ἐπιδίδωμι

ἐπιδίδωμι,

A give besides,

τινί τι Il.23.559

, Hdt.2.121.δ',al., E.Med.186 (anap.), Ba.1128, etc.: abs., Hes.Op.396, etc.

b. of a physician, administer,

ὅσων τῷ κάμνοντι δεῖ Ph.1.253

; give afterwards, τροφὴν

προδόντες ἐπιδιδόασι τὸν ἐλλέβορον Dsc.4.148

.

2. give in dowry, ὅσσ'

οὔ πώ τις ἑῇ ἐπέδωκε θυγατρί Il.9.148

, cf. Lys.16.10, Pl.Lg.944a ([voice] Pass.), X.Cyr.8.5.19.

b. esp. contribute as a `benevolence', for the purpose of supplying state necessities, opp. εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Is.5.37; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐ. Din.1.80;

τριήρη ἐπέδωκεν D.21.160

;

ἐπέδωκα τὰ χρήματα Id.18.113

;

τὸ κοινὸν ἐπέδωκε τῷ θεῷ SIG 489.9

(Delph., iii B.C.); but also,

c. offer money as a bribe or consideration, X.Ath.3.3.

3. give freely, bestow, Th.4.11, Ar.Pax333;

ὑμῖν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ τι Lys.30.26

;

ἐ. τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ μέρους X.Cyr.1.5.1

; τὸν

ἑαυτοῦ [ζῆλον] εἰς τὴν φιλοδοξίαν Inscr.Prien.114.12

(i B.C.).

4. ἐπιδιδόναι ἑαυτόν give oneself up, devote oneself, τινί to one, Ar.Th. 213, cf. Luc.Peregr.13;

εἴς τι SIG495.124

(Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. Hdn. 3.4.1; εἰς πᾶν τό σοι χρήσιμον ἐμαυτὸν ἐ. UPZ62.9 (ii B.C.); also (sc. ἑαυτὸν)

ἐπιδιδόναι εἰς τρυφήν Ath.12.525e

;

εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν Nymphis 15

;

ἐ. ἑαυτὸν τῇ πνεούσῃ Luc.Herm.28

: abs., ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα ran before the wind, Act.Ap.27.15.

5. give into another's hands, deliver,

ἐπιστολήν τινι D.S.14.47

(dub.l.), Act.Ap.15.30;

χρηματισμόν LXX 2 Ma.11.17

;

γραμματεῖον Luc.Peregr.16

: abs., of petitions, freq. in Pap., BGU45, etc.; of reports or returns, POxy.255.16 (i A.D.), etc.:—[voice] Pass., OGI515.37 (Mylasa, iii A.D.), Just.Nov.53.3.1.

6. ἐ. ψῆφον τοῖς πολίταις give them power to vote, Plu.Num.7.

7. dictate, opp. γράφειν, D.Chr.18.18.

II. [voice] Med., take as one's witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα `give each other our gods', Il.22.254:—in Il.10.463, Aristarch. read σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιδωσόμεθ', perh. in the same sense, though Apollon. and Scholl. explain it by δώροις τιμήσομεν: cf. περιδίδωμι.

III. in Prose, freq. intr., increase, advance,

ἐς ὕψος Hdt.2.13

;

καθ' ἡμέραν ἐς τὸ ἀγριώτερον Th.6.60

;

ἐς τὸ μισεῖσθαι Id.8.83

; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον ib.24;

ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Hp.Aph.1.3

, Pl.Prt.318a; εἰς ὄγκον πρὸς ἀρετήν increase in virtue Id.Lg.913b;

πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν Isoc.3.32

: and abs., grow, Pl.Euthd.271b; advance, improve, Th.6.72, 7.8; βελτίων ἔσται καὶ ἐ. Pl.Prt.318c, cf. Cra.41ce, Tht.146b, 150d, Isoc.9.68, etc.; ἐ. πάμπολυ [ἡ μάχη] waxes great, Pl.Tht.179d.

2. = ἐνδίδωμι v, give in, give way,

ἐ. ἐπίδοσιν τοῖσι ἕλκουσι Hp.Art.72

, cf. Gal.6.5, Sor.1.103.