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|Definition=rarely [[ἐπιβάω]], imper.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπίβᾱ Thgn.847, Dor. inf. [[ἐπιβῆν]] (infr.IV): fut. ἐπιβήσομαι: pf. ἐπιβέβηκα: aor. 2 [[ἐπέβην]]: aor. 1 Med. [[ἐπεβησάμην]] (of which Hom.always uses the Ep.form [[ἐπεβήσετο]], imper. ἐπιβήσεο Il.8.105, al.; later ἐπεβήσατο A.R.3.869, Dor. ἐπεβάσατο Call.''Lav.Pall.''65).<br><span class="bld">A</span>. in these tenses, intr., [[go upon]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span>. c. gen., [[set foot on]], [[tread]], [[walk upon]], [[γαίης]], [[ἠπείρου]], Od.9.83, ''h.Cer.'' 127; <b class="b3">πόληος, πατρίδος αἴης, Τροίης</b>, Il.16.396, Od.4.521, 14.229; ἀδύτων ἐπιβάς E.''Andr.''1034 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπιβαίνω τῶν οὔρων</b> [[set foot on]] the [[confine]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.125, cf. Th.1.103, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''778e; τῆς Λακωνικῆς ἐπὶ πολέμῳ X. ''HG''7.4.6; <b class="b3">πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ' ἀλεγεινῆς</b>, of a [[corpse]], placed upon.., Il.4.99; πλατείᾳ τῇ ῥινὶ ἐ. τοῦ χείλους Philostr.''Im.''2.18; also ἐ. ἐπί τινος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.107.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[get upon]], [[mount on]], πύργων Il.8.165; [[νεῶν]] ib. 512; ἵππων 5.328, 10.513; δίφρου 23.379; εὐνῆς 9.133; τοῦ τείχεος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.70; <b class="b3">λέκτρων ἐπιβαίνω</b> A.''Supp.''39; also ἐ. ἐπὶ νεός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.118: freq. in Hom., in aor. Med., ἐπεβήσετ' ἀπήνης Od.6.78, al.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. Archit., to [[be superposed]], τὰ ἐπιβαίνοντα πάντα ἐπὶ τοὺς κρατευτάς ''IG''7.3073.104, cf. 111 (Lebad.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of [[time]], [[arrive at]], τετταράκοντα ἐ. ἐτῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''666b; [[δεκάτω]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἔτεος]]) <b class="b3"> ἐ.</b> Theoc.26.29; δωδεκάτου ἐπιβάς ''IG'' 14.1728; τῆς μειρακίων ἡλικίας Hdn.1.3.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. metaph., [[ἀναιδείης]] [[ἐπέβησαν]] [[have trodden the path of]] shamelessness, Od.22.424; <b class="b3">ἐϋφροσύνης ἐπιβῆτον</b> [[enter into]] joy, 23.52; <b class="b3">τέχνης ἐπιβήσομαι, ἐπιβήμεναι</b>, ''h.Merc.''166, 465; [[ὁσίης]] ib.173; εὐσεβίας S.''OC''189 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐ. δόξης</b> [[entertain]] an [[expectation]], Id.''Ph.''1463 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐ. σοφίας</b> [[undertake]] it, Pl.''Epin.''981a; λόγου Luc.''Astr.''8; <b class="b3">ἐπιβαίνω τῆς ἀφορμῆς, ἐπιβαίνω τῆς προφάσεως</b>, [[seize upon]] it, App.''Syr.''2, ''Sam.''11, etc.; [[preside over]], <b class="b3">τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης</b> ψυχῆς Iamb.''Myst.''9.8, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. c. dat., [[get upon]], [[board]], ναυσί Th.7.70; [[land on]], ἐ. τῇ Σικελίᾳ [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]16.66: metaph., ἐ. ἀνορέαις Pi.''N.''3.20; also, [[make forcible entry into]], <b class="b3">τινός οἰκίαις, γῇ</b>, ''PHamb.''10.6 (ii A.D.), ''PAmh.''2.142.7 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span>. with a Prep., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πύργῳ ἄλλος πύργος</b> ἐπιβέβηκε [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.181.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. c. dat. pers., [[set upon]], [[assault]], τινί [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 5.2.26, Plu.''Cim.''15, etc.; simply, [[approach]], dub. in Pi.''Fr.''88.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[trample on]], λὰξ ἐπίβα δήμῳ Thgn.847.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. c. acc.loci, [[light upon]], in Hom. twice of gods [[lighting upon]] [[earth]] after their [[descent]] from [[Olympus]], <b class="b3">Πιερίην ἐπιβᾶσα, ἐπιβάς</b>, Il.14.226, Od.5.50; so <b class="b3">πολλῶν ἐ.</b> [[καιρόν]] [[light on]] the [[fit]] [[time]], Pi.''N.''1.18; then simply, [[go on to]] a place, [[enter]] it, γῆν καὶ ἔθνος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.50; λειμῶν' [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''144 (anap.): with Prep., <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ χώραν</b> Decr.Amphict. ap. D.18.154; εἰς Βοιωτίαν [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]14. 84.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. rarely c. acc. pers., [[attack]], only ''poet.'', [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''138 (anap.): metaph., of passion or suffering, Id.''El.''492 (lyr.), ''Ph.''194 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[mount]], νῶθ' ἵππων ἐπιβάντες Hes.''Sc.''286: more freq. with Prep., [[ἐπὶ]] τὸν ἵππον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.22; ἐπὶνέα Id.8.120, cf. Th.1.111; but <b class="b3">ἐπιβαίνω ἐπὶ τὸ θῆλυ</b>, of made quadrupeds, [[cover]] a [[female]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''539b26; so abs., ib. 574a20, al.: c. dat., Luc.''Asin.''27: c. gen., Horap.1.46, 2.78.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. <b class="b3">ἐπιβαίνω ἐπὶ τὸ σκέλος</b> [[use]], [[put one's weight on]], a broken leg, Hp. ''Fract.'' 18.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. with acc. of the Instr. of Motion (cf. [[βαίνω]] A.11.4), <b class="b3">ἐπιβῆναι τῷ</b> ἀριστερῷ ἐκείνης τὸν ἐμὸν δεξιόν Luc.''DMeretr.''4.5, cf. ''Tox.''48.<br><span class="bld">IV</span>. abs., [[get a footing]], [[stand on one's feet]], Il.5.666, Od.12.434; [[μἠπιβῆν]] it is forbidden to [[set foot]] here, ''IG''12(3).1381 (Thera).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[step onwards]], [[advance]], Τρώων δὲ πόλις ἐπὶ πᾶσα βέβηκε Il.16.69, cf. Hes. ''Op.'' 679, [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Pi.''N.''10.43; ἐπίβαινε πόρσω S.''OC''179 (s.v.l., lyr.): me taph., [[advance in one's demands]], Plb.1.68.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[mount on a chariot]] or [[mount on horseback]], [[be mounted]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.84; [[go on board ship]] or [[be on board ship]], Il.15.387, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''358 (lyr.), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.90, Th.2.90, etc.<br><span class="bld">B</span>. Causal in fut. ἐπιβήσω Luc. ''DMort.''6.4, Ep. inf. ἐπιβησέμεν Il.8.197, Hes.''Th.''396, but usually in aor. 1 Act. ([[ἐπιβιβάζω]], [[ἐπιβάσκω]] serve as pres.):—[[make one mount]], [[set]] him [[upon]], ὅν ῥα τόθ' ἵππων.. ἐπέβησε Il.8.129; πολλοὺς δὲ πυρῆς ἐπέβησ' ἀλεγεινῆς 9.546; <b class="b3">ὥς κ' ἐμὲ.. ἐμῆς</b> ἐπιβήσετε πάτρης Od.7.223; ἐ. τινὰς σκάφεσιν J.''BJ''4.7.6; [[πλοίων]] ib. 11.5, cf. Luc.l.c.; ὁπλίτας ὁλκάσιν App.''BC''5.92; <b class="b3">τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς</b> ib.2.59: also in aor. 1 Med., νιν ἑῶ ἐπεβάσατο δίφρω Call.''Lav.Pall.'' 65.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. of things, <b class="b3">νευρὰν ἐπέβασε κορώνας</b> [[set]] the [[string]] [[on]] his bow's tip, B.5.73.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. metaph. (cf. A.1.4), <b class="b3">ἐϋκλεΐης ἐπίβησον</b> [[bring]] [[to]] great glory, Il.8.285; τιμῆς καὶ γεράων Hes. ''Th.''396; [[χαλιφρονέω|χαλιφρονέοντα]] <b class="b3">σαοφροσύνης ἐπέβησαν</b> they [[bring]] him [[to]] [[sobriety]], Od.23.13; λιγυρῆς ἐπέβησαν ἀοιδῆς Hes.''Op.''659; [[δουλοσύνα]]ς (prob.) E.''Hyps.Fr.''41(64).86; <b class="b3">εἴ σε τύχη.. ἡλικίας ἐπέβησεν</b> had brought thee to [[full]] [[age]], ''IG''2.2263.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [ἠὼς] πολέας ἐπέβησε κελεύθου = [[dawn]] [[set]]s them [[on]] their [[way]], Hes.''Op.''580.