ἔπειμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ([[εἰμί]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sum]]) inf. [[ἐπεῖναι]]: Ep. impf. ἔπεσαν <span class="bibl">Od.2.344</span>: fut. [[ἐπέσομαι]], Ep. and Lyr. <b class="b3">-έσσομαι</b>, <span class="bibl">4.756</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.99</span>:—to [[be upon]], c. dat. loci, κάρη ὤμοισιν ἐπείη <span class="bibl">Il.2.259</span>; σῆμα δ' οὐκ ἐπῆν κύκλῳ <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>591</span>; in Prose mostly with Prep., ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.118</span>; ἐπὶ [τῷ ποταμῷ] πύλαι ἔπεισι <span class="bibl">Id.5.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.176</span>; ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις τύρσεις ἐπῆσαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.4.2</span>: abs., κώπη δ' ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν <span class="bibl">Od.21.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.344</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.127</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>547</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be upon]], [[be set upon]], of names, οὐκ ἔπεστι ἐπωνυμίη Περσέϊ <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.53</span>; so ψεύδεσι σεμνὸν ἔπεστί τι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.23</span>; τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔ. ἄνθος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1025</span>; to [[be attached]], μελέτη δ' ἔπεστι παντί <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>58.3; οὔτε τις τάξις οὔτε ἀνάγκη ἔπεστιν αὐτοῦ τῷ βίῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>561d</span>; especially of rewards and penalties, <b class="b3">ποινά, κέρδος ἐπέσται</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>543</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>597</span>; ἔπεστι νέμεσις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1467</span>; ἔσχαται τιμωρίαι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις ἔπεισιν <span class="bibl">Is.3.47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>943d</span>: abs., <b class="b3">Ταραντίνων οὐκ ἐπῆν ἀριθμός</b> no count [[was taken]], no number [[was attached]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">191</span>; [[to be at hand]], [[be present]], τίς τέρψις ἐπέσται; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1216</span> (lyr.); αἰσχύνη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.33</span>; πιεῖν δὲ θάνατος οἶνον, ἢν ὕδωρ ἐπῇ <span class="bibl">Cratin.273</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπόντα</b> [[accidents]] or [[characteristics]], opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ὑποκείμενον</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> to [[be in]] one's [[possession]], ἀνέρες οἷσιν ἔπεστι μέγα κράτος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>150</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> to [[be imminent]], ἐπόντος τοῦ φόβου τούτου <span class="bibl">D.21.9</span>; <b class="b3">εἰ μηδεὶς ἐπῆν ἀγὼν μηδὲ κίνδυνος</b> ibid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[ἔπι]] for [[ἔπεστι]] (v. ἐπί E. 11). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], to [[be hereafter]], [[remain]], ἀλλ' ἔτι πού τις ἐπέσσεται <span class="bibl">Od.4.756</span>; to [[be at hand]], οὐδέ τι δειλὸν γῆρας ἐπῆν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>114</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπεσσόμενοι ἄνθρωποι</b> generations [[to come]], Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.77</span>, Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.184</span>; [[ἐπεσσόμενοι]] alone, <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> to [[be set over]], τισί <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.96</span>, <span class="bibl">8.71</span>; ἔπεστί σφι δεσπότης νόμος <span class="bibl">Id.7.104</span>; τίς δὲ ποιμάνωρ ἔ.; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>241</span> (troch.), cf. <span class="bibl">555</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> to [[be added]], [[be over and above]], of numbers, χιλιάδες ἔπεισι ἐπὶ ταύτῃσι ἑπτά <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.184</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">185</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπόντων τεσσάρων</b> [[plus]] four, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπεσόμενα τούτοις</b> (sc. [[προβάτοις]]) <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>1.64 (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> to [[be added]] as confirmation, ἔξορκος ἐπέσσεται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[belong in addition]], τὰν περὶ αὐτὸ χώραν ἐπείμειν Πριανέων <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>289.27 (ii B.C.).</span><br /><span class="bld">ἔπειμι</span> (B), ([[εἶμι]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ibo]]) inf. [[ἐπιέναι]], serving in Att. as fut. of [[ἐπέρχομαι]]: Ep. 3sg. impf. ἐπήϊεν <span class="bibl">Il.17.741</span>; 3pl. ἐπήϊσαν <span class="bibl">Od.11.233</span>, ἐπῇσαν <span class="bibl">19.445</span>; Att. [[ἐπῇα]], 3pl. [[ἐπῇσαν]]: <b class="b3">ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη</b> ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]) belong to a different word: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[come upon]] (in fut. sense, though this is not so fixed in Hom. as in Att.): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[come upon]], [[approach]], <span class="bibl">Od. 16.42</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> mostly in hostile sense, [[come against]], [[attack]], c. dat., <span class="bibl">Il. 13.482</span>, etc.; τῷ λόφῳ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.129</span>; in Prose also with Preps., <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.157</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.86</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πρός]]), etc.; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος <span class="bibl">Id.7.4</span>: abs., Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα <span class="bibl">Il.13.477</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.238</span>; ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν <span class="bibl">Od.19.445</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπιόντες</b> the [[invaders]], [[assailants]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.11</span>, etc.; ὡς ἐπιών [[by assault]], <span class="bibl">D.1.21</span>; but <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιών</b> in Trag., = [[ὁ τυχών]], the [[first comer]], τό γ' αἴνιγμ' οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 393</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>752</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[get on the]] [[βῆμα]] to speak, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[παριέναι]] in <span class="bibl">Th.1.72</span>; [[come on]], of performers, dub. l. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> [[approach]], [[attack]] a question, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>186a4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of events, [[come upon]] or [[over]] one, [[overtake]], c. acc., πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν <span class="bibl">Il.1.29</span> (but ἔπειμι γῆρας ἔς τε τὸν μόρσιμον αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).41</span>); οἷός σε χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ἔπεισι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1016</span>: c. dat., [[come near]], ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπήϊεν ἐρχομένοισιν <span class="bibl">Il.17.741</span>; <b class="b3">δεινῶν ἐπιόντων πᾶσι Ἕλλησι</b> [[threatening]] them, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.145</span>: abs., χειμὼν ἐπιών <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>675</span>; νὺξ ἐπῄει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>378</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>5.7.12</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιόν</b> the (madness) which [[threatens]] me, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>238d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. dat. pers., [[come into]] one's [[head]], [[occur]] to one, <b class="b3">εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγειν</b> if it so much as [[occurred]] to him to say... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>388d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">558a</span>; ὅ τι ἂν ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ἐπίῃ μοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.4</span>; ἂν . . ὑμῖν ἐπίῃ σκοπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.21.185</span>: abs., τὸ ἐπιόν [[what occurs to one]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[come on]] or [[after]]: mostly in part. <b class="b3">ἐπιών, οῦσα, όν,</b> [[following]], [[succeeding]], [[instant]], <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα</b> the [[coming]] day, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>105</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>44a</span>; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λαμπὰς θεοῦ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>352</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπιοῦσα</b> (sc. [[ἡμέρα]]) <span class="bibl">Plb.2.25.11</span>, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Pr.</span>27.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>16.11</span>; τῆς ἐ. νυκτός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>46a</span>; τῇ ἐ. νυκτί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>23.11</span>; ὁ ἐ. βίοτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1659</span>; τοῦ ἐ. χρόνου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>769c</span>; ἐν τῷ ἐ. χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 2.1.23</span>; ἡ ἐ. ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους <span class="bibl">D.8.18</span>; εἰς τὴν ἐ. ἐκκλησίαν <span class="bibl">Id.21.162</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 22.717.16; εἰς τὴν ἐ. Πυλαίαν <span class="bibl">D.18.151</span>; [[τοὐπιόν]] the [[future]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1073.6</span>; τῆς ἐ. ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>870</span>; περὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>4.3</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκα</b> because of the [[consequences]], <span class="bibl">Id.19.258</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[come after]], [[succeed]], κύματα . . βάντ' ἐπιόντα τε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>115</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιών</b> the [[successor]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1532</span>; αὐτόματα ἔπεισιν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἐπιτηδευμάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>427a</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπιόντα</b> the words [[which follow]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>344a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>257c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> rarely, [[pass]], [[elapse]], ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 44b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[go over]] a space, [[traverse]], [[visit]], ἀγρόν <span class="bibl">Od.23.359</span>; χώρους <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.74</span>; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1164</span>; τὸ στράτευμα <span class="bibl">Th.7.78</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[go over]], i.e. [[count over]], φώκας . . ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν <span class="bibl">Od.4.411</span>; [[think over]], τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>1</span>; [[read]], <span class="bibl">Hld.2.6</span>.</span>