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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὤπαζον Il.8.341; Ep. ὄπ- 16.730: Ep. fut. ὀπάσσω Od.8.430,21.214: aor. ὤπασα Il.13.416, Hes.''Th.''974, Pi.''N.''1.16, and Trag. (v. infr.); Ep. and Lyr. also [[ὄπασσα]], Od.10.204, Pi.''I.''7(6).38:—Med., aor. ὠπασάμην, Ep. 3sg. ὀπάσσατο Il.19.238; 2sg. subj. ὀπάσσεαι 10.238:—Pass., only in pres. (v. fin.):—poet. Verb, perhaps causal of [[ἕπομαι]], [[make to follow]], [[send with]] one, [[give as a companion]] or [[give as a follower]], ἐπεί ῥά οἱ ὤπασα πομπόν Il.13.416; σοὶ γάρ με πατὴρ ἅμα πομπὸν ὄπασσεν 24.461, cf. Od.9.90; ἅμ' ἡγεμόν' ἐσθλὸν ὄπασσον 15.310; ἀρχὸν δὲ μετ' ἀμφοτέροισιν ὄπασσα 10.204; <b class="b3">πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν</b>, i.e. made me leader over many, Il.9.483, cf. Pi.''N.''1.16; ὦ Ζεῦ, γυναικῶν οἷον ὤπασας γένος A.''Th.''256:—Med., [[bid]] another [[follow]] one, [[take with]] one, [[take as a companion]], σὺ δὲ χείρον' ὀπάσσεαι Il.10.238; Νέστορος υἷας ὀπάσσατο 19.238; κήρυκά τ' ὀπασσάμενος καὶ ἑταῖρον Od.10.59:—Nic. uses the Med. in act. sense, [[σκολόπενδρα]].. ὀπάζεται ἀνδράσι κῆρα ''Th.''813: Hes. never has it in this sense.<br><span class="bld">II</span> also of things, [[make]] or [[give to be with]] a person, then simply, [[give]], [[grant]], <b class="b3">τούτῳ.. Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀπάζει</b> [[give]]s him [[glory]] to be [[with]] him, Il.8.141, cf. 17.566; <b class="b3">κτήματα, ἀρετήν, κάλλος, ἀοιδήν, φῆμιν, ὀϊζύν</b>, etc., freq. in Hom., Od.21.214, 13.45, Il.6.156, Od.8.498, 24.201, 23.210, al.; <b class="b3">πολλὰ γὰρ ὤπασε παιδί</b> [[gave]] her as a [[portion]], Il.22.51; <b class="b3">τέλος ἐσθλὸν ὀ.</b> [[grant]] a [[happy]] [[end]], Hes.''Op.''474; [[ὄλβον]], [[ἄγρην]], Id.''Th.'' 420, 442; εὐδίαν ἐκ χειμῶνος ὀ. Pi.''I.''7(6).38, al.; Ὕβρις.. πλοῦτον.. ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν B.14.60; πῦρ ἐγώ σφιν ὤπασα A.''Pr.''254, cf. 8, 30, ''Pers.''762, ''Eu.''530 (lyr.); a few times in E., e.g. ''Med.''517, twice in Ar., ''Eq.''200 (mock heroic), ''Th.''973 (lyr.): with pleon. inf., <b class="b3">Πατρόκλῳ.. κόμην ὀπάσαιμι φέρεσθαι</b>, like [[δίδωμι ἔχειν]], Il.23.151, cf. Pi.''O.''9.66:—Med., [[καλάμινθος|καλάμινθον]] ὀπάζεο = [[take]] to yourself.., Nic.''Th.''60, cf. 520.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[give besides]] something else, [[add]], ἔργῳ δ' ἔργον ὄπαζε ''h.Merc.''120; χάριν ἅμ' ὄπασσον ἀοιδῇ ''h.Hom.''24.5; μελέταν ἔργοις ὀ. [[devote]], Pi.''I.''6(5).67; <b class="b3">ἔργον ὤπασεν πρὸς ἀσπίδι</b> [[put]] the [[work]] of [[art]] [[on]] the [[shield]], A.''Th.''492.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[press hard]], [[chase]], Ἕκτωρ ὤπαζε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς Il.8.341; <b class="b3">χαλεπὸν δέ σε γῆρας ὀπάζει</b> ib.103; <b class="b3">πολὺν καθ' ὅμιλον ὀπάζων</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[αὐτήν]]) 5.334, cf. 17.462; <b class="b3">φόνια δ' ὤπασας λέχε' ἀπὸ γᾶς</b> [[didst chase]] them [[away]], E.''El.''1192 (lyr.):—Pass., <b class="b3">ποταμὸς.. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ</b> a [[torrent]] [[force]]d on by [[rain]], Il.11.493.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">ὀπασθείς· ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω δεθείς, καὶ ἐξαγκωνισθείς</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (but cf. [[ὀσταθείς]] Id.). (The relation to [[ἕπομαι]], [[ὀπαδός]], [[ὀπάων]] is uncertain.)