ἐπάγω

ἐπάγω [ᾰ],

A bring on,

οἷον ἐπ' ἦμαρ ἄγῃσι πατήρ Od.18.137

;

ἐ. πῆμά τινι Hes.Op.242

;

νύκτ' Id.Th.176

; ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ Bacisap.Hdt.8.77;

ἄτην ἐπ' ἄτῃ A.Ch.404

(lyr.), cf. S.Aj.1189 (lyr.);

κινδύνους τινί Is.8.3

;

πόλεμον ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας Aeschin.3.140

;

νόσους γῆράς τε ἐ. Pl. Ti.33a

;

πάθος ἐ. Hp.Morb.Sacr.3

.

2 set on, urge on, as hunters do dogs, ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν (sc. κύνας) Od.19.445, cf. X.Cyn.10.19:— in [voice] Med., ib.6.25.

b lead on an army against the enemy,

Ἄρη τινί A.Pers.85

(lyr.);

τὴν στρατιήν Hdt.1.63

, cf.7.165;

τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας Ar. Av.353

;

στρατόπεδον Th.6.69

;

τινὰ ἐπί τινα Id.8.46

: intr., march against,

τισί Plb.2.29.2

: abs., dub. in Luc.Hist.Conscr.21: metaph., Diph.44 (nisi leg. ἐπῇττε).

c quicken the pace, Ar.Eq.25, Nu.390, Pl.Cra.420d;

θάττονα ῥυθμὸν ἐ. X.Smp.2.22

.

3 lead on by persuasion, influence, Od.14.392, Th.1.107;

ἐλπὶς ἥ σ' ἐπήγαγεν E.Hec. 1032

: c. inf., induce one to do, ib.260, Isoc.14.63:—[voice] Pass.,

οἷς ἐπαχθέντες ὑμεῖς D.5.10

(cod. S).

4 bring in, invite as aiders or allies,

τὸν Πέρσην Hdt.9.1

, cf. 8.112; τὸν Π. ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας Epist. Phil. ap. D.12.7;

Μήδους Ar.Th.365

(v. infr.11.2.

5 bring to a place, bring in, S.Tr.378, E.Ph.905;

ἅμαξαι . . τοὺς λίθους ἐπῆγον Th. 1.93

:—[voice] Med., draw in nourishment, of roots, Thphr.HP1.1.9:— [voice] Pass.,

τροφὰ ἐπάγεται τῷ σώματι Ti.Locr.102b

.

6 bring in, supply,

ἐπιτήδεια Th.7.60

;

τὰ ἐκ τῶν διωρύχων ἐ. νάματα Pl.Criti.118e

;

λίμνην . . εἰς τὴν ἅλμην Ephipp.5.12

: metaph.,

ἐπάγει ἡ ψυχὴ τὸ ἓν ἄλλῳ Plot.6.9.1

.

7 lay on or apply to one, ἐ. κέντρον πώλοις, of a charioteer, E.Hipp.1194;

ἐ. πληγὴν ἐπί τινα LXX Is.10.24

; ἐ. ζημίαν, = ἐπιτιθέναι, Luc.Anach.11; ἔπαγε τὴν γνάθον lay your jaws to it, Ar. V.370; ἐ. τὴν διάνοιάν τινι apply it, Plu.Per.1.

8 bring forward, ἐ. ψῆφον τοῖς ξυμμάχοις propose a vote to them, like ἐπιψηφίζειν ἐς . . Th.1.125, cf. 87; ψῆφος ἐπῆκτό τινι περὶ φυγῆς against him, X.An.7.7.57, cf. D.47.28;

ἐ. ὅρκον τισί Paus.4.14.4

, cf.IG9(1).334.13 ([dialect] Locr.); also ἐ. δίκην, γραφήν τινι, bring a suit against one, Pl.Lg.881e, D.18.150; γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας ib.249;

λεγέτω πρότερος ὁ ἐπάγων τὰν δίκαν Foed.Delph.Pell.1

A10;

ἐ. αἰτίαν τινί D.18.141

;

αἰτίαν ἐπήγαγέ μοι φόνου ψευδῆ Id.21.110

, cf.114.

b introduce a person before the assembly, IG12(7).389.5, BCH50.251, etc.

9 bring in over and above,

παροψώνημα A.Ag.1446

;

τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ἔργον Plu.Lyc.8

:—[voice] Pass., τὸ ἐπαγόμενον φωνῆεν the vowel which follows, EM176.55; ὁ ἐ. ἀγών extraordinary, CIG3491 ([place name] Thyatira).

b intercalate days in the year, Hdt.2.4, D.S.1.50; αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι, with or without ἡμέραι, intercalated days, ib.13, Plu.2.355e, Inscr.Cypr.134 H., PStrassb.91.6, Vett.Val.20.26, 36.9, etc.

10 in instruction or argument, lead on,

τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰ μήπω γιγνωσκόμενα Pl.Plt.278a

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐπαχθέντων αὐτῶν Aristox.Harm.p.23

M.

b esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, teach or convince by induction,

ἐπάγοντα ἀπὸ τῶν καθ' ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὸ καθόλου καὶ τῶν γνωρίμων ἐπὶ τὰ ἄγνωστα Top.156a4

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐπαχθῆναι μὴ ἔχοντας αἴσθησιν ἀδύνατον APo.81b5

, cf.71a21,24: abs., συλλογιζόμενον ἢ ἐπάγοντα by syllogism or by induction, Rh.1356b8, cf. Top.157a21,al.;

οὐδ' ὁ ἐπάγων ἀποδείκνυσιν APo.91b15

.

c also ἐ. τὸ καθόλου bring forward, advance: hence, infer the general principle,

τῇ καθ' ἕκαστα ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἐπαγωγῇ ἐ. τὸ καθόλου Top.108b11

, cf. SE 174a34; so later, adduce the argument,

ὅτι . . Alex.Aphr.

inSE6.2; conclude, infer, Arr.Epict.4.8.9.

11 ἐ. τὴν κοιλίαν move the bowels, v.l. for ὑπ-, Dsc.4.157.

II [voice] Med., bring to oneself, procure or provide for oneself,

ἐκ θαλάσσης ὧν δέονται ἐπάξονται Th.1.81

, cf. 6.99: metaph., Ἅιδα φεῦξιν ἐ. devise, invent a means of shunning death, S. Ant.362 (lyr.);

τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων δούλωσιν Th.3.10

;

τῶν . . κακῶν ἐ. λήθην Men.467

.

2 of persons, bring into one's country, bring in or introduce as allies (v. supr. 1.4), Hdt.2.108, Th.1.3, 2.68, 4.64,al.;

οἰκιστὴν ἐ. Hdt.6.34

, cf. 5.67;

ἐπιϝοίκους ἐ. Berl.Sitsb.1927.8

([dialect] Locr., v B. C.).

3 μάρτυρας ποιητὰς ἐ. call them in as witnesses, Pl.R. 364c, cf. Lg.823a, Arist.Metaph.995a8; ἐ. ποιητὰς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις introduce by way of quotation, Pl.Prt.347e;

τὸν Ἡσίοδον μάρτυρα Id.Ly. 215c

; ἐ. μαρτύρια adduce testimonies, X.Smp.8.34;

εἰκόνας ἐ. Id.Oec.17.15

;

ὅρκον ἐ. πάντα τὰ ζῷα Porph.Abst.3.16

.

4 bring upon oneself,

νύκτα ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ Pl.Lg.897d

;

φθόνον X.Ap.32

;

συμφορὰν ἐμαυτῷ Lys.4.19

;

αὐθαίρετον αὑτοῖς δουλείαν D.19.259

;

πράγματα Id.54.1

;

ἑαυτοῖς δεστότην ἐ. τὸν νόμον Pl.Grg.492b

;

μητρυιὰν ἐ. κατὰ τῶν ἰδίων τέκνων D.S.12.12

.

5 bring with one,

προῖκα πολλήν Nicostr.

ap. Stob.4.22.102.

6 bring over to oneself, win over,

τὸ πλῆθος Th.5.45

;

τινὰ εἰς εὔνοιαν Plb.7.14.4

: c. acc. et inf., ἐ. τινὰς ξυγχωρῆσαι induce them to concede, Th.5.41.

7 put in place,

λίθον Princeton Exp.Inscr.1175

(iii A. D.).