ἐπιδίδωμι

ἐπιδίδωμι,

• give besides, τινί τι Il. 23.559, Hdt. 2.121.δʹ, 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, ὅσσʼ οὔ πώ τις ἑῇ ἐπέδωκε θυγατρί Il. 9.148, cf. Lys. 16.10, Pl. Lg. 944a (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. Pax 333; 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 SIG 495.124 (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. Hdn. 3.4.1; εἰς πᾶν τό σοι χρήσιμον ἐμαυτὸν ἐ. UPZ 62.9 (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 anotherʼs 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., BGU 45, etc.; of reports or returns, POxy. 255.16 (i A.D.), etc.:—Pass., OGI 515.37 (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 Med., take as oneʼs witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα ‘give each other our gods’, Il. 22.254:—in Il. 10.463, Aristarch. read σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιδωσόμεθʼ, 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; καθʼ 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. 410e, 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.

ἐπιδίδωμι, (δίδωμι), außerdem geben, hinzufügen, Hes. O. 394 ; τινί τι, Il. 23.559 ; in tmesi, 9.290 ; von der Mitgift, als Aussteuer mitgeben, wie ὅπλα φησὶν ὁ ποιητὴς παρὰ θεῶν προῖκα ἐν τοῖς γάμοις ἐπιδοθῆναι Θέτιδι Plat. Legg. XII.944a ; ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῇ φερνὴν μηδίαν Xen. Cyr. 8.5.19 ; προῖκα τάλαντον Dem. 40.6, wie Isae. 2.4 u. öfter ; ὁ θεὸς εὐμάρειαν ἐπεδίδου χεροῖν Eur. Bacch. 1178 ; bes. außer dem, was man pflichtmäßig zu geben hat, als freiwillige Beisteuer, z.B. dem Staate in der Not geben, im Ggstz von εἰσφέρειν, Isae. 5.37 ; oft in Dem. Or. pro corona, μεγάλας ἐπιδόσεις §.171 ; τριήρη 21.160 ; τὰς ναῦς τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις Thuc. 4.11 ; τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ μέρους, von seinem eigenen Anteile, Xen. Cyr. 1.5.1 ; – τὴν ἐπιστολήν τινι, übergeben, DS. 14.47 ; Plut. Alex. 19 ; ψῆφον ἐπέδωκε τοῖς πολίταις, die Stimmsteinchen einhändigen, abstimmen lassen, Num. 7 ; – ἑαυτόν, sich ergeben, überlassen, ἐπειδὴ σαυτὸν ἐπιδίδως μοι Ar. Th. 213 ; vgl. Plat. Phil. 19c ; bes. Sp., αὑτὸν τῇ τῆς βασιλείας ἐλπίδι, er gab sich der Hoffnung hin, Hdn. 2.7.9 ; εἴς τι, 3.4.2 ; mit ausgelassenem acc., scheinbar intr., εἰς τρυφήν, sich der Schwelgerei ergeben, Ath. VIII.525e ; εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν ibd. 536a. – Häufig in Prosa intr., zunehmen, Fortschritte machen, ἢν οὕτω ἡ χώρη ἐπιδιδοῖ ἐς ὕψος Her. 2.13 ; ἐπεδίδοσαν ἐς τὸ ἀγριώτερον, immer erbitterter werden, Thuc. 6.60 ; ἐπεδίδου ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον 8.24 ; ἐς τὸ μισεῖσθαι 8.83 ; oft bei Plat. absolut, ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Prot. 318a ; πρὸς ἀρετήν, in der Tugend, Legg. XI.913b ; εἰς τὸ ὀξύτεροι γίγνεσθαι Rep. VII.526b ; πλεῖστον πρὸς ἀρετήν Isocr. 1.12 ; πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν 3.32. Auch von Sachen, ἐπιδιδοῦσαν τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ἰσχύν Thuc. 7.8 ; αἱ ἄλλαι τέχναι ἐπιδεδώκασι Plat. Hipp. mai. 281d ; Sp. – Im med., θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα, laß uns die Götter noch hinzufügen, d.i. als Zeugen anrufen, Il. 22.254 ; vgl. περιδίδωμι u. Hermann zu H.h. Merc. 383.

†ἐπιδίδωμι

[ἐπι- 5, ἐπι- 8.]

3 sing. aor. ἐπέδωκε Il. 9.148, 290.

Aor. infin. ἐπιδοῦναι Il. 23.559.

1 pl. fut. mid. ἐπιδωσόμεθα (v.l. ἐπιβωσόμεθα) Il. 10.463.

1 pl. aor. subj. ἐπιδώμεθα Il. 22.254.

• • 1

    To give with (a daughter).

    With dat.,

    [μείλια] θυγατρί Il. 9.148 = 290.

  • 2

    To give by way of making up to a person: ἄλλο Il. 23.559.

  • 3

    In mid., with reciprocal sense, of parties to an oath, to grant to each other the sanction of the gods as witnesses: θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα Il. 22.254.

    App. with a vague notion of mutually calling upon a god: Ἀθήνην Il. 10.463.

ἐπιδίδωμι

• 1give in addition εὔχομαί νιν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τοῦτο δόμεν γέρας ἔπι Βάττου γένει (Tric.: ἐπὶ codd.: cf. ἐπιζεύγνυμι) P. 5.124

ἐπιδίδωμι , aor. ἐπέδωκε, inf. ἐπιδοῦναι, mid. fut. ἐπιδωσόμεθα, aor. 2 subj. ἐπιδώμεθα: give besides or with, Il. 23.559; as dowry, Il. 9.147; mid., take (to oneself) as witness, Il. 22.254; ‘honor with gifts’ (?), Il. 10.463 (v. l. ἐπιβωσόμεθα).

ἐπιδίδωμι fut. -δώσω

• • Ito give besides, τί τινι Il., Hdt., Attic
  • • 2to give in dowry, Il., Xen.
    • 3to give freely, Thuc., Ar.:—esp. to contribute as a "benevolence, " for state necessities, opp. to εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Xen., Dem.; cf. ἐπίδοσις.
  • IIMid. to take as witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα Il.; (others take it to be ἐπ-ιδώμεθα let us look to the gods).
  • IIIintr. to increase, advance, ἐς ὕψος Hdt.; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον Thuc., etc.; absol. to grow, wax, advance, improve, Thuc.