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ἐπινεύω

ἐπινεύω, to nod

ἐπι-νεύω, fut. -νεύσω Luc. Sat. 4, -νεύσομαι Aristaenet. 2.1:—
  • nod to, in token of command or approval, nod assent, opp. ἀνανεύω, ἐμῷ δʼ ἐπένευσα κάρητι Il. 15.75; ἐπʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων 1.528, etc.; ἐπὶ γλεφάροις νεῦσαν Pi. I. 8(7).49; σὺ . . ἐπένευσας τάδε didʼst 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 SIG 888.13 (Macedonia, iii A.D.): c. dat. pers. et inf., permit, κῴδια ἐ. ἡμῖν ἐργάζεσθαι PPetr. 2 p.108 (iii B.C.).
      • 2 make a sign to another to do a thing, order him to do, c. inf., ἐπʼ 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. 24[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:—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.

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