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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> pf. ἐπέσκηφα D.L.1.117:—[[make to lean upon]], <b class="b3">ἐς δὲ</b> <b class="b3">παῖδ' ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων</b> made it [[fall upon]] him, A.''Pers.''740(troch.); <b class="b3">ἐ. χάριν τινί</b> [[impose]] it [[upon]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''566.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. intr., [[fall upon]], like lightning, <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα δεῦρ' ἐπέσκηψεν</b> it [[came to]] this point, A.''Eu.''482; <b class="b3">νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή</b> (v.l.<b class="b3">ἐν-</b>) Plu.''Thes.''15; [[ᾧ]] ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος Philum.''Ven.''31.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[lay it upon]] one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., <b class="b3">μοῖρ' ἐπέσκηψε</b> Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν A.''Pers.''103 (lyr.), cf.[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''252: followed by imper., ib.1446: less freq. c.acc. et inf., E.''Alc.''365; <b class="b3">τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι</b> ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.33: inf. can freq. be supplied, <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον δή σ' ἐπισκήπτω</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ποιεῖν]]) thus much I [[command]] thee to do, S.''Tr.''1221; so πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ' ἐπισκήπτω τάδε E.''IT''701: pers. is freq. omitted, [[ἐ]]. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὑμῖν]]) τὸν.. φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.158; [[βάξις]] ἐπισκήπτουσα.. ἔξω δόμων.. ὠθεῖν ἐμέ A.''Pr.''664; <b class="b3">ἐπέσκηψε.. εἶρξαι</b> Αἴαντα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''752, cf. Antipho 1.1; also ἐ. περί τινος E.''IT''1077.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. esp. [[conjure]] a person to do a thing, <b class="b3">ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω.. μὴ περιιδεῖν</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.65; τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν And.1.32; <b class="b3">κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας.. έπισκήπτοντας</b> μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν Aeschin.3.157, cf. Th.2.73, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, <b class="b3">μέμνησθε τὰ</b> ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι... μὴ πειρωμένοισι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.73, cf. Lys.13.92, D.28.15, 36.32.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b3">γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα</b> [[resting]] hand [[on]] earth, i.e. [[calling]] earth to [[witness]], B.7.41: abs., γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω Id.5.42.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., [[denounce]] a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. [[ἐπίσκηψις]] II), <b class="b3">διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί..·</b> <b class="b3">ἐπισκηψαμένων δ' ἡμῶν.. ἡ.. δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει</b>, i.e.a [[διαμαρτυρία]] was entered..: we [[replied by an]] <b class="b3">ἐπίσκηψις..</b>, and the action for false witness was brought on, Is.5.17; in full, ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν D.29.7; [[ᾗ]] (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῇ θεῷ</b>) <b class="b3"> οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ.</b> Aeschin.1.130; ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις D.47.1, cf. Is.3.11; <b class="b3">ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ</b> [[denounce]] it as false, Din.1.52:—also in Act., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''145ccodd., Jul. ''Or.''6.186b:—hence Pass., ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι Pl.''Lg.'' 937b: generally, <b class="b3">πρὸς τῆς θανούσης.. ἐπεσκήπτου</b> [[wast denounced]], [[accused]], S.''Ant.''1313:—so in Act., [[blame]], τινί Jul.''Or.''7.239a.