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|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[setting on its base]], τοῦ ἀνδριάντος ''CIG''3124 (Teos).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[laying on]] or [[putting on]], opp. [[ἀφαίρεσις]], Arist.''Juv.''470a11; τῶν χειρῶν ''Act.Ap.''8.18, etc.; [[application]], περιχρίστων Plu.2.102a, cf. Luc.''DDeor.''13.1 (prob.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[application of epithets]], <b class="b3">τὰς ἐ.</b> ποιεῖσθαι Arist.''Rh.''1405b22.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[imposition of increased burdens]], ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''7.134.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. (from Med.) [[setting upon]], [[attack]], Antipho 2.2.13; ἐ. γίγνεταί τινι X.''An.''4.4.22; ἡ Περσῶν ἐ. τοῖς Ἕλλησι Pl.''Lg.''698b; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐ. αἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ σῶμα γίγνονται τῶν ἀρχόντων</b> [[attempt]]s, Arist.''Pol.''1311a31; <b class="b3">ἐ. συστῆσαι ἐπί τινα</b> ib.1306b35; [[ποιεῖσθαι]] ib.1312a20; λῃστῶν ''PPetr.''3p.60 (iii B.C., prob.); κατά τινος D.H.5.7; ἡ διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς ἐ. τοῖς ἔργοις Plb.1.45.2; of [[disease]], [[aggravated]] [[attack]], Sor.2.49 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. c. gen., [[attempt to gain]], τῆς τυραννίδος D.S.13.92, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. small [[urn]] placed on a [[σορός]], ''IGRom.''4.1284 (Thyatira).<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[imposture]], [[deception]], Aq.''Pr.''11.1, al.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. Pythag. name for [[two]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]