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|Definition=Ion. [[ἐπίημι]], Dor. 3sg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐφίητι Pi.''I.''2.9, Ion. 3pl. ἐπιεῖσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.30: fut. ἐφήσω Od. 13.376: aor. 1 ind. [[ἐφῆκα]], Ep. [[ἐφέηκα]] 9.38, lon. ἐπῆκα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.63; in other moods aor. 2 forms were used, imper. ἔφες Il.5.174; Ep. subj. ἐφείω 1.567, 2sg. ἐφῇς S.''El.''554, opt. ἐφείην Il.18.124; Ion. inf. ἐπειναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.100; part. ἐφείς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''495 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), etc.:—Med., pres. inf. ἐφίεσθαι Antipho 5.79; part. ἐφιέμενος Od.13.7: fut. ἐφήσομαι Il.23.82: aor. 2 ἐφεῖτο S.''Ph.''619:—Pass., pf. [[ἐφέωται]] and ἐφεῖται [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: ἐφῐημι Ep., ἐφῑημι Att.; yet Hom. always uses [[ἐφιείς]], [[ἐφίει]], [[ἐφιέμενος]] with [ῑ], exc. ἐφῐει Od.24.180]:—[[send to]] one, Πριάμῳ.. Ἶριν ἐφήσω Il.24.117; <b class="b3">μ' ἐφέηκε.. καλέειν</b> [[sent]] me to [[call]], A.R.1.712.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Hom., c. inf., [[set on]], [[incite]] to do, ἠλεός, ὅς τ' ἐφέηκε πολύφρονά περ μάλ' ἀεῖσαι Od.14.464; so <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ ἐχθοδοπῆσαι, χαλεπῆναι, στοναχῆσαι</b>, Il.1.518, 18.108,124.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[throw]] or [[launch at]] one, ὅς τοι πρῶτος ἐφῆκε βέλος 16.812; ἄλλοις ἐφίει βέλεα Od.24.180, etc.; [ἔγχος], μελίην, Il.20.346, 21.170; οἰστὸν ἐπί τινι E.''Med.''632 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐ. χεῖράς τινι</b> to [[lay hands on]] him, μνηστῆρσιν ἀναιδέσι χεῖρας ἐφήσω Od.20.39, cf.Il.1.567, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of events, destinies, etc., [[send upon]] one, τοῖσιν ἀεικέα πότμον ἐφῆκε 4.396, etc.; Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδε' ἐφῆκεν 1.445, cf. 21.524; μνηστήρεσσιν ἄεθλον τοῦτον ἐφήσω Od. 19.576; <b class="b3">νόστον... ὅν μοι Ζεὺς ἐφέηκε</b> which he [[hath]] laid [[upon]] me, 9.38; so πάντ' ἐφήσω μόρον A.''Eu.''502 (lyr.); τέκνοις ἀρὰς ἐ. Id.''Th.''786 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[send against]], in hostile sense, τῷ στρατοπέδῳ τὴν ἵππον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.63; τὴν ἵππον ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας Id.9.49; ἡνίοχοι ἐφίεσαν ὠκέας ἵππους Hes.''Sc.''307; στρατὸν ἐς πεδία E.''Heracl.''393.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[let in]], freq. of water, ἐπεῖναι τὸν ποταμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν χώρην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.130, cf. 2.100; τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν ἔσοδον Id.7.176; also ἐ. ἀκτῖνα Θήβαισι E.''Ph.''5; ἀγέλας ἐπὶ τὰ χωρία [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.1.2; <b class="b3">ἄγαν ἐφῆκας γλώσσαν</b> did'st [[let loose]], E. ''Andr.''954; ὀργήν τινι ἐ. Pl.''Lg.''731d.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[throw into]], ἐς λέβητ' ἐφῆκεν ἕψεσθαι μέλη E.''Cyc.''404.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[let go]], [[loosen]], esp. the rein, ἐ. καὶ χαλάσαι τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 338a; <b class="b3">οὐρία ἐφέντα</b> (abs.) ibid.; <b class="b3">πᾶσαν ἐφεὶς ὀθόνην [τῷ ἀνέμῳ]</b> ''AP''10.1 (Leon.), cf.A.R.2.934.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[give up]], [[yield]], τινὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν Th.1.95; πάντ' ἐφέντες ἡδονήν E.''Fr.'' 564; [[allow]], τἆλλα τοῖς δούλοις Arist.''Pol.''1264a21.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. inf., [[permit]], [[allow]], τινὶ ὀνειδίσαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.90, cf.3.113; σοί γ' ἐφῆκα πᾶν λέγειν S.''El.'' 631; <b class="b3">ἢν ἐφῇς μοι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[λέγειν]]) ib.554, cf. 556,649: c. acc. et inf., τοὺς νεωτέρους ἐ. διώκειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.24 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ἀφ]]-):—Pass., <b class="b3">ἐφεθήσεταί τινι</b> c. inf., Luc.''Pr.Im.''24.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[command]], Pi.''I.''2.9 (v.infr.B).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[give up]], [[leave as a prey]], ἐφῆκεν ἐλλοῖς ἰχθύσιν διαφθοράν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1297, cf. 495 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); τὴν ἀποσκευὴν ἐ. τοῖς στρατιώταις διαρπάσαι D.S.14.75; intr. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἑαυτόν]]), [[give oneself up to]], ἰσχυρῷ γέλωτι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 388e; ([[παιδιᾷ]]) Id.''Ti.''59c.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[put]] the male [[to]] the female, ἐπῆκε ὀχεῦσαι τὸν ἵππον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.85, cf. 4.30, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''630b33.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as law-term, [[leave]] to another to decide, [[refer]], δίκας ἐ. εἴς τινας D.40.31; <b class="b3">εἰς δικαστήριον</b> ibid.; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον</b> [[refer]] him to... Id.34.21; (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἑαυτόν]]) [[appeal]], εἰς τοὺς δικαστάς Id.29.59; ἐπί τινα Luc.''Bis Acc''.4; εἰς ἕτερον δικαστήριον Id.''Herm.''30; ἀπό τινος D.C.64.2: abs., Id.37.27.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Med., [[lay one's command upon]] or [[lay one's behest upon]], ὑμέων δ' ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ ἐφιέμενος τάδε εἴρω Od.13.7, cf. Il.23.82, 24.300; ἐπιστολὰς ἅς σοι πατὴρ ἐφεῖτο [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''4; <b class="b3">πρός τι τοῦτ' ἐφίεσαι</b>; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''766: c. inf., ἐ. τινὶ ἀγγεῖλαι Id.''El.''1111, cf. Ar.''V.''242; <b class="b3">χαίρειν τἀλλ' ἐγώ σ' ἐ.</b> I [[bid]] thee have thy [[will]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''112, cf. A.''Ch.''1039: abs., ὡς ἐφίεσαι Id.''Pers.''228 (troch.), cf.E.''IT''1483; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς Λακεδαίμονα</b> [[send]] [[order]]s to... Th.4.108.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[allow]] or [[permit]] one to do, κάρα [[τέμνειν]] ἐφεῖτο τῷ θέλοντι S.''Ph.''619; [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὑφίημι]] in X.''An.''6.6.31, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., [[aim at]], [[καλῶν]] lsoc.2.25; ἀγαθοῦ τινος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1094a2, etc.; in [[fighting]], <b class="b3">τῶν προσώπων, τῶν ὅψεων</b>, Plu.''Pomp.''71, ''Caes.''45.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[long for]], [[desire]], <b class="b3">τί μοι τῶν δυσφόρων ἐφίῃ</b>; S.''El.''143 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τί.. ἐφίεσαι φιλοτιμίας</b>; E.''Ph.''531; τῶν ἀλλοτρίων Antipho 5.79; <b class="b3">τῶν κερδῶν, ἀρχῆς</b>, Th.1.8,128; τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ ἀγαθῶν Id.4.61; ἰσότητος Arist.''Pol.''1302a25: c. gen. pers., [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.1.2: c. inf., ὧν.. σου [[τυχεῖν]] ἐφίεμαι ἄκουσον S.''Ph.''1315; ἐ. ἄρξειν Th.6.6 codd. (leg. [[ἄρξαι]]): c. acc. et inf., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1055.