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|Definition=Ion. ἐπ-, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lie moored at]] or [[over against]] a place, [[blockade]] it, <b class="b3">λαθὼν τοὺς ἐπορμέοντας</b> having escaped [[the blockading fleet]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.75</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.25</span>; πεζῇ τε καὶ ναυσὶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.24</span>: c. dat., ἐ. τῷ λιμένι <span class="bibl">Id.7.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.31</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ Μιλήτῳ <span class="bibl">Id.8.30</span>; ἐπὶ τῷ λιμένι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.7</span>; ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος Plb. <span class="bibl">1.46.5</span>: c. acc., ἐ. ναυσὶ τὴν ἀκτήν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.72</span>: generally, [[lie by and watch]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>812</span>; ἐ. τοῖς καιροῖς <span class="bibl">D.3.7</span>; [[rely on]], εἰκόσι καὶ πιθανοῖς <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.413</span>,al.:—Pass., to [[be blockaded]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, <span class="bibl">8.20</span>.</span>