ἐπινεύω

ἐπι-νεύω, [tense] fut.

A

-νεύσω Luc.Sat.4

,

-νεύσομαι Aristaenet.2.1

:—nod to, in token of command or approval, nod assent, opp.

ἀνανεύω, ἐμῷ δ' ἐπένευσα κάρητι Il.15.75

; ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε

Κρονίων 1.528

, etc.;

ἐπὶ γλεφάροις νεῦσαν Pi.I.8(7).49

; σὺ . . ἐπένευσας τάδε did'st approve, sanction these acts, E.Or.284, cf. D.18.324; ἐπένευσεν ἀληθὲς εἶναι he nodded in sign that it was true,Aeschin.3.59; σιγῇ δὲ τὰ ψευδῆ . . ἐπινεύουσι they indicate falsehoods without speaking, D.21.139: abs., Antipho 2.2.7; Ἑλληνικὸν ἐ. give a Greek nod, Ar.Ach.115: c. acc., grant or promise,

τινά τινι E.Hel.681

(lyr.); τι Id.Ba.1349;

ὑπέρ τινος Plb.21.5.3

: c. dat.,

ἐ. τῇ δεήσει τινός PGiss. 1.41

ii 9 (ii A.D.): c. dat. pers.,

ἐ. τισὶ δεομένοις SIG888.13

(Macedonia, iii A.D.): c. dat. pers. et inf., permit,

κῴδια ἐ. ἡμῖν ἐργάζεσθαι PPetr.2p.108

(iii B.C.).

2. make a sign to another to do a thing, order him to do, c. inf.,

ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε σιωπῇ . . στορέσαι λέχος Il.9.620

:abs., Od.16.164(tm.), h.Cer.169,466, X.Cyr.5.5.37.

3. nod forwards, κόρυθι ἐπένευε φαεινῇ he nodded with his helmet, i.e.it nodded, Il.22.314;

λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι Theoc.22.186

;

ἐ. ἐς τὸ κάταντες Luc.DDeor.25.2

; πέτραι ἐπινενευκυῖαι overhanging, Id.Prom.1.

4. incline towards,

εἴς τινα Ar.Eq.657

.

5. roll down an inclined plane, Hero Aut.2.1.

6. trans., elevate, point upwards, Id.Bel.78.8, 89.14:—[voice] Pass., to be inclined downwards, opp. ἐξυπτιάζεσθαι, S.E. P.1.120.

b. tilt, [κεράμιον] Gp.7.9.

7. ἐπινενευκὼς σφυγμός, name coined by Archigenes, Gal.8.479.