ἐπιλέγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[say in connection with]] an action, etc., Hdt.2.35,64, etc.; <b class="b3">ποιεῖν τι καὶ ἐπιλέγειν</b> [[say while]] or [[after]] doing it, Id.4.65; [[παίζουσιν]] ἐπιλέγοντες Id.5.4; ἐ. λόγον τόνδε, ὡς.. Id.2.156, 8.49; <b class="b3">ἐξηπάτων..</b> ἐπιλέγων τοιαυτί [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''418; <b class="b3">ἐ. τεκμήρια τὴν ἄλλην αὐτοῦ.. παρανομίαν</b> [[citing]] it as proof, Th.6.28, cf. Alciphr.3.56.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[say besides]], [[ἑκάστῳ]] "<b class="b3">σοὶ μέν κτλ</b>." X.Cyr..1.3.7, cf. Arist.''Rh.''1395a27, Ph.1.512; <b class="b3">τὴν αἰτίαν</b> [[ἐ]]. Arist.''Rh.''1417a28:—Med., [[repeat]], D.H.Rh..11.5:—Pass., [τὰ] ἐπιλεγόμενα Arist.Rh..1394a13.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[call by name]], Hdt.5.70; [[ἐπέλεγον]] <b class="b3">δὲ κιθαρῳδικούς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[νόμους]]) Pl.''Lg.''700b:—Med., A.''Supp.''49 (lyr.):—Pass., to [[be surnamed]], J.''AJ''13.10.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[utter]], [[pronounce]] a spell (cf. [[ἐπεῖπον]]), ῥῆσιν μυστικήν Ath.11.496b; ῥῆσίν τινα μακράν Luc.''Nec.'' 7; τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιλέγειν τῷ λοιμῷ φεῦγ' ἐς κόρακας Arist.''Fr.'' 496, cf.''Pr.''926b23, ''EN''1109b11.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[attribute]], <b class="b3">τινὶ τὸ καλόν, τὸ χρήσιμον</b>, Id.''Pol.''1323b12; ἐ. τοῖς εὖ ἔχουσιν ἔργοις, ὅτι.. Id.''EN''1106b10.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. [[say against]] one, App.''BC''3.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[pick out]], [[select]], Hdt. 3.44, 81; <b class="b3">ἔκ τινων πεζούς</b> Wilcken ''Chr.''11 ''A'' 35 (ii B.C.):—freq. in Med., <b class="b3">τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἐπελέξατο</b> he [[chose him]] certain of the Babylonians, Hdt.3.157, cf.6.73, Th.7.19, Arist.''Fr.''151, Wilcken ''Chr.''11 ''A'' 49 (ii B.C.), D.S.3.74:—Pass., [[ἐπιλελεγμένοι]] or [[ἐπειλεγμένοι]] [[chosen]] [[men]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.41, Isoc.4.146, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1210.4 (i B.C.), etc.; οἱ ἐπιλεγέντες ''SIG''577.72 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span>. Med., [[think upon]], [[think]] [[over]], ταῦτα Hdt.1.78, 2.120, al., cf.Ant.Lib.5.4; <b class="b3">μὴ ἐ.</b> not to [[care]], Hdt. 7.236, al.; <b class="b3">οὐδαμὰ ἐ. μή κοτε..</b> to have no [[fear]] lest... Id.3.65, cf. 7.149: c.inf., <b class="b3">πᾶν ἐπιλεγόμενος πείσεσθαι</b> expecting.., Id.7.49, cf. 52: rare in Trag., <b class="b3">μηδ' ἐπιλεχθῇς Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μ' ἄλοχον</b> [[deem]] me not to be... A.''Ag.''1498 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. in Hdt. also, [[con over]], [[read]], <b class="b3">τὸ βυβλίον, τὰ γράμματα</b>, 1.124,125,2.125, al., cf. Paus.1.12.3, al., Hld.4.8: so in Act., Them.''Or.''11.153a.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[recount]], in speaking, τὴν αἰσχύνην καὶ τὸν κίνδυνον D.H.9.57.