ἐπιτίθημι: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=fut. -[[θήσω]] perf. -[[τέθεικα]] [the Pass.is [[mostly]] furnished by [[ἐπίκειμαι]]<br />A. Act. to lay, put or [[place]] [[upon]], of offerings laid on the [[altar]], meats on the [[table]], etc., c. dat., Od., [[attic]]; also c. gen., Il., Hdt.:—c. acc. only, ἐπ. φάρμακα to [[apply]] salves, Il.; ἐπ. στήλην to set it up, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to put on a [[covering]] or lid, Od.; λίθον ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσιν, i. e. put a [[stone]] as a [[door]] to the [[cave]], put it [[before]] the [[door]], Od.: to put a [[door]] to, [[shut]] it, Il., Hom.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to put to, [[grant]] or [[give]] [[besides]], Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[time]], to add, [[bring]] on, Od.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> μύθῳ or μύθοις [[τέλος]] ἐπιθεῖναι to put an end to them, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to put on as a [[finish]], ἐπέθηκε κορώνην Il.; ἐπ. κεφαλαῖον (v. sub κεφαλαῖον) Dem.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> to [[impose]] or [[inflict]] a [[penalty]], θωήν σοι ἐπιθήσομεν Od.; [[δίκην]], ζημίαν ἐπ. τινί Hdt.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> like [[ἐπιστέλλω]], to dispatch a [[letter]], Hdt., Dem.<br /><b class="num">VII.</b> to [[give]] a [[name]], Hdt., Plat.<br />B. Mid. to put on [[oneself]] or for [[oneself]], Il., Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to set [[oneself]] to, [[apply]] [[oneself]] to, [[employ]] [[oneself]] on or in, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to make an [[attempt]] [[upon]], [[attack]], τῇ Εὐβοίῃ Hdt., Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol., δικαιοσύνην ἐπιθέμενος ἤσκεε he [[practised]] [[justice]] with [[assiduity]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[bring]] on [[oneself]], [[ἀράς]] Aesch.: also to [[cause]] a [[penalty]] to be imposed, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> to lay commands on, τί τινι Hdt.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> to [[give]] a [[name]], Od.