A). ὤπαζον Il. 8.341 ; Ep. ὄπ- 16.730 : Ep. fut. ὀπάσσω Od. 8.430 , 21.214 : aor. ὤπασα Il. 13.416 , Hes. Th. 974 , Pi. N. 1.16 , and Trag. (v. infr.); Ep. and Lyr. also ὄπασσα, Od. 10.204 , Pi. I. 7(6).38 :— Med., aor. ὠπασάμην, Ep. 3 sg. ὀπάσσατο Il. 19.238 ; 2 sg. subj. ὀπάσσεαι 10.238 :— Pass., only in pres. (v. fin.):—poet. Verb, perh. causal of ἕπομαι, make to follow, send with one, give as a companion or follower, ἐπεί ῥά οἱ ὤπασα πομπόν Il. 13.416 ; σοὶ γάρ με πατὴρ ἅμα πομπὸν ὄπασσεν 24.461 , cf. Od. 9.90 ; ἅμ’ ἡγεμόν’ ἐσθλὸν ὄπασσον 15.310 ; ἀρχὸν δὲ μετ’ ἀμφοτέροισιν ὄπασσα 10.204 ; πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν, i. e. made me leader over many, Il. 9.483 , cf. Pi. N. 1.16 ; ὦ Ζεῦ, γυναικῶν οἷον ὤπασας γένος A. Th. 256 :— Med., bid another follow one, take with one, take as a companion, σὺ δὲ χείρον’ ὀπάσσεαι Il. 10.238 ; Νέστορος υἷας ὀπάσσατο 19.238 ; κήρυκά τ’ ὀπασσάμενος καὶ ἑταῖρον Od. 10.59 :— Nic. uses the Med. in act. sense, σκολόπενδρα .. ὀπάζεται ἀνδράσι κῆρα Th. 813 : Hes. never has it in this sense.

II). also of things, make or give to be with a person, then simply, give, grant, τούτῳ .. Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀπάζει gives him glory to be with him, Il. 8.141 , cf. 17.566 ; κτήματα, ἀρετήν, κάλλος, ἀοιδήν, φῆμιν, ὀϊζύν, etc., freq. in Hom., Od. 21.214 , 13.45 , Il. 6.156 , Od. 8.498 , 24.201 , 23.210 , al.; πολλὰ γὰρ ὤπασε παιδί gave her as a portion, Il. 22.51 ; τέλος ἐσθλὸν ὀ. grant a happy end, Hes. Op. 474 ; ὄλβον, ἄγρην, Id. Th. 420 , 442 ; εὐδίαν ἐκ χειμῶνος ὀ. Pi. I. 7(6).38 , al.; Ὕβρις .. πλοῦτον .. ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν B. 14.60 ; πῦρ ἐγώ σφιν ὤπασα A. Pr. 254 , cf. 8 , 30 , Pers. 762 , Eu. 530 (lyr.); a few times in E., e. g. Med. 517 , twice in Ar., Eq. 200 (mock heroic), Th. 973 (lyr.): with pleon. inf., Πατρόκλῳ .. κόμην ὀπάσαιμι φέρεσθαι, like δίδωμι ἔχειν , Il. 23.151 , cf. Pi. O. 9.66 :— Med., καλάμινθον ὀπάζεο take to yourself .. , Nic. Th. 60 , cf. 520 .

2). give besides something else, add, ἔργῳ δ’ ἔργον ὄπαζε h.Merc. 120 ; χάριν ἅμ’ ὄπασσον ἀοιδῇ h.Hom. 24.5 ; μελέταν ἔργοις ὀ. devote, Pi. I. 6(5).67 ; ἔργον ὤπασεν πρὸς ἀσπίδι put the work of art on the shield, A. Th. 492 .

III). press hard, chase, Ἕκτωρ ὤπαζε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς Il. 8.341 ; χαλεπὸν δέ σε γῆρας ὀπάζει ib. 103 ; πολὺν καθ’ ὅμιλον ὀπάζων (sc. αὐτήν) 5.334 , cf. 17.462 ; φόνια δ’ ὤπασας λέχε’ ἀπὸ γᾶς didst chase them away, E. El. 1192 (lyr.):— Pass., ποταμὸς .. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ a torrent forced on by rain, Il. 11.493 .

IV). ὀπασθείς· ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω δεθείς, καὶ ἐξαγκωνισθείς, Hsch. (but cf. ὀσταθείς Id.). (The relation to ἕπομαι, ὀπαδός, ὀπάων is uncertain.)