ἐπιφημίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[utter words ominous of the event]], <b class="b3">ἰόντος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πεντηκόντερον ἐπεφημίζετο</b> (Med.) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.124; ἐ. τινὶ πολλὰ καὶ ἄτοπα D.C.39.39.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[promise]], [[pledge]], <b class="b3">κείνῳ παῖδ' ἐπεφήμισα..ἐκδώσειν</b> cj. in E.''IA''130 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ παιδὸς ἐπιφημισθεῖσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἑβδόμη ὑπατεία</b> (of Marius) App.''BC''1.61.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[apply the name of]] A (acc.) [[to]] B (dat.), where A is usually a god, [[ascribe]] or [[assign]] B [[to]] A, ἑκάστῃ μοίρᾳ θεόν Pl.''Lg.''771d; <b class="b3">ὅσα τις πράττει τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιφημίζων</b> [[in the name of]] the gods, D.20.126; ἅπασι τοῖς μεγάλοις ἐ. τὸ δαιμόνιον Plu. ''Publ.''23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later the constr. is reversed, τοῖς θεοῖς τι J.''Ap.''2.37; τὴν ἐλαίας γένεσιν.. τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ Max.Tyr.30.5:—Pass., θεοῖς..παῖδες ἐπεφημίσθησαν D.C.44.37; ὅσα θεῖα Ἐλευσῖνι ἐπιφημίζεται τῇ χώρᾳ Aristid.1.445J.; μέρη τῆς γῆς Ποσειδῶνι ἐπιπεφήμισται Id.''Or.''46(3).16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[call]], [[name]], c. dupl. acc., τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐ. λυσιτελοῦν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]'' 417c, cf. ''Ti.''73d; ἀέρα ἐ. σκότος Ph.1.6, cf. 2.43,al., Porph.''Abst.''1.7; Ἡλίου -ίζοντας Αἰήτην υἱέα Jul.''Or.''2.82d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with epexegetic inf., <b class="b3">τὴν ἔξω φορὰν ἐπεφήμισεν εἶναι τῆς ταὐτοῦ φύσεως</b> the outer revolution he [[called]] the revolution of the Same, [[ordained]] that it should be.., Pl.''Ti.''36c: hence,<br><span class="bld">b</span> c.acc. inf., [[allege]], [[declare]], αὐτὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ θεράποντα εἶναι Ael.''NA''8.12; πολλὰ ἐ. αὑτῷ δηλοῦν [τὴν ἔλαφον] Plu. [[sert]].11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bestow]] a name [[on]], ὄνοματά τισι Ph.1.304, al., D.C.54.33; <b class="b3">πομπῇ ἐπεφήμισαν οὔνομα νηῶν</b> [[named]] [the fish [[πομπίλος]]] after.., Opp.''H.''1.187.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in later Prose, [[dedicate]], [[devote]] to a god, Luc.''Sacr.''10; Διὶ ἀγάλματα Max.Tyr.8.8; τοὺς γενομένους τότε παῖδας Ἄρεως ἐ. Str.5.4.12:—Pass., Id.6.2.9, Ph.2.565, Plu.''Cam.''7, etc.