4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἔπεισιν:
ἔπειμι 1 (to be upon): pres ind act 3rd pl
ἔπειμι 2 (come upon): pres ind act 3rd sg
LSJ entries
ἔπειμι 1
ἔπειμι
(A),
(
εἰμί
sum
)
inf.
ἐπεῖναι
:
Ep.
impf.
ἔπεσαν
Od. 2.344
:
fut.
ἐπέσομαι,
Ep.
and
Lyr.
-έσσομαι,
4.756
,
Pi. O. 13.99
:—
A.
to
be
upon,
c.
dat.
loci,
κάρη
ὤμοισιν
ἐπείη
Il. 2.259
;
σῆμα
δʼ
οὐκ
ἐπῆν
κύκλῳ
A. Th. 591
;
in
Prose
mostly
with
Prep.,
ἐπὶ
τοῦ
καταστρώματος
ἐ.
Hdt. 8.118
;
ἐπὶ
[τῷ
ποταμῷ]
πύλαι
ἔπεισι
Id. 5.52
,
cf.
7.176
;
ἐπὶ
ταῖς
οἰκίαις
τύρσεις
ἐπῆσαν
X. An. 4.4.2
:
abs.,
κώπη
δʼ
ἐλέφαντος
ἐπῆεν
Od. 21.7
,
cf.
2.344
,
Il. 5.127
,
A. Ag. 547
,
etc.
2.
to
be
upon,
be
set
upon,
of
names,
οὐκ
ἔπεστι
ἐπωνυμίη
Περσέϊ
Hdt. 6.53
;
so
ψεύδεσι
σεμνὸν
ἔπεστί
τι
Pi. N. 7.23
;
τοῖσι
λόγοις
σῶφρον
ἔ.
ἄνθος
Ar. Nu. 1025
;
to
be
attached,
μελέτη
δʼ
ἔπεστι
παντί
Anacreont.
58.3;
οὔτε
τις
τάξις
οὔτε
ἀνάγκη
ἔπεστιν
αὐτοῦ
τῷ
βίῳ
Pl. R. 561d
;
esp.
of
rewards
and
penalties,
ποινά,
κέρδος
ἐπέσται,
A. Eu. 543
(lyr.),
Ar. Av. 597
;
ἔπεστι
νέμεσις
S. El. 1467
;
ἔσχαται
τιμωρίαι
ἐπὶ
ταῖς
ἐπαγγελίαις
ἔπεισιν
Is. 3.47
,
cf.
Pl. Lg. 943d
:
abs.,
Ταραντίνων
οὐκ
ἐπῆν
ἀριθμός
no
count
was
taken,
no
number
was
attached,
Hdt. 7.170
,
cf.
191
;
to
be
at
hand,
be
present,
τίς
τέρψις
ἐπέσται;
S. Aj. 1216
(lyr.);
αἰσχύνη
X. Cyr. 6.2.33
;
πιεῖν
δὲ
θάνατος
οἶνον,
ἢν
ὕδωρ
ἐπῇ
Cratin. 273
(s.v.l.);
τὰ
ἐπόντα
accidents
or
characteristics,
opp.
τὸ
ὑποκείμενον,
Plot. 2.4.10
.
3.
to
be
in
oneʼs
possession,
ἀνέρες
οἷσιν
ἔπεστι
μέγα
κράτος
h.Cer. 150
.
4.
to
be
imminent,
ἐπόντος
τοῦ
φόβου
τούτου
D. 21.9
;
εἰ
μηδεὶς
ἐπῆν
ἀγὼν
μηδὲ
κίνδυνος
ibid.
5.
ἔπι
for
ἔπεστι
(v.
ἐπί
E.
II
).
II.
of
Time,
to
be
hereafter,
remain,
ἀλλʼ
ἔτι
πού
τις
ἐπέσσεται
Od. 4.756
;
to
be
at
hand,
οὐδέ
τι
δειλὸν
γῆρας
ἐπῆν
Hes. Op. 114
;
ἐπεσσόμενοι
ἄνθρωποι
generations
to
come,
Orac.
ap.
Hdt. 6.77
,
Epigr.
ap.
Aeschin. 3.184
;
ἐπεσσόμενοι
alone,
Theoc. 12.11
.
III.
to
be
set
over,
τισί
Hdt. 7.96
,
8.71
;
ἔπεστί
σφι
δεσπότης
νόμος
Id. 7.104
;
τίς
δὲ
ποιμάνωρ
ἔ.;
A. Pers. 241
(troch.),
cf.
555
(lyr.).
IV.
to
be
added,
be
over
and
above,
of
numbers,
χιλιάδες
ἔπεισι
ἐπὶ
ταύτῃσι
ἑπτά
Hdt. 7.184
,
cf.
185
;
ἐπόντων
τεσσάρων
plus
four,
Arr. Tact. 10.8
;
τὰ
ἐπεσόμενα
τούτοις
(sc.
προβάτοις
)
Arch.Pap.
1.64
(ii
B.C.)
.
V.
to
be
added
as
confirmation,
ἔξορκος
ἐπέσσεται
Pi. O. 13.99
.
2.
belong
in
addition,
τὰν
περὶ
αὐτὸ
χώραν
ἐπείμειν
Πριανέων
Schwyzer
289.27
(ii
B.C.)
.
ἔπειμι 2
ἔπειμι
(B),
(
εἶμι
ibo
)
inf.
ἐπιέναι,
serving
in
Att.
as
fut.
of
ἐπέρχομαι
:
Ep.
3
sg.
impf.
ἐπήϊεν
Il. 17.741
; 3
pl.
ἐπήϊσαν
Od. 11.233
,
ἐπῇσαν
19.445
;
Att.
ἐπῇα,
3
pl.
ἐπῇσαν
:
ἐπιείσομαι,
-εισαμένη
(qq.
v.)
belong
to
a
different
word:
I.
come
upon
(in
fut.
sense,
though
this
is
not
so
fixed
in
Hom.
as
in
Att.
):
1.
of
persons,
come
upon,
approach,
Od. 16.42
,
etc.
b.
mostly
in
hostile
sense,
come
against,
attack,
c.
dat.,
Il. 13.482
,
etc.;
τῷ
λόφῳ
ἐ.
Th. 4.129
;
in
Prose
also
with
Preps.,
ἐ.
ἐπὶ
τὴν
Ἑλλάδα,
ἐπὶ
τοὺς
ἀδικοῦντας,
Hdt. 7.157
,
Th. 1.86
(v.l.
πρός),
etc.;
πρὸς
τὸ
τεῖχος
Id. 7.4
:
abs.,
Αἰνείαν
ἐπιόντα
Il. 13.477
,
cf.
5.238
;
ἐπάγοντες
ἐπῇσαν
Od. 19.445
;
οἱ
ἐπιόντες
the
invaders,
assailants,
Hdt. 4.11
,
etc.;
ὡς
ἐπιών
by
assault,
D. 1.21
;
but
ὁ
ἐπιών
in
Trag.,
=
ὁ
τυχών,
the
first
comer,
τό
γʼ
αἴνιγμʼ
οὐχὶ
τοὐπιόντος
ἦν
ἀνδρὸς
διειπεῖν
S. OT 393
,
cf.
OC 752
.
c.
get
on
the
βῆμα
to
speak,
v.l.
for
παριέναι
in
Th. 1.72
;
come
on,
of
performers,
dub.
l.
in
X. An. 6.1.11
.
d.
approach,
attack
a
question,
Arist. Ph. 186a4
.
2.
of
events,
come
upon
or
over
one,
overtake,
c.
acc.,
πρίν
μιν
καὶ
γῆρας
ἔπεισιν
Il. 1.29
(but
ἔπειμι
γῆρας
ἔς
τε
τὸν
μόρσιμον
αἰῶνα
Pi. I. 7(6).41
);
οἷός
σε
χειμὼν
καὶ
κακῶν
τρικυμία
ἔπεισι
A. Pr. 1016
:
c.
dat.,
come
near,
ὀρυμαγδὸς
ἐπήϊεν
ἐρχομένοισιν
Il. 17.741
;
δεινῶν
ἐπιόντων
πᾶσι
Ἕλλησι
threatening
them,
Hdt. 7.145
:
abs.,
χειμὼν
ἐπιών
Hes. Op. 675
;
νὺξ
ἐπῄει
A. Pers. 378
,
cf.
X. Mem. 4.3.14
,
An. 5.7.12
;
τὸ
ἐπιόν
the
(madness)
which
threatens
me,
Pl. Phdr. 238d
.
b.
c.
dat.
pers.,
come
into
oneʼs
head,
occur
to
one,
εἰ
καὶ
ἐπίοι
αὐτῷ
λέγειν
if
it
so
much
as
occurred
to
him
to
say
. .,
Id. R. 388d
,
cf.
558a
;
ὅ
τι
ἂν
ἀπὸ
ταὐτομάτου
ἐπίῃ
μοι
X. Mem. 4.2.4
;
ἂν
.
.
ὑμῖν
ἐπίῃ
σκοπεῖν
D. 21.185
:
abs.,
τὸ
ἐπιόν
what
occurs
to
one,
Pl. Phdr. 264b
.
II.
of
Time,
come
on
or
after
:
mostly
in
part.
ἐπιών,
οῦσα
,
όν
,
following,
succeeding,
instant,
ἡ
ἐπιοῦσα
ἡμέρα
the
coming
day,
Hdt. 3.85
,
Ar. Ec. 105
,
Pl. Cri. 44a
;
ἡ
ʼπιοῦσα
λαμπὰς
θεοῦ
E. Med. 352
;
ἡ
ἐπιοῦσα
(sc.
ἡμέρα
)
Plb. 2.25.11
,
LXXPr. 27.1
,
Act.Ap. 16.11
;
τῆς
ἐ.
νυκτός
Pl. Cri. 46a
;
τῇ
ἐ.
νυκτί
Act.Ap. 23.11
;
ὁ
ἐ.
βίοτος
E. Or. 1659
;
τοῦ
ἐ.
χρόνου
Pl. Lg. 769c
;
ἐν
τῷ
ἐ.
χρόνῳ
X. Cyr. 2.1.23
;
ἡ
ἐ.
ὥρα
τοῦ
ἔτους
D. 8.18
;
εἰς
τὴν
ἐ.
ἐκκλησίαν
Id. 21.162
,
IG
22.717.16;
εἰς
τὴν
ἐ.
Πυλαίαν
D. 18.151
;
τοὐπιόν
the
future,
E. Fr. 1073.6
;
τῆς
ἐ.
ἐλπίδος
Ar. Th. 870
;
περὶ
τῶν
ἐπιόντων
D. Ep. 4.3
;
τῶν
ἐ.
ἕνεκα
because
of
the
consequences,
Id. 19.258
.
2.
generally,
come
after,
succeed,
κύματα
.
.
βάντʼ
ἐπιόντα
τε
S. Tr. 115
(lyr.);
ὁ
ἐπιών
the
successor,
Id. OC 1532
;
αὐτόματα
ἔπεισιν
ἐκ
τῶν
ἔμπροσθεν
ἐπιτηδευμάτων
Pl. R. 427a
;
τὰ
ἐπιόντα
the
words
which
follow,
Id. Prt. 344a
,
cf.
Sph. 257c
.
3.
rarely,
pass,
elapse,
ἐπιόντος
τοῦ
χρόνου
Id. Ti. 44b
.
III.
go
over
a
space,
traverse,
visit,
ἀγρόν
Od. 23.359
;
χώρους
Hdt. 5.74
;
of
an
officer,
ἐ.
πύλας
E. Ph. 1164
;
τὸ
στράτευμα
Th. 7.78
,
etc.
2.
go
over,
i.e.
count
over,
φώκας
.
.
ἀριθμήσει
καὶ
ἔπεισιν
Od. 4.411
;
think
over,
τῇ
μνήμῃ
ἕκαστα
Luc. Herm. 1
;
read,
Hld. 2.6
.