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In mid., as a word of ritual, to go round a company and pour a few drops taken from the κρητήρ (into the drinking-cups) to be poured out as a libation before the cups were filled for drinking: ἐπαρξάμενοι δεπάεσσιν (locatival dat.) Il. 1.471 = Il. 9.176: = Od. 3.340 = Od. 21.272. Cf. Od. 6.183, Od. 18.418, Od. 21.263.

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to be governor of

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ἐπάρχω

Headword (normalized):

ἐπάρχω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

επαρχω

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3477

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urn:cite2:exploreHomer:entries.atlas_v1:1.3478

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{'content': '[ἐπ-, ἐπι- 14.] 3 sing. aor. imp. mid. ἐπαρξάσθω Od. 18.418, Od. 21.263. Pple. ἐπαρξάμενος, -ου Il. 1.471, Il. 9.176: Od. 3.340, Od. 6.183, Od. 21.272. In mid., as a word of ritual, to go round a company and pour a few drops taken from the κρητήρ (into the drinking-cups) to be poured out as a libation before the cups were filled for drinking: ἐπαρξάμενοι δεπάεσσιν (locatival dat.) Il. 1.471 = Il. 9.176: = Od. 3.340 = Od. 21.272. Cf. Od. 6.183, Od. 18.418, Od. 21.263.'}