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|Definition=Thess. (before τ) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ἐτ]] <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.14 (iii B. C.), Prep. with [[genitive]], dat., and acc., to denote the [[being upon]] or [[support]]ed upon a [[surface]] or [[point]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> WITH GEN.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> with Verbs of Rest, [[upon]], καθέζετ' ἐπὶ θρόνου <span class="bibl">Il.1.536</span>; ἧστο . . ὑψοῦ ἐπ' ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς <span class="bibl">13.12</span>; ἐπὶ πύργου ἔστη <span class="bibl">16.700</span>; κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονός <span class="bibl">20.345</span>: without a Verb expressed, <b class="b3">ἔγχεα ὄρθ' ἐπὶ σαυρωτῆρος</b> (sc. [[σταθέντα]]) ἐλήλατο <span class="bibl">10.153</span>; <b class="b3">ἔκλαγξαν ὀϊστοὶ ἐπ' ὤμων</b> the arrows [[on]] his shoulders, <span class="bibl">1.46</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑπὸ γῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>728a</span>: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests [[upon]] something, as [[on]] a chariot, a horse, a ship, <b class="b3">φεύγωμεν ἐφ' ἵππων</b> [[on]] our chariot, <span class="bibl">Il.24.356</span>; οὐκ ἂν ἐφ' ὑμετέρων ὀχέων . . ἵκεσθον <span class="bibl">8.455</span>; ἄγαγε . . δῶρ' ἐπ' ἀπήνης <span class="bibl">24.447</span>; ἐπὶ τῆς ἁμάξης . . ὠχέετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>; ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀχεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.58</span>; οὓς κῆρες φορέουσι . . ἐπὶ νηῶν <span class="bibl">Il.8.528</span>; πέμπειν τινὰς ἐπὶ τριήροιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.56</span>, etc.; ἐπ' ὤμου . . φέρειν <span class="bibl">Od.10.170</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν κλεῖδα περιφέρειν ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ</b> to carry the key about [[on]] his person, Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>14.7</span>; <b class="b3">βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ' ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>190d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἄκρων ὁδοιπορεῖν</b> walk [[on]] tiptoe, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1230</span>; of places, [[upon]], if the place is an actual [[support]], νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>416</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐωνύμον</b> [[on]] the left, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν πλευρῶν</b> [[on]] the flanks, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.9</span>,<span class="bibl">3.2.36</span>; but most freq., [[in]], rarely in Hom., <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγροῦ</b> [[in]] the country. <span class="bibl">Od. 1.190</span>; γᾶς ἐπὶ ξένας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1705</span> (lyr.); νήσου τῆσδ' ἐφ' ἧς ναίει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 613</span>; ἐπὶ ξένας δμωῒς ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίας πόλεος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>137</span> (lyr.); οἱ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης σύμμαχοι <span class="bibl">Th.5.35</span>; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας κατοικοῦντας <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.103</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἰκήματος κατίσαι, καθῆσθαι</b>, [[in]] a brothel, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.έ, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Chrm.</span>163b</span>; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκημάτων καθεζομένους <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.74</span>; ἐπὶ τῶν ἐργαστηρίων καθίζειν <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.15</span>; <b class="b3">μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῶν</b> (sc. [[χώρας]]) remain [[in]] statu quo, Indut. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>; οἱ ἐπ' ἐρημίας λῃστεύοντες <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>7.210a</span>; later of towns, ἐπ' Ἀλεξανδρείας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>908.16</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; sometimes also, [[at]] or [[near]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτάων</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῶν πηγῶν</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.22.153</span>; κόλπος ὁ ἐπὶ Ποσιδηΐου <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.115</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἐπὶ Λήμνου ἐπικείμεναι νῆσοι</b> [[off]] Lemnos, ib.<span class="bibl">6</span> codd.; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης</b> the Thrace-[[ward]] region, <span class="bibl">Th.1.59</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.45.17, etc.; <b class="b3">ποταμοὶ ἐφ' ὧν ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι .</b>. [[on]], i.e. [[near]] which... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν τραπεζῶν</b> [[at]] the money-changers' tables, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17c</span>; in Geom., <b class="b3">αἱ ἐφ' ὧν</b> AA BB ([[γραμμαί]]) the lines AA BB, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1132b6</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἕλιξ ἐφ' ἇς τὰ ΑΒΓΔ</b> a spiral ABCD, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Spir.</span>13</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">B.1.1k</span>); also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ βάτου</b> [[in the passage concerning]] the bush, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>12.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in various relations not strictly local, <b class="b3">μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς</b> remain [[in]] the command, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>1.37</span>; <b class="b3">μένειν ἐπὶ τινος</b> abide [[by]] it, <span class="bibl">D.4.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐπὶ τοῦ πολεμεῖν εἶναι</b>, to be engaged <b class="b2">in .</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.15.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prooem.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ὀνόματος εἶναι</b> bear a name, <span class="bibl">Id.39.21</span>; ἔχεται πόλις ἐπὶ νόσου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1141</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> of ships, <b class="b3">ὁρμεῖν ἐπ' ἀγκύρας</b> ride [[at]] (i.e. [[in dependence upon an]]) anchor, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.188</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προσπόλου μιᾶς χωρεῖν</b> [[dependent upon]] an attendant, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>746</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> with the personal and reflexive Pron., once in Hom., εὔχεσθε . . σιγῇ ἐφ' ὑμείων <span class="bibl">Il.7.195</span>; later mostly with 3rd pers., <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἑωυτῶν κεῖσθαι</b> [[by]] themselves, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.32</span>; οἰκέειν κώμην <span class="bibl">Id.5.98</span>; ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν αὐτόνομοι οἰκεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.2.63</span>; ἵζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.17</span>; ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν πλεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.8.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὑμέων αὐτῶν βαλέσθαι</b> consider it [[by]] yourselves, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.71</span>, etc.; αὐτὴ ἐφ' αὑτῆς σκοποῦσα <span class="bibl">Th.6.40</span>; ἐφ' ἡμῶν αὐτῶν τὸν ἐξετασμὸν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">D.18.16</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἑωυτῶν διαλέγονται</b> speak [[in]] a dialect of their own, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.142</span>; also αὐτοὶ ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν χωρεῖν <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>2.4.10</span>; πράττειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>326d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>217c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν μόνον προορώμενοι</b> considering their own [[interest]] only, th.<span class="bibl">1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> with numerals, to denote the [[depth]] of a body of soldiers, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τεττάρων ταχφῆναι</b> to be drawn up four [[deep]], four [[in file]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.15</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα ἀσπίδων συνεστραμμένοι</b>, of the Thebansat Leuctra, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span> 6.4.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀλίγων τεταγμένοι</b>, i.e. [[in]] a [[long]] [[thin]] [[line]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.11</span>; οὐκ ἐπ' ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων στρατιὰν παρατεταγμένην <span class="bibl">Th.7.79</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑνὸς ἄγειν</b> [[in]] single [[file]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>5.2.6</span>; rarely of the [[length]] of the line, ἐπὶ τεσσάρων ταξάμενοι τὰς ναῦς <span class="bibl">Th.2.90</span>; in X., ἐγένοντο τὸ μέτωπον ἐπὶ τριακοσίων . . τὸ δὲ βάθος ἐφ' ἑκατόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἐπὶ κέρως, ἐπὶ κέρας</b>, v. infr. c.<span class="bibl">1.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ φάλαγγος γίγνεται τὸ στράτευμα</b> is formed [[in]] column, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>4.6.6</span>, etc. (but in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1467</span>, <b class="b3">ἀσπίδων ἔπι</b> is merely [[in]] or [[under]] arms): hence, generally, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ πλίνθων τὸ εὖρος</b> eight bricks [[wide]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> c. gen. pers., [[before]], [[in presence of]], ἐπὶ μαρτύρων . . πράσσεταί τι <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.3.8</span>; ἐξελέγχεσθαι ἐπὶ πάντων <span class="bibl">D.25.36</span>; so, [[before]] a magistrate or official, ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 38.11</span> (i A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>71.15</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>28.14</span>; γράψομαί σε ἐπὶ Ῥαδαμάνθυος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>18</span>; τινὰ εἰς δίκην καὶ κρίσιν ἐπὶ τῶν στρατοπέδων προκαλεῖν <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.30d</span>; πίστεις δοῦναι ἐπὶ θεῶν <span class="bibl">D.H.5.29</span>; but <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δικασταῖς</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">D.19.243</span> (leg. [[ἔπη]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">f</span> with Verbs of perceiving, observing, judging, etc., [[in the case of]], ἐπὶ νούσων παντοίων ἐπύθοντο <span class="bibl">Emp.112.10</span>; ὁρᾶν τι ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.3</span>; αἰσθάνεσθαί τι ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>406c</span>, etc.; τὴν γνώμην ἔχειν ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Eux.</span>32</span>; τὰ συμβόλαια ἐπὶ τῶν νόμων σκοπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.18.210</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων ἂν</b> [[ἐσκόπει]] ib.233, cf. <span class="bibl">25.2</span> (v.l.); ἐφ' ἑνός τι παριδεῖν <span class="bibl">Lycurg.64</span>; τὰς ἐναντιώσεις ἐπὶ μὲν τῶν λόγων τηροῦντες, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἔργων μὴ καθορῶντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.13.7</span>; οὐδεὶς ἐφ' αὑτοῦ τὰ κακὰ συνορᾷ <span class="bibl">Men.631</span>; ἀγνοεῖν τι ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.2</span>; also with Verbs of speaking, [[on]] a subject, λέγειν ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>155d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>524e</span>, etc.; ἐπιδεῖξαί τι ἐπὶ τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.109</span>; ἵνα τοὺς ἐπαίνους ἐπ' αὐτῶν κοινοὺς ποιήσωμαι <span class="bibl">D.60.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> implying Motion: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> where the sense of motion is lost in the sense of being supported, <b class="b3">ὀρθωθεὶς . . ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος</b> having raised himself [[upon]] his elbow, <span class="bibl">Il.10.80</span>; ἐπὶ μελίης . . ἐρεισθείς <span class="bibl">22.225</span>; τὴν μὲν . . καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου <span class="bibl">18.389</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in a pregnant sense, denoting the goal of motion (cf. εἰς A.1.2, ἐν A.1.8), <b class="b3">νῆα . . ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν</b> drew the ship [[upon]] the land [[and left it there]], 1.485; <b class="b3">περάαν νήσων ἔπι</b> carry [[to]] the islands [[and leave there]], 21.454, cf.22.45; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καταπίπτειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.54</span>; <b class="b3">ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τῶν πύργων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.1.39</span>; ἐπ' Ἀβύδου ἀφικομέναις <span class="bibl">Th.8.79</span> (v.l.); freq. of motion [[towards]] or (in a military sense) [[upon]] a place, προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν <span class="bibl">Il.5.700</span>; τρέσσε . . ἐφ' ὁμίλου <span class="bibl">11.546</span> (but <b class="b3">νήσου ἔ. Ψυρίης νέεσθαι</b> to go [[near]] Psyria, <span class="bibl">Od.3.171</span>); <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἴκου ἀπελαύνειν, ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀποχωρεῖν</b>, home[[wards]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.[[δ]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.30</span>,<span class="bibl">87</span>, etc.; also with names of places, ἰέναι ἐπὶ Κυζίκου <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.14</span>; πλεῖν ἐπὶ Χίου <span class="bibl">Id.1.164</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">168</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποπλεῖν ἐπ' αἰγύπτου</b> ib. ''1''; ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἐπὶ Θεσσαλίης <span class="bibl">Id.5.64</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ κόλπος ὁ ἐπὶ Παγασέων φέρων</b> the bay that leads [[to]] Pagasae, <span class="bibl">Id.7.193</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ βαβυλῶνος ὁδός</b> the road [[leading to]] B., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 5.3.45</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>6.3.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γνώμης τινὸς γίγνεσθαι</b> come [[to]] an opinion, <span class="bibl">D.4.7</span>; ἐπ' ἐλπίδος γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>14</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐπὶ κινδύνου</b> as if [[to meet]] danger, <span class="bibl">Th.6.34</span>; ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀλύπως ζῆν <b class="b2">with a view to .</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 358b</span>; cf. infr. B. 111.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[in the time of]], ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">Il.5.637</span>,<span class="bibl">23.332</span>; ἐπὶ Κρόνου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>111</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ Κέκροπος, ἐπὶ Δαρείου</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.44</span>,<span class="bibl">6.98</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ τῶν τριάκοντα <span class="bibl">Lys.13.2</span>; ὀλιγαρχία ἡ ἐπὶ τῶν τετρακοσίων καταστᾶσα <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.108</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τούτου τυραννεύοντος, ἐπὶ Λέοντος βασιλεύοντος, ἐπὶ Μήδων ἀρχόντων</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.15</span>,<span class="bibl">65</span>, <span class="bibl">134</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ τῆς ἐμῆς βασιλείας <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.32</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐμεῦ</b> [[in]] my [[time]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">2.46</span>, etc.; ἡ εἰρήνη ἡ ἐπ' Ἀνταλκίδου <span class="bibl">D.20.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.36</span>; αἱ ἐπ' Ἀσδρούβα γενόμεναι ὁμολογίαι <span class="bibl">Plb.3.15.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' εἰρήνης</b> [[in time of]] peace, <span class="bibl">Il.2.797</span>, <span class="bibl">9.403</span>; ἐπ' ἐμῆς νεότητος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>211</span> (lyr.); ἐπὶ Λάχητος καὶ τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου <span class="bibl">Th.6.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἡμέρης ἑκάστης</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[-ῃ -τῃ]] in <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.117</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> later <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δείπνου</b> [[at]] dinner, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης, ἐφ' ἑκάστης κύλικος</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς κύλικος, ἐπὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in various causal senses: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[over]], of persons in authority, ἐπ' οὗ ἐτάχθημεν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.109</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων</b> the public officers, <span class="bibl">D.18.247</span>; freq. in forged decrees, <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὅπλων στρατηγός</b> ib.38; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν, τῶν ἱππέων</b>, ib.116; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως</b> ib.38 (but cf. c. 111.3); <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Lys. 32.5</span>; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας στρατηγός <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>32</span>; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν σιτοποιῶν καὶ μαγείρων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alex.</span>23</span>; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴνου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν τοῦ Ὄθωνος</b>, = Lat. [[ab epistulis]], his secretary, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oth.</span>9</span>; cf. B. 111.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ τινος</b> to be called [[after]] him, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.45</span>; ἐπὶ τινος μετονομασθῆναι <span class="bibl">Id.1.94</span>: ἐπὶ τινος τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.4.107</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινος ἐπώνυμος γίγνεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">184</span>; also ἐπ' ὀνόματος καλεῖν <span class="bibl">Plb.5.35.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of occasions, circumstances, and conditions, <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτου μόνον, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ πάντων</b>, [[on]] all occasions, <span class="bibl">D.21.38</span>, cf. 183; ἐφ' ἑκάστων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>25e</span>; ἐφ' ἑκατέρου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>159c</span>; ἐφ' ἑκάστης μαντείας <span class="bibl">D.21.54</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξουσίας καὶ πλούτου πονηρὸν εἶναι</b> <b class="b2">in .</b>. ib.138; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τοῦ πράγματος</b> ib.72, cf. <span class="bibl">18.17</span>; τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς πομπῆς καὶ τοῦ μεθύειν πρόφασιν λαβών <span class="bibl">Id.21.180</span>; ἐπὶ σχολῆς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.191</span>; ἐπ' ἀδείας <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Sol.</span>22</span>; ἐπ' ἀληθείας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>12.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>255.16</span> (i A.D.): hence in adverbial phrases, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἴσας</b> (sc. [[μοίρας]]) [[equally]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1062</span> (lyr.); ἐπὶ καιροῦ <span class="bibl">D.20.90</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐσχάτων</b> [[at]] the last, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>17.7</span> (v.l. [[ἐσχάτῳ]]) <b class="b3">; ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος</b> [[for]] the present, <span class="title">SIG</span>543.6 (Epist. Philipp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[in respect of]], ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1280a17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1131b18</span>; [[concerning]], τὰ ἐπ' αὐτῶν ἐνεστηκότα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>7.6</span> (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> WITH DAT.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[upon]], just like the gen. (hence Poets use whichever case suits the metre, whereas in Prose the dat. is more freq.): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> with Verbs of Rest, ἕζεο τῷδ' ἐπὶ δίφρῳ <span class="bibl">Il.6.354</span>; ἧντ' ἐπὶ πύργῳ <span class="bibl">3.153</span>; στῆ δ' ἐπὶ . . νηΐ <span class="bibl">8.222</span>; κεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τινι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.27</span>; <b class="b3">καίειν ἐπὶ πᾶσι</b> (sc. [[βωμοῖς]]) <span class="bibl">Il.8.240</span>; ἔβραχε χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι <span class="bibl">4.420</span>; ἐπὶ χθονὶ δέρκεσθαι <span class="bibl">1.88</span>, etc.: also with Verbs of Motion, where the subject rests [[upon]] something, νηυσὶν ἐπ' ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον <span class="bibl">2.351</span> (v.l. for [[ἐν]]); ἐπ' ὤμοις φέρειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1131</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἵππῳ, ἐφ' ἵπποις</b> and the like are never used for <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἵππου</b>, etc.); of places, mostly [[in]], ἐπὶ τῇ χώρῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.77</span>; τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>353</span>; ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις τόποις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1100</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ ψυχῇ δάκνομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>317</span>; also, [[at]] or [[near]], ἐπὶ κρήνῃ <span class="bibl">Od.13.408</span>; ἐπὶ θύρῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.2.788</span>, etc.; of rivers, etc., [[by]], [[beside]], ἐπὶ ὠκυρόῳ Κελάδοντι . . <span class="bibl">7.133</span>, etc.; ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ <span class="bibl">Od.7.160</span>; ἐπὶ νηυσί <span class="bibl">Il.1.559</span>, etc.; of persons, <b class="b3">οὐ τἀπὶ Λυδοῖς οὐδ' ἐπ' Ὀμφάλῃ λατρεύματα</b> [[in]] Lydia, [[in the power of]] O., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>356</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[on]] or [[over]], <b class="b3">ἐπ' Ἰφιδάμαντι</b> [[over]] the body of Iphidamas, <span class="bibl">Il.11.261</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.470</span>; τοιόνδ' ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ κομπάζεις λόγον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1400</span>; also, [[over]] or [[in honour of]], ἐπὶ σοὶ κατέθηκε . . ἄεθλα <span class="bibl">Od.24.91</span>; [βοῦς] ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ πέφνεν <span class="bibl">Il. 23.776</span>; κειράμενοι χαίτας ἐπ' Ἀδώνιδι <span class="bibl">Bion 1.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.2.80</span>; in Dor. and Aeol.sepulchral Inscrr., <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 348,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> in hostile sense, [[against]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.61</span>,<span class="bibl">6.74</span>, <span class="bibl">88</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1139</span> (lyr.), etc.; [[as a check upon]], οἱ πρόβουλοι καθεστᾶσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς βουλευταῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1299b37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1271a39</span>; also, [[towards]], [[in reference to]], ἐπὶ πᾶσι χόλον τελέσαι <span class="bibl">Il.4.178</span>; ἐπ' ἔργοις πᾶσι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1268</span>; δικαιότερος καὶ ἐπ' ἄλλῳ ἔσσεαι <span class="bibl">Il.19.181</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>994</span> (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς ἔχειν τὴν γνώμην <span class="bibl">Democr. 191</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς σώμασι κάλλος</b> [[extending over]] all bodies, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>210b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ [παιδεία] ἡ ἐπὶ σώμασι, ἐπὶ ψυχῇ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>376e</span>; <b class="b3">τἀπὶ σοὶ κακά</b> the ills which lie [[upon]] thee, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>806</span>: in Att. also, <b class="b3">νόμον τίθεσθαι, θεῖναι ἐπὶ τινι</b>, make a law [[for his case]], whether [[for]] or [[against]], Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> <span class="bibl">488d</span>, Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.87</span>; νόμους ἀναγράψαι ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι <span class="bibl">D.24.5</span>; <b class="b3">νόμος κεῖται ἐπὶ τινι</b> ib.70; <b class="b3">τἀπὶ τῷ πλήθει νενομοθετημένα</b> ib.123, cf. 142; <b class="b3">τί θεσμοποιεῖς ἐπὶ ταλαιπώρῳ νεκρῷ</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1645</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span>. of accumulation, [[upon]], [[after]], <b class="b3">ὄγχνη ἐπ' ὄγχνῃ</b> one pear [[after]] another, pear [[on]] pear, <span class="bibl">Od.7.120</span>; ἐπὶ κέρδεϊ κέρδος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>644</span>; ἄτη ἑτέρα ἐπ' ἄτῃ <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ch.</span>404</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πήματα ἐπὶ πήμασι, ἐπὶ νόσῳ νόσος</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>595</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>544</span> (both lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span>. [[in addition to]], [[over and above]], [[besides]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἄρα σοί γ'</b> ἐπὶ εἴδεϊ καὶ φρένες ἦσαν <span class="bibl">Od.17.454</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">308</span>; ἄλλα τε πόλλ' ἐπὶ τῇσι παρίσχομεν <span class="bibl">Il.9.639</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.22.264</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖσι</b> [[besides]], <span class="bibl">24.277</span>; ἐπὶ τούτοις <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>14.10</span>; so of Numerals, τρισχιλίους ἐπὶ μυρίοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.148c</span>, etc.; γυναῖκ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν . . ἔχει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>694</span>: with Verbs of eating and drinking, [[with]], ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ πίνειν ὕδωρ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.27</span>; [[νέκταρ]] ποτίσαι ἐπ' ἀμβροσίᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>247e</span>; especially of a relish, <b class="b3">κάρδαμον μόνον</b> ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.11</span>; παίειν ἐφ' ἁλὶ τὰν μᾶδδαν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>835</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ φάγοις ἥδιστ' ἄν; ἐπὶ βαλλαντίῳ</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>707</span>; later <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γογγυλίσι</b> [[διαβιῶναι]] live [[on]] turnips, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.419a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">f</span>. of position, [[after]], [[behind]], of soldiers, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.16</span>-<span class="bibl">18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">g</span>. [[in dependence upon]], [[in the]] [[power of]], τὰ δ' οὐκ ἐπ' ἀνδράσι κεῖται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.76</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινί ἐστι</b> it is [[in]] his [[power]] to do, c.inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.29</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ σοί ἐστιν ἀναζωπυρεῖν <span class="bibl">M.Ant.7.2</span>; ἐπὶ ἑτέροις γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.6.22</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει</b> [[in]] their [[hands]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>66</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.84</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπ' ἐμοί, τὸ ἐπὶ ἐκείνῳ</b>, etc., as far as is [[in]] my [[power]], etc., <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.142</span>, etc.; τὸ ἐπὶ τούτοις εἶναι <span class="bibl">Lys.28.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς υἱάσι</b> their [[property]], Leg.Gort.4.37. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">h</span>. [[according to]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς νόμοις</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">D. 24.56</span>; ἐπὶ πᾶσι δικαίοις ποιούμεθα τοὺς λόγους <span class="bibl">Id.20.88</span>; ἐπὶ προφάσει θηρός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>662</span> codd.(lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">i</span>. of condition or circumstances [[in]] which one is, ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ <span class="bibl">Il.4.175</span>, etc.; ἐπ' ἀρρήτοις λόγοις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>556</span>; ἐπ' ἀσφάκτοις μήλοισι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 228</span> (lyr.); ταύταις ἐπὶ συντυχίαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.36</span>; ἐπ' εὐπραξίᾳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1554</span>; ἐπὶ τῷ παρόντι <span class="bibl">Th.2.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαβεῖν</b>, v. [[αὐτόφωρος]]; also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ δείπνῳ</b> [[at]] dinner, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span> 3.2</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ κύλικι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>214b</span>; ἐπὶ θαλίαις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>192</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">k</span>. Geom., of the point, etc., [[at]] which letters are written, <b class="b3">κέντρον ἐφ' ᾧ</b> K Hippocr. ap. <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>64.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ [γραμμὴ] ἐφ' ᾗ</b> HK the line HK, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>375b22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. with Verbs of Motion: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span>. where the sense of motion merges in that of support, ἐπὶ χθονὶ βαίνει <span class="bibl">Il.4.443</span>; θεῖναι ἐπὶ γούνασιν <span class="bibl">6.92</span>; καταθέσθαι ἐπὶ γαίῃ <span class="bibl">3.114</span>; <b class="b3">ἱστὸν ἔστησεν ἐ</b>. ψαμάθοις <span class="bibl">23.853</span>; ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε <span class="bibl">1.55</span>; <b class="b3">δυσφόρους ἐπ' ὄμμασι γνώμας</b> βαλεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>51</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. in pregnant construction, <b class="b3">πέτονται ἐπ'</b> [[ἄνθεσιν]] fly [[on to]] the flowers [[and settle there]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.89</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ . . βαῖνον ἐ</b>. ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Od.15.499</span>; καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ Σκαμάνδρῳ <span class="bibl">Il.5.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἦλθε δ'</b> ἐπὶ Κρήτεσσι <span class="bibl">4.251</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">273</span>; νῆες εἰρύατ' . . ἐπὶ θινὶ θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">4.248</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span>. rarely for [[εἰς]] c.acc., νηυσὶν ἔ. γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν <span class="bibl">5.327</span>, <span class="bibl">11.274</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span>. in hostile sense, [[upon]] or [[against]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἔχειν, ἰθύνειν ἵππους</b>, <span class="bibl">5.240</span>, <span class="bibl">8.110</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἱέναι βέλος, ἰθύνεσθαι ὀϊστόν</b>, <span class="bibl">1.382</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοι</b> Ἀκράγαντι τανύσαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.91</span>; ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ ἐτιταίνετο . . τόξα <span class="bibl">Il.5.97</span>; ἐφ' Ἕκτορι . . ἀκοντίσσαι <span class="bibl">16.358</span>; κύνας . . σεύῃ ἐπ' ἀγροτέρῳ συΐ <span class="bibl">11.293</span>; ὡρμήθησαν ἐπ' ἀνδράσιν <span class="bibl">Od.10.214</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1379</span>, etc.: also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι</b> τετάχθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.70</span>, <span class="bibl">3.13</span>; ὅστις φάρμακα δηλητήρια ποιοῖ ἐπὶ Τηΐοισιν <span class="title">SIG</span>37.2 (Teos, v B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]], rarely, and never in good Att., exc. in sense of succession (infr. 2), <b class="b3">ἐπὶ νυκτί</b> [[by]] night, <span class="bibl">Il.8.529</span>; ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ, αἱ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>102</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἤματι τῷδε</b> [[on]] this very day, <span class="bibl">Il.13.234</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἤματι</b> [[for]] today, <span class="bibl">19.229</span>, <span class="bibl">10.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.284</span>; <b class="b3">αἰεὶ ἐπ'</b> [[ἤματι]] every day, <span class="bibl">14.105</span>; ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.112</span>, <span class="bibl">5.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S. 34</span>/<span class="bibl">5.2.1</span>; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Heraclit.6</span>; ἐπὶ τρίς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>10.16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHolm.</span>1.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. of succession, [[after]], <b class="b3">ἕκτῃ ἐπὶ δέκα</b> on the <span class="bibl">16t</span>h of the month, Chron. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.155</span>, Decr.ib.181 ([[δεκάτῃ]] codd.); [[τετράδι]] ἐπὶ δέκα <span class="title">IG</span>12.304.62; <b class="b3">πρὸ τῆς ἕκτης ἐπὶ δέκα</b> ib.22.1361.19; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξεργασμένοισι</b>, = Lat. [[re peracta]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.164</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινι ἀγορεύειν, ἀνίστασθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>898</span>,<span class="bibl">902</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.7</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ διεφθαρμένοισι Ἴωσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.170</span>, <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ τούτοισι</b>, = Lat. [[quod superest]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.65</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 255</span>, etc.; τοὐπὶ τῷδε πῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>855</span> (lyr.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[in the time of]] (cf. A. 11) only in Arc., ἐπὶ Χαιριάδαι <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>665 <span class="title">A</span> 21, cf. 666 (Orchom.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. in various causal senses: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span>. of the occasion or cause, <b class="b3">τετεύξεται ἄλγε' ἐπ' αὐτῇ</b> [[for]] her, <span class="bibl">Il.21.585</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ σοὶ μάλα πόλλ'</b> [[ἔπαθον]] [[for]] thee, <span class="bibl">9.492</span>: freq. with Verbs expressing some mental affection, ἐπὶ παντὶ λόγῳ ἐπτοῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Heraclit.87</span>; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν ἐπὶ τινι</b> to be proud [[at]] or [[of]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>342d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.11</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">χλιδᾶν ἐ</b> .τινι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>360</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγάλλεσθαι, ἀγανακτεῖν ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.6.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.122</span>; ὀνομαστὸς ἐπὶ τινι γεγονέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.61</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐφ' αἵματι</b> [[φεύγειν]] to be tried [[on]] a capital charge, <span class="bibl">D.21.105</span>; <b class="b3">πληγὰς λαμβάνειν</b> ἐπὶ τινι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.16</span>; ζημιοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τινι <span class="bibl">D.24.122</span>, etc.: in adverbial phrases [<b class="b3">δικάσσαι] ἐπ' ἀρωγῇ</b> [[with]] favour, <span class="bibl">Il.23.574</span>; δολίῃ ἐπὶ τέχνῃ <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>540</span>; ἐπὶ μιῇ αἰτίῃ ἀνήκεστον πάθος ἔρδειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.137</span>, etc.; [[ἐ]] .<b class="b3">κακουργίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀρετῇ</b> [[for]] malice, <span class="bibl">Th.1.37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐνοία, ἐπ' ἔχθρα</b>, <span class="bibl">D. 18.273</span>, <span class="bibl">21.55</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγαθῇ ἐλπίδι</b> <b class="b2">with . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span> 4.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑκατέροις</b> [[in]] both cases, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>158d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Xenoph.34.4</span>; [[ἐ]]. δάκρυσί τινα καταστένειν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>315</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῇ πάσῃ συκοφαντίᾳ καὶ</b> [[διασεισμῷ]] Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>31 vI (ii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. of an end or purpose, υἱὸν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.5.154</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.482</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρπῳ</b> [[for]] supper, <span class="bibl">Od.18.44</span>; ἐπὶ κακῷ ἀνθρώπου σίδηρος ἀνεύρηται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>; ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ <span class="bibl">Id.4.164</span>; ἐπὶ σῷ καιρῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>151</span> (lyr.); ἐπὶ τῷ κέρδει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.56</span>; <b class="b3">δῆσαι ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b> or <b class="b3">τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.37</span>, <span class="bibl">3.119</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1.109</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.6.10</span>; ἐπὶ θανάτῳ συλλαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.154</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐξαγωγῇ</b> [[for]] exportation, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.6</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστηριάζεσθαι ἐπὶ τῇ χώρῃ</b> <b class="b2">with a view to gaining . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.66</span>; ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐθύσαντο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.5.18</span>; ἐπὶ τῷ ὑβρίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.38</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">34</span>, etc.; τι κακοτεχνεῖν ἐπὶ αἰσχύνῃ τοῦ ἀνδρός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>1.6</span> (iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. of the condition [[upon]] which a thing is done, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τούτοισι</b> [[on]] these terms, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ τοῖσδε, ὥστε . . <span class="bibl">Th.3.114</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τούτῳ, ἐπ' ᾧτε</b> <b class="b2">on condition that . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.158</span>: in orat. obliq., <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> or <b class="b3">ἐφ' ᾧτε</b> folld. by inf., <span class="bibl">Id.1.22</span>, <span class="bibl">7.154</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.20</span>; ἐφ' ᾧ μηδὲν κακὸν ποιήσουσιν <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐφ' ᾧ</b> = [[wherefore]], Ep.Rom.5.12); <b class="b3">ἐπ' οὐδενί</b> [[on]] no condition, [[on]] no account, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.38</span>; but, [[for]] no adequate [[reason]], <span class="bibl">D. 21.132</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἴσῃ τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ, ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ</b>, [[on]] fair and equal [[terms]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.27</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς</b>, v. [[ῥητός]]; also of a woman's dowry, τὴν μητέρα ἐγγυᾶν ἐπὶ ταῖς ὀγδοήκοντα μναῖς <span class="bibl">D.28.16</span>; [[γῆμαί]] τινα ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις <span class="bibl">And.4.13</span>; τὴν θυγατέρα ἔχειν γυναῖκα ἐπὶ τῇ τυραννίδι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>; <b class="b2">on the principle of . .</b>, ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ λυπεῖν ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Th.1.71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. of the price [[for]] which... ἔργον τελέσαι δώρῳ ἔ. μεγάλῳ <span class="bibl">Il.10.304</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.445</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τίνι χρήματι</b>; <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.38</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πόσῳ</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>41a</span>; [[ἐ]] .ταλάντῳ χρυσίου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>154</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀργυρίῳ λέγειν, πράττειν</b>, <span class="bibl">D.19.182</span>, <span class="bibl">24.200</span>; ἐπὶ χρήμασι λυμαίνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.19.332</span>; ἐπὶ πολλῷ ἐρρᾳθυμηκότες <span class="bibl">Id.1.15</span>; also of money lent [[at]] interest, <b class="b3">δανείζεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις</b> [[τόκοις]] ibid.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δραχμῇ δανείζειν</b> lend [[at]] 12 per cent., <span class="bibl">Id.27.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> <b class="b3">ὀκτὼ ὀβολοῖς τὴν μνᾶν τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου δανείζειν</b>, i.e. [[at]] 16 per cent., <span class="bibl">Id.53.13</span>; ἐπὶ διακοσίαις εἴκοσι πέντε τὰς χιλίας [[for]] 225 per mille, i.e. <span class="bibl">22.5</span> per cent., Syngr. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">35.10</span>; also of the security [[on]] which money is borrowed, δανείζειν ἐπὶ ἀνδραπόδοις <span class="bibl">Id.27.27</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' οἴνου</b> κεραμίοις τρισχιλίοις <span class="bibl">Id.35.18</span>; ἐπὶ νηΐ <span class="bibl">Id.56.3</span>; δανείζειν ἐπὶ τοῖς σώμασιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>9.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. of names, <b class="b3">φάος καὶ νὺξ ὀνόμασται . .</b> ἐπὶ τοῖσί τε καὶ τοῖς <span class="bibl">Parm.9.2</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ οἰκείου ἔχθρᾳ στάσις κέκληται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>470b</span>; so ὄνομα κεῖται ἐπὶ τινι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.12</span>; <b class="b3">ὄνομα καλεῖν</b> ἐπὶ τινι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>218c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">244b</span>; <b class="b3">πότερον ταῦτα, πέντε ὀνόματα ὄντα, ἐ</b>. ἑνὶ πράγματί ἐστι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>349b</span> (v. supr. A. 111.2). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span>. of persons in authority, <b class="b3">ὅς μ' ἐπὶ βουσὶν εἷσεν</b> who set me [[over]] the kine, <span class="bibl">Od.20.209</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">221</span>; ποιμαίνειν ἐπ' ὄεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.6.25</span>; οὖρον κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν <span class="bibl">Od.15.89</span>; σημαίνειν ἐπὶ δμῳῇσι <span class="bibl">22.427</span>; <b class="b3">πέμπειν ἐπὶ τοσούτῳ</b> στρατεύματι <span class="bibl">Th.6.29</span>; ἐπὶ ταῖς ναυσίν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.5.11</span>; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς μηχαναῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.28</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς καμήλοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">33</span>; οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν ὄντες <span class="bibl">D. 9.2</span>; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ . . γαμεῖν ἄλλην γυναῖκα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span>. [[in possession]] [[of]], [[possessing]], ἐπὶ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μένειν <span class="bibl">Th.4.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.86</span>; <b class="b3">ζῆν ἐ</b>. <b class="b3">παιδίοις, τελευτᾶν ἐπὶ παιδὶ γνησίῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.12.2</span>; ἐπὶ παισὶ διαδόχοις <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.2.1</span>; ἀποθανεῖν ἐπὶ κληρονόμοις ταῖς θυγατράσι <span class="bibl">Artem.1.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMeyer</span>6.22</span> (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ μόνῳ παιδὶ σαλεύειν <span class="bibl">Hld. 1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span>. WITH Acc.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span>. of [[place]], [[upon]] or [[on to]] a height, with Verbs of Motion, ἐπὶ πύργον ἔβη <span class="bibl">Il.6.386</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.375</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλότατα τῶν</b> ὀρέων ἀναβαίνειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.131</span>; προελθεῖν ἐπὶ βῆμα <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>; [[ἀναβιβαστέον]] <b class="b3">τινά, ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467e</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.35</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐξ ἵππων</b> ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα <span class="bibl">Il.3.265</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐπὶ στόμα</b> [[upon]] his face, <span class="bibl">6.43</span>; ἐπὶ θρόνον . . ἕζετο <span class="bibl">8.442</span>; <b class="b3">ὤμω . . ἐπὶ στῆθος συνοχωκότε</b> drawn together [[upon]] his breast, <span class="bibl">2.218</span>; Ὀδυσσῆ' εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας <span class="bibl">Od.6.212</span>; θέσθαι ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.23</span>; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.Socr.54</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κεφαλήν</b> head-[[foremost]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553b</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>48</span> (v. [[κεφαλή]]): less freq. than [[ἐπί]] with [[genitive]] or dat. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. Geom., αἱ <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰς ἁφὰς ἐπιζευγνύμεναι εὐθεῖαι</b> [[joining]] the points of contact, <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.8</span>; <b class="b3">κάθετος ἐ</b>. perpendicular [[to]] (v. [[κάθετος]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[to]], ἦλθε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας <span class="bibl">Il.1.12</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ βωμὸν ἄγων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">440</span>; <b class="b3">ἴθυσαν δ' ἐ</b>. τεῖχος <span class="bibl">12.443</span>; ἐπὶ τέρμ' ἀφίκετο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>48</span>; ἡ [ὁδὸς] ἐπὶ Σοῦσα φέρει <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>3.5.15</span>; ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν Πυλῶν ἐπὶ τὸ Ποσειδώνιον <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>; [[ἐ]]. τὸ αὐτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον <span class="bibl">Id.1.79</span>: c.acc. pers., βῆ δ' ἄρ' ἐπ' Ἀτρεΐδην <span class="bibl">Il.2.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.18</span>,<span class="bibl">85</span>,<span class="bibl">150</span>, etc.: sometimes in pregn. constr. with Verbs of Rest, ἐπιστῆναι ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>212d</span>; παρεῖναι ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἔργα τρέπεσθαι, ἰέναι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.422</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.127</span>; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὸν ἔπαινον <span class="bibl">Th.2.36</span>; ἐπὶ συμφορὴν ἐμπεσεῖν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.88</span> codd.; also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἀποδιδόναι, ὀφείλειν</b>, pay, owe [[to]] the bank, <span class="bibl">D.33.12</span>, Docum. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">45.31</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν</b> τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">D.33.10</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως</b> ib.24; also [[εἰσποιηθῆναι]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ὄνομά τινος</b> to be entered [[under]] his name, <span class="bibl">Id.44.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span>. [[up]] [[to]], [[as far as]] (<b class="b3">μέχρι ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.1</span>.<span class="bibl">[1]</span>), παρατείνειν ἐπ' Ἡρακλέας στήλας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.181</span>; ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καθήκειν <span class="bibl">Th.2.27</span>,<span class="bibl">97</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πείρατ' ἀέθλων</b> ἤλθομεν <span class="bibl">Od.23.248</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ διηκόσια ἀποδιδόναι</b> yield <span class="bibl">200</span>-[[fold]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.193</span>; in measurements, πλέον ἢ ἐπὶ δύο στάδια <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>6.2.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσον ἐπὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.4.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.7.15</span>: freq. with a neut. Adj. or Pron., τόσσον τίς τ' ἐπιλεύσσει ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν <span class="bibl">Il.3.12</span>; [[ὅσσον]] ἔφ' <span class="bibl">2.616</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.358</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοσοῦτό γε φρονέω, . . ταύτην μηδὲν σίνεσθαι</b> I am prudent [[enough]], not to... <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.97</span>; ἐπὶ ὅσον δεῖ <span class="bibl">Th.7.66</span>; [[ἐ]]. πάντ' ἀφίξομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>265</span>; ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον</b> ἀγῶνος ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.4.92</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μεῖζον χωρεῖν, ἔρχεσθαι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">117</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>259</span>; ἐπὶ μέγα χωρεῖν δυνάμεως <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μακρότερον, ἐπὶ μακρότατον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.4.41</span>, <span class="bibl">1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">192</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ σμικρόν, ἐπὶ βραχύ</b>, a little [[way]], a little, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>414</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἔλαττον, ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>93b</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀλίγον, ἐπὶ πολλά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>254b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλέον</b> [[still]] more, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.171</span>, <span class="bibl">5.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; rarely with Advs., ἐπὶ μᾶλλον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.94</span>, <span class="bibl">4.181</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span>. [[before]], [[into the presence of]] (cf. A. 1.2e), ἦγον δή μιν ἐπὶ τὰ κοινά Id.3.156 (but <b class="b3">στὰς ἐπὶ τὸ συνέδριον</b> standing [[at the door of]] the council, Id.8.79); ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>10.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span>. in Military phrases (cf. A. 1.2d), <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐτάξαντο</b>, i.e. twenty-five [[in file]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.93</span>; dub. in X., as <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολλοὺς</b> [[τεταγμένοι]] many [[in file]], [[An]].4.8.11 codd.; ἐπ' ὀλίγον τὸ βάθος γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.2</span> codd.; for <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κέρας</b> v. infr.<span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. of the quarter or direction [[towards]] or [[in]] which a thing takes place, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δεξιά, ἐπ'</b> [[ἀριστερά]], [[to]] the right or left, <span class="bibl">Il.7.238</span>, <span class="bibl">12.240</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.171</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.33</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ ἕτερα</b> or <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θάτερα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.5.74</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.87</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ μακρότερα</b>, [[βραχύτερα]], [[on]] the longer, shorter [[side]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀμφότερα</b> [[νοέων]] both [[ways]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.22</span>; ἐπ' ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν τέλος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.57</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τάδε Φασήλιδος</b> [[on]] this [[side]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.80</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἐκεῖνα</b>, v. [[ἐπέκεινα]]; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἕν, ἐπὶ δύο, ἐπὶ τρία</b>, of space, [[in]] one, two, three [[dimensions]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>404b23</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.3.13</span>; in Military phrases, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρυ ἀναστρέψαι</b>,<b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἀσπίδα μεταβαλέσθαι</b>, [[to]] the spear or shield [[side]], i.e. [[to]] right or left, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πόδα ἀναχωρεῖν</b>, etc., retire [[on]] the foot, i.e. facing the enemy, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.32</span>; so <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κέρας</b> or [[ἐ]]. <b class="b3">κέρως πλεῖν</b>, etc., sail [[towards]] or [[on]] the wing, i.e. [[in]] column (v. κέρας <span class="bibl"> v11</span>): metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κοσμῆσαι, δεινῶσαι</b>, etc., [[with]] exaggeration, <span class="bibl">Th.1.10</span>, <span class="bibl">8.74</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἀγγέλλεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.6.34</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ φοβερώτερον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">83</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα ἐπαινέσαι</b> so as to provoke laughter, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>214e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>293e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον</b> <b class="b3">καὶ κάλλιον, ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον καὶ τὸ αἴσχιον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>381b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον</b> Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.66</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. in hostile sense, [[against]], ἰέναι ἐπὶ νέας <span class="bibl">Il. 13.101</span>; ὦρτο δ' ἐπ' αὐτούς <span class="bibl">5.590</span>; [[στρατεύεσθαι]] or <b class="b3">-εύειν ἐπὶ τινα</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.71</span>,<span class="bibl">77</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.26</span>, etc.; ἰέναι ἐπὶ φάτιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>495</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἐπὶ τοὺσ</b> Ἀθηναίους <span class="bibl">Th.2.90</span>; πέμπειν στρατηγὸν ἐπὶ τινας <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.153</span>; [[θύεσθαι]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τινα</b> offer sacrifice <b class="b2">on going against . .</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὑμᾶς</b> [[to]] your [[prejudice]], <span class="bibl">D.6.33</span>, <span class="bibl">10.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. of extension [[over]] a space, <b class="b3">πουλὺν ἐφ' ὑγρὴν ἤλυθον</b> [[over]] much water, <span class="bibl">Il.10.27</span>: <b class="b3">ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα</b> θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">2.159</span>; ἐπὶ κύματα <span class="bibl">13.27</span>; ὁρόων ἐπ' ἀπείρονα πόντον <span class="bibl">1.350</span>; <b class="b3">πλέων, λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον</b>, <span class="bibl">7.88</span>, <span class="bibl">5.771</span>; ἐπὶ πολλὰ δ' ἀλήθην <span class="bibl">Od. 14.120</span>; ἄγοισι . . Ἀνδρομάχαν . . ἐπ' ἄλμυρον πόντον <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>. <span class="bibl">7</span>: also with Verbs of Rest, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα</b> [[over]] nine acres he lay stretched, <span class="bibl">Od.11.577</span>; <b class="b3">τόσσον ἔπ'</b> [[over]] so much, <span class="bibl">5.251</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.114</span>; <b class="b3">διώκοντες ἐπὶ πολύ</b> [[over]] a large space, <span class="bibl">Th.1.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">62</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλεῖστον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4</span>; ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον <span class="bibl">2.34</span>, etc.; freq. to be rendered [[on]], δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός <span class="bibl">Il.2.308</span>; <b class="b3">ἵππους . . ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">765</span>; ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει <span class="bibl">17.447</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ γαῖαν εἰσὶ δύω [γένη</b>] <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>11</span>; ἀοιδοὶ ἔασιν ἐπὶ χθόνα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>95</span>; ἐπὶ γᾶν μέλαιναν ἔμμεναι κάλλιστον <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>5.2</span>; also, [[among]], κλέος πάντας ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους <span class="bibl">Il.10.213</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.202</span>,<span class="bibl">535</span>; δασσάμενοι [κτήματ'] ἐφ' ἡμέας <span class="bibl">Od.16.385</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 322d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]], [[for]] or [[during]] a certain time, ἐπὶ χρόνον <span class="bibl">Il.2.299</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.193</span>: πολλὸν ἐπὶ χρόνον <span class="bibl">12.407</span>; παυρίδιον . . ἐπὶ χρόνον <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>133</span>; ἐπὶ δηρόν <span class="bibl">Il.9.415</span>; ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>84c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπ'</b> ὀλίγον χρόνον <span class="bibl">Lycurg.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ χρόνον τινά, ἐπὶ τινα χρόνον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>344b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>524d</span>; γῆν ἀπεμίσθωσαν ἐπὶ δέκα ἔτη <span class="bibl">Th.3.68</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ διετές</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">D. 46.20</span>; ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.36</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐφ' ἡμέραν ἀρκέσον</b> enough [[for]] the day, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.50.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πολύ</b> [[for]] a long time, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[up to]], [[until]] a certain time, <b class="b3">εὗδον παννύχιος</b> καὶ ἐπ' ἠῶ καὶ μέσον ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">Od.7.288</span>; οὐδ' ἐπὶ γῆρας ἵκετ' <span class="bibl">8.226</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. in various causal senses: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span>. of the object or purpose [[for]] which one goes, <b class="b3">ἀγγελίην ἔπι Τυδῆ στεῖλαν</b> sent him [[for]] (i.e. [[to bring]]) tidings of... <span class="bibl">Il.4.384</span> (dub.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ βοῦν ἴτω</b> let him go [[for]] an ox, <span class="bibl">Od.3.421</span>; ἐπὶ τεύχεα δ' ἐσσεύοντο <span class="bibl">Il.2.808</span>; ἐλθεῖν πρός τινα ἐπ' ἀργύριον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.12</span>; <b class="b3">πέμπειν εἴς τινα ἐπὶ στράτευμα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.5.31</span>; <b class="b3">ἴτω τις ἐφ' ὕδωρ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">5.3.49</span>; <b class="b3">ἥκειν ἐπὶ τοὺς τόκους</b> [[for]] (i.e. [[to demand]]) the interest, <span class="bibl">D.50.61</span>: less freq. c. acc. pers., ἐπ' Ὀδυσσῆα ἤϊε <span class="bibl">Od.5.149</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>555</span>; κατῆλθον ἐπὶ ποιητήν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1418</span>; κατέρχονται ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀγόρατον <span class="bibl">Lys. 13.23</span>: with acc. of a Noun of Action, <b class="b3">ἐξιέναι ἐπὶ θήραν</b> go out hunting, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἔπλεον οὐχ ὡς ἐπὶ ναυμαχίαν</b> (v.l. for [[-μαχίᾳ]]) <span class="bibl">Th.2.83</span>; ἐπὶ μάχην ἰέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἔρχεσθαι, ἵζειν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.381</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.394</span>; ἐπὶ δόρπον ἀνέστη <span class="bibl">12.439</span>; κληθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>174e</span>, etc.; καλεῖν ἐπὶ ξείνια <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.107</span>,<span class="bibl">5.18span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν θεωρίαν</b> [[to see]] the sight, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>23.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>33.6</span> (ii B.C.): freq. with neut. Pron. or Adj., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἐλθεῖν</b> [[for]] this [[purpose]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.87</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτὸ</b> τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>447b</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τί</b>; [[to]] what [[end]]? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>256</span>; ἐφ' ὅ τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>22</span>,<span class="bibl">481</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἃ ἤλθομεν</b> [[for]] which [[purpose]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.15</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἴσα</b> [[for]] like [[ends]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.5</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο</b>, = [[ἴσως]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.436</span>); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ</b> [[βέλτιον]] [[to]] a better [[result]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἀναστῆσαί τινα ἐπὶ χριστὸν Θεοῦ</b> set up [[as]] God's anointed, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>23.1</span>: after an Adj., <b class="b3">ἄριστοι πᾶσαν</b> ἐπ' ἰθύν <span class="bibl">Il.6.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.434</span>; ἄπορος ἐπὶ φρόνιμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>691</span> (lyr.); [[χρήσιμος]] ἐ… οὐδέν <span class="bibl">D.25.31</span>: after a Noun, ὁδὸς ἐπὶ τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.21</span>; [[ὄργανα]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.2.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[so far as regards]], τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>889</span>; ὅσον γε τοὐπ' ἐμέ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1345</span>; <b class="b3">τοὐπί σε, τὸ ἐπὶ σέ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 514</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.12</span>; τὸ ἐπὶ σφᾶς εἶναι <span class="bibl">Th.4.28</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ</b> [[for]] the most part, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>100b29</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ πᾶν <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς ἅπαν</b> ξυνετὸν ἐπὶ πᾶν ἀργόν <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; κρείσσων ἐπ' ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Democr.181</span>; [[ἐ]]. μέγα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. of persons set [[over]] others, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοὺς πεζοὺς</b> καθιστάναι ἄρχοντα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>3.4.20</span>; <b class="b3">στρατηγὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς</b> <b class="b3">ὁπλίτας, ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>61.1</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.682.24; ἐπὶ τὸν Πειραιέα Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>l.c.; ἐπὶ Ῥαμνοῦντα <span class="title">IG</span>2.1206b (cf. A. 111.1); <b class="b3">οἱ θεσμοθέται</b> οἱ ἐπὶ τοὺς νόμους κληρούμενοι <span class="bibl">D.20.90</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. [[according to]], [[by]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στάθμην</b> [[by]] the rule, <span class="bibl">Od.5.245</span>, <span class="bibl">21.44</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span>. POSITION:—[[ἐπί]] may suffer anastrophe (ἔπι) and follow its case, as in <span class="bibl">Il.1.162</span>; it may like wise follow its Verb, ἤλυθ' ἔπι ψυχή <span class="bibl">Od.24.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.9.539</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. in Poets it is sometimes put with the second of two Nouns, though in sense it also governs the first, <b class="b3">ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐ</b>. γῆς <span class="bibl">Od.12.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>761</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>367</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">E</span>. ABS., used adverbially, without anastrophe, <b class="b3">καὶ ἐπὶ σκέπας</b> ἦν ἀνέμοιο <span class="bibl">Od.5.443</span>; <b class="b3">κτεῖνον δ' ἐπὶ μηλοβοτῆρας</b> [[as well]], <span class="bibl">Il.18.529</span>; esp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δέ . .</b> and <b class="b2">besides . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.65</span>,<span class="bibl">75</span>, etc.; πολιαί τ' ἐπὶ ματέρες <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>182</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. [[ἔπι]], for [[ἔπεστι]], [[there is]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.515</span>, <span class="bibl">3.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.315</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἔπ' ἀνήρ . .</b> [[there is]] no man... <span class="bibl">2.58</span>; <b class="b3">σοὶ δ' ἔ. μὲν μορφὴ</b> ἐπέων <span class="bibl">11.367</span>; ἔ. δέ μοι γέρας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>393</span> codd. (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">F</span>. PROSODY: in [[ἐπιόψομαι]], [[ι]] is not elided before a vowel; also in some words where σ or ϝ has been lost, as [[ἐπιάλμενος]], [[ἐπιείκελος]], [[ἐπιεικής]], [[ἐπιέξομαι]] (v. ἐπέχω <span class="bibl"> v11</span>). Dor. [[ἐπιεργάζομαι]] (v. [[ἐπιεργάζομαι]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">G</span>. IN COMPOSITION: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span>. of [[place]], denoting, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span>. Support or Rest [[upon]], [[ἔπειμι]] (A), [[ἐπίκειμαι]], [[ἐπικαθίζω]], [[ἐπαυχένιος]], [[ἐπιβώμιος]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. Motion, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span>. [[upon]] or [[over]], [[ἐπιβαίνω]], [[ἐπιτρέχω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. [[to]] or [[towards]], [[ἐπέρχομαι]], [[ἐπιστέλλω]], [[ἐπαρίστερος]], [[ἐπιδέξιος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span>. [[against]], ἐπαΐσσω, ἐπιπλέω ''ΙΙ'', [[ἐπιστρατεύω]], [[ἐπιβουλεύω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span>. [[up to]] a point, [[ἐπιτελέω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span>. [[over]] a place, as in [[ἐπαιωρέομαι]], [[ἐπαρτάω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">f</span>. [[over]] or [[beyond]] boundaries, as in [[ἐπινέμομαι]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">g</span>. implying reciprocity, as in [[ἐπιγαμία]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. Extension [[over]] a surface, as in [[ἐπαλείφω]], [[ἐπανθίζω]], ἐπιπέτομαι, ἐπιπλέω ''1'', [[ἐπάργυρος]], [[ἐπίχρυσος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. Accumulation of one thing [[over]] or [[besides]] another, as in [[ἐπαγείρω]], [[ἐπιμανθάνω]], [[ἐπαυξάνω]], [[ἐπιβάλλω]], [[ἐπίκτητος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>. Accompaniment, [[to]], [[with]], as in [[ἐπᾴδω]], [[ἐπαυλέω]], [[ἐπαγρυπνέω]]: hence of Addition, [[ἐπίτριτος]] one [[and]] ''1''/<span class="bibl">3</span> [[more]], ''1'' +''1''/<span class="bibl">3</span>; so [[ἐπιτέταρτος]], [[ἐπίπεμπτος]], [[ἐπόγδοος]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span>. with Adjs., [[somewhat]], [[slightly]], as in [[ἐπίξανθος]], [[ἐπίπικρος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. of [[time]] and Sequence, [[after]], as in [[ἐπιβιόω]], [[ἐπιβλαστάνω]], [[ἐπιγίγνομαι]], [[ἐπακόλουθος]], [[ἐπίγονος]], [[ἐπιστάτης]] <span class="bibl">1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. in causal senses: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span>. Superiority felt [[over]] or [[at]], as in [[ἐπιχαίρω]], [[ἐπιγελάω]], [[ἐπαισχύνομαι]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. Authority [[over]], as in [[ἐπικρατέω]], [[ἔπαρχος]], [[ἐπιβουκόλος]], [[ἐπιποιμήν]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. Motive [[for]], as in [[ἐπιθυμέω]], [[ἐπιζήμιος]], [[ἐπιθάνατος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. to give force or intensity to the Verb, as in [[ἐπαινέω]], [[ἐπιμέμφομαι]], [[ἐπικείρω]], [[ἐπικλάω]].</span>