ἐπινεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -νεύσω Luc.''Sat.''4, -νεύσομαι Aristaenet.2.1:—nod to, in token of command or approval, [[nod]] [[assent]],opp. [[ἀνανεύω]], ἐμῷ δ' ἐπένευσα κάρητι Il.15.75; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε</b> Κρονίων 1.528, etc.; ἐπὶ γλεφάροις νεῦσαν Pi.''I.''8(7).49; <b class="b3">σὺ.. ἐπένευσας</b> [[τάδε]] [[did'st approve]], [[sanction]] these acts, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''284, cf. D.18.324; <b class="b3">ἐπένευσεν ἀληθὲς εἶναι</b> he [[nodded in sign that]] it was true,Aeschin.3.59; <b class="b3">σιγῇ δὲ τὰ ψευδῆ.. ἐπινεύουσι</b> they [[indicate]] falsehoods without speaking, D.21.139: abs., Antipho 2.2.7; <b class="b3">Ἑλληνικὸν ἐ.</b> [[give]] a Greek [[nod]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''115: c. acc., [[grant]] or [[promise]], τινά τινι E.''Hel.''681 (lyr.); τι Id.''Ba.''1349; ὑπέρ τινος Plb.21.5.3: c. dat., ἐ. τῇ δεήσει τινός ''PGiss.'' 1.41 ii 9 (ii A.D.): c. dat. pers., ἐ. τισὶ δεομένοις ''SIG''888.13 (Macedonia, iii A.D.): c. dat. pers. et inf., [[permit]], κῴδια ἐ. ἡμῖν ἐργάζεσθαι ''PPetr.''2p.108(iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[make a sign]] to another to do a thing, [[order]] him to do, c. inf., ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε σιωπῇ.. στορέσαι λέχος Il.9.620:abs., Od.16.164(tm.), ''h.Cer.''169,466, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.5.37.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[nod forwards]], <b class="b3">κόρυθι ἐπένευε φαεινῇ</b> he [[nodded]] with his helmet, i.e.it [[nodded]], Il.22.314; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι Theoc.22.186; ἐ. ἐς τὸ κάταντες Luc.''DDeor.''25.2; <b class="b3">πέτραι ἐπινενευκυῖαι</b> [[overhanging]], Id.''Prom.''1.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[incline towards]], εἴς τινα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''657.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[roll down]] an inclined plane, Hero ''Aut.''2.1.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. trans., [[elevate]], [[point upwards]], Id.''Bel.''78.8, 89.14:—Pass., to [[be inclined downwards]], opp. [[ἐξυπτιάζεσθαι]], S.E. ''P.''1.120.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[tilt]], ([[κεράμιον]]) ''Gp.''7.9.<br><span class="bld">7</span>. <b class="b3">ἐπινενευκὼς σφυγμός</b>, name coined by Archigenes, Gal.8.479.