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