21.214</span> : aor. ὤπασα <span class="bibl">Il.13.416</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>974</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.16</span>, and Trag. (v. infr.); Ep. and Lyr. also <b class="b3">ὄπασσα</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.204</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).38</span> :—Med., aor. <b class="b3">ὠπασάμην</b>, Ep. 3sg. ὀπάσσατο <span class="bibl">Il.19.238</span> ; 2sg. subj. ὀπάσσεαι <span class="bibl">10.238</span> :—Pass., only in pres. (v. fin.) :—poet. Verb, perh. causal of <b class="b3">ἕπομαι</b>, [[make to follow]], [[send with]] one, [[give as a companion]] or [[follower]], ἐπεί ῥά οἱ ὤπασα πομπόν <span class="bibl">Il.13.416</span> ; σοὶ γάρ με πατὴρ ἅμα πομπὸν ὄπασσεν <span class="bibl">24.461</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.90</span> ; ἅμ' ἡγεμόν' ἐσθλὸν ὄπασσον <span class="bibl">15.310</span> ; ἀρχὸν δὲ μετ' ἀμφοτέροισιν ὄπασσα <span class="bibl">10.204</span> ; <b class="b3">πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν</b>, i. e. made me leader over many, <span class="bibl">Il.9.483</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.16</span> ; ὦ Ζεῦ, γυναικῶν οἷον ὤπασας γένος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>256</span> :—Med., [[bid]] another [[follow]] one, [[take with]] one, [[take as a companion]], σὺ δὲ χείρον' ὀπάσσεαι <span class="bibl">Il.10.238</span> ; Νέστορος υἷας ὀπάσσατο <span class="bibl">19.238</span> ; κήρυκά τ' ὀπασσάμενος καὶ ἑταῖρον <span class="bibl">Od.10.59</span> :—Nic. uses the Med. in act. sense, σκολόπενδρα . . ὀπάζεται ἀνδράσι κῆρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>813</span> : Hes. never has it in this sense. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> also of things, [[make]] or [[give to be with]] a person, then simply, [[give]], [[grant]], <b class="b3">τούτῳ . . Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀπάζει</b> [[gives]] him glory [[to be with]] him, <span class="bibl">Il.8.141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.566</span> ; <b class="b3">κτήματα, ἀρετήν, κάλλος, ἀοιδήν, φῆμιν, ὀϊζύν</b>, etc., freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.21.214</span>, <span class="bibl">13.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.6.156</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.498</span>, <span class="bibl">24.201</span>, <span class="bibl">23.210</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">πολλὰ γὰρ ὤπασε παιδί</b> [[gave]] her [[as a portion]], <span class="bibl">Il.22.51</span> ; <b class="b3">τέλος ἐσθλὸν ὀ</b>. [[grant]] a happy end, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>474</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄλβον, ἄγρην</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 420</span>, <span class="bibl">442</span> ; εὐδίαν ἐκ χειμῶνος ὀ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).38</span>, al.; Ὕβρις . . πλοῦτον . . ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν <span class="bibl">B.14.60</span> ; πῦρ ἐγώ σφιν ὤπασα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>254</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8</span>, <span class="bibl">30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>762</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>530</span> (lyr.) ; a few times in E., e. g. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>517</span>, twice in <span class="bibl">Ar., <span class="title">Eq.</span>200</span> (mock heroic), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>973</span> (lyr.): with pleon. inf., <b class="b3">Πατρόκλῳ . . κόμην ὀπάσαιμι φέρεσθαι</b>, like [[δίδωμι ἔχειν]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.151</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.66</span> :—Med., καλάμινθον ὀπάζεο <b class="b2">take to yourself . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">520</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[give besides]] something else, [[add]], ἔργῳ δ' ἔργον ὄπαζε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>120</span> ; χάριν ἅμ' ὄπασσον ἀοιδῇ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>24.5</span> ; μελέταν ἔργοις ὀ. [[devote]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).67</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔργον ὤπασεν πρὸς ἀσπίδι</b> [[put]] the work of art [[on]] the shield, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>492</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[press hard]], [[chase]], Ἕκτωρ ὤπαζε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς <span class="bibl">Il.8.341</span> ; <b class="b3">χαλεπὸν δέ σε γῆρας ὀπάζει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">103</span> ; <b class="b3">πολὺν καθ' ὅμιλον ὀπάζων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">αὐτήν</b>) <span class="bibl">5.334</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.462</span> ; <b class="b3">φόνια δ' ὤπασας λέχε' ἀπὸ γᾶς</b> [[didst chase]] them [[away]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1192</span> (lyr.) :—Pass., <b class="b3">ποταμὸς . . ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ</b> a torrent [[forced on]] by rain, <span class="bibl">Il.11.493</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ὀπασθείς· ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω δεθείς, καὶ ἐξαγκωνισθείς</b>, Hsch. (but cf. [[ὀσταθείς]] Id.). (The relation to <b class="b3">ἕπομαι, ὀπαδός, ὀπάων</b> is uncertain.)</span>