ἐπί (Commonly with anastrophe when immediately following the vb. or case-form (and see Od. 3.161).) I Adv. 1 Position on or upon something, thereon: ἐπὶ δʼ ἀργύρεον ζυγὸν ἦεν Il. 9.187. Cf. Il. 7.223, Il. 11.630 (on the table): Od. 1.291, Od. 3.9, Od. 4.132, Od. 7.90, Od. 8.475, etc. 2 At a place, thereat: ἐπὶ σκέπας ἦν Od. 5.443 = Od. 7.282, Od. 6.210, Od. 12.336. 3 Denoting an occasion or cause, thereat, thereupon: ἐπὶ δὲ Τρῶες κελάδησαν Il. 8.542, γέλασαν δʼ ἐπὶ πάντες Il. 23.840. Cf. Il. 2.148, Il. 11.45, Il. 13.822, Il. 16.612, Il. 17.723, etc.: Od. 6.117. 4 Denoting (sometimes vaguely) that action, effort or the like takes place in a specified or indicated direction or is directed to or against something or to a specified or indicated object or end: κρατερὸν δʼ ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλεν Il. 1.25, εἴ ποτέ τοι ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα (in thy honour) Il. 1.39, ἦμος ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθεν (came upon them) Il. 1.475, ἐπὶ φρεσὶ κέκασται (excels all) Il. 20.35. Cf. Il. 1.408, 528, Il. 3.461, Il. 4.384, Il. 9.539, Il. 10.99, Il. 11.235, etc.: ἀνέμων ἐπʼ ἀϋτμένα χεῦεν Od. 3.289, ἐπὶ χερσὶ μάσασθαι Od. 11.591. Cf. Od. 1.273, Od. 3.152, 161, Od. 8.245, Od. 14.195, Od. 17.241, Od. 18.64, etc. 5 Besides, in addition, too: ἐπὶ μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμοῦμαι Il. 1.233, ἐπὶ ξύλα λέγεσθε Il. 8.507. Cf. Il. 5.705, Il. 15.662, Il. 18.529, Il. 21.373, etc.: Od. 12.399 = Od. 15.477, Od. 20.229. 6 Following, succession: πρὸ μέν τʼ ἄλλʼ, αὐτὰρ ἐπʼ ἄλλα Il. 13.799. Cf. Il. 13.800. 7 Accompaniment: ἐπὶ δʼ ἕψονται θεοὶ ἄλλοι Il. 4.63, ἐπὶ μείλια δώσω (δώσει) (with her) Il. 9.147, 289. Cf. Od. 9.297, Od. 12.349. 8 In answer or response: ἐπὶ δὲ στενάχοντο Il. 19.301 = Il. 22.515 = Il. 24.746, Il. 19.338, Il. 22.429, Il. 24.722. Cf. Il. 24.776. 9 Being in charge: ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐσθλὸς ὀρώρει Il. 23.112. Cf. Od. 3.471, Od. 14.104. 10 To, towards, at, on, upon: ἦλθε δʼ ἐπὶ ψυχή Il. 23.65. Cf. Il. 11.480, Il. 23.232, etc.: γέροντας ἐπὶ πλέονας καλέσαντες (to the council) Od. 7.189, οἷον ἐπʼ ἦμαρ ἄγῃσιν Od. 18.137. Cf. Od. 11.84, 90, 632, Od. 12.427, Od. 18.1, etc. In hostile sense: ἐπὶ δʼ ὄρνυτο Il. 23.689. Cf. Il. 4.221, Il. 5.618, Il. 8.158, etc.: Od. 21.100. 11 On to, on, upon, over something: ἐπʼ ἄρα φάρμακα πάσσεν Il. 4.218, δέελον δʼ ἐπὶ σῆμά τʼ ἔθηκεν Il. 10.466. Cf. Il. 1.462, Il. 6.419, Il. 11.639, Il. 13.543, Il. 23.256, etc.: Od. 3.179, 459, Od. 8.443, Od. 10.520, Od. 12.47, Od. 19.58, etc. 12 Thrusting or pushing home: ἐπὶ κληῗδʼ ἐτάνυσσεν Od. 1.442. Cf. Il. 17.48. II Prep. 1 With dat. a On, upon: ἐπὶ χθονί Il. 1.88, ἐπὶ πύργῳ Il. 3.153. Cf. Il. 1.219, 462, Il. 4.248, 470 (over his body), Il. 5.42, etc.: Od. 1.211, Od. 3.5, 273, 408, etc. With locative: ἐπʼ ἰκριόφω Od. 3.353, Od. 13.74, Od. 15.283. Cf. Od. 5.59, Od. 11.607. In pregnant sense: ἐξ αὐτοὶ βαῖνον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης Il. 1.437. Cf. Il. 1.486, Il. 5.141 (against each other), Il. 11.5, Il. 13.359, Il. 22.97 (against), etc.: κατέθηκεν ἐπʼ ἀπήνῃ Od. 6.75. Cf. Od. 1.364, Od. 4.440, Od. 10.375, Od. 12.362, etc. With locative: ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφι θήκατο Il. 10.30: Od. 19.389. In reference to imposing, laying or conferring something upon a person: ἄλγεʼ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι τιθέντες Il. 5.384, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ κῦδος ἔθηκεν Il. 23.400. Cf. Il. 6.357, etc.: Od. 11.524, Od. 19.592, etc. Sim.: εἰ γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀρῇσιν τέλος γένοιτο Od. 17.496. To bestowing a name: ἐπὶ πᾶσι τίθενται Od. 8.554. To attaching to something: δησάμενοι ἐπὶ κληῗσιν ἐρετμά Od. 8.37. b At, by, beside: ἐπὶ νηυσίν Il. 1.559, πηγῇς ἔπι κηφισοῖο Il. 2.523. Cf. Il. 2.472 (over against)), 788, Il. 7.86, Il. 12.168, Il. 22.93 (app., in the hole), etc.: Od. 1.103, Od. 2.391, Od. 4.40, Od. 6.52, Od. 9.103, etc. Sim., among, in the enjoyment of (wealth) Il. 9.482: Od. 1.218. In closer definition of something: οὔτασε χεῖρʼ ἐπὶ καρπῷ Il. 5.458. Cf. Il. 18.594, etc.: Od. 24.398, etc. With locative in reference to position: ἐπὶ δεξιόφιν Il. 13.308. Cf. Il. 13.309. c App., implying penetration, into, in: ἔγχος κατέπηξεν ἐπὶ χθονί Il. 6.213. Cf. Il. 23.876. So in reference to the mind, into, in: τῷ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκεν Il. 1.55, etc. Cf. Od. 5.427, etc. d For, with a view to: ᾧ ἔπι πολλὰ μόγησα Il. 1.162. Cf. Od. 18.44. In consideration of: μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ Il. 21.445. Cf. Il. 10.304. In the case of, in the matter of, on the occasion of, in honour of, for: μητρὶ φίλῃ ἐπὶ ἦρα φέρων (to her) Il. 1.572, αἴθʼ οὕτως ἐπὶ πᾶσι χόλον τελέσειεν Il. 4.178. Cf. Il. 4.235, 258, Il. 9.492, Il. 14.67, Il. 17.400, Il. 21.585, Il. 24.82, etc.: τοιῷδʼ ἐπʼ ἀέθλῳ Od. 11.548, ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι Od. 21.267. Cf. Od. 3.164, Od. 16.19, Od. 18.414, Od. 24.91, etc. e Besides, in addition to: ἄλλʼ ἐπὶ τῇσιν Il. 9.639, μή τις ἐφʼ ἕλκεϊ ἕλκος ἄρηται (wound on wound) Il. 14.130, τόσους ἐπὶ τοῖσι χιτῶνας Il. 24.231. Cf. Od. 3.113, Od. 11.287, Od. 22.264, etc. In comparison with: ἐπὶ γαστέρι κύντερον Od. 7.216. f In reference to concomitance: ἀτελευτήτῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ (with your task unaccomplished) Il. 4.175, τῷδʼ ἐπὶ θυμῷ (with this . . .) Il. 13.485, ἐπʼ ἀρωγῇ Il. 23.574: ἀνηνύστῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ (with no end to the business) Od. 16.111. Cf. Od. 16.99, Od. 17.308, 454, Od. 24.511. At the hands of: ἐπὶ ἴστορι Il. 18.501. g After, following: τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ τυδεΐδης ὦρτο Il. 7.163. Cf. Il. 8.262, etc.: Od. 7.120, Od. 20.162, etc. h In charge or superintendence of, over: ἐπʼ ὀΐεσσιν Il. 5.137, υἱὸν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπεσθαι 154. Cf. Il. 6.424, etc.: σημαίνειν ἐπὶ δμῳῇσιν Od. 22.427. Cf. Od. 15.89, Od. 20.209, Od. 21.363, etc. i To, towards, in the direction of: νηυσὶν ἔπι Il. 5.327, ἕλκʼ ἐπὶ οἷ Il. 11.239. Cf. Il. 2.6, Il. 4.251, Il. 20.53, etc.: Od. 17.330, Od. 22.205, etc. Sim. πατρόκλῳ ὅγʼ ἐπʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦσεν Il. 9.620. In reference to lighting or coming upon something: ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας Il. 3.23. Cf. Il. 23.821. In hostile sense, against, upon: ἧκεν ἑπʼ Ἀργείοισι βέλος Il. 1.382, ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι θορόντες Il. 11.70. Cf. Il. 3.15, Il. 5.124, Il. 8.327, Il. 11.294, etc.: Od. 2.316, Od. 10.214, Od. 13.60, Od. 22.8, etc. So ἐφʼ ἵπποιιν μάστιγας ἄειραν Il. 23.362. Of laughing at or exulting over a person: ἐπʼ αὐτῷ γέλασσαν Il. 2.270, Il. 23.784, τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσεν Il. 5.101, etc.: Od. 20.358 = Od. 21.376. Cf. Od. 20.374, Od. 22.412. In reference to position, in the direction of, towards: ἐπὶ οἷ τετραμμένον Il. 13.542. j In reference to time. α During, for the space of: ἐπʼ ἤματι δακρύσαντας Il. 19.229. Cf. Il. 8.529. β During, on: ὄς τις ἐπʼ ἤματι τῷδε μεθίῃσι μάχεσθαι Il. 13.234. Cf. Il. 19.110: ἐπʼ ἤματι μῆλον ἀγινεῖ (each day, day by day) Od. 14.105. γ In the space of: τοσσάδε μέρμερʼ ἐπʼ ἤματι μητίσασθαι (in a single day) Il. 10.48: τρὶς ἐπʼ ἤματι Od. 12.105. Cf. Od. 2.284. 2 With acc. a To, towards, in the direction of: ἐπὶ νῆας Il. 1.12, τώ οἱ ὤμω ἐπὶ στῆθος συνοχωκότε Il. 2.218, ἀταρπιτὸς ἦεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν (leading to it) Il. 18.565. Cf. Il. 1.306, 440, Il. 2.808, Il. 4.78, etc.: Od. 1.149, 183, 274, Od. 2.260, etc. So ἐπὶ δεξιά Il. 7.238, etc. In hostile sense Il. 5.590, Il. 13.101, etc.: Od. 17.295. In quest of, for: ἐπὶ Νέστορα Il. 10.54. Cf. Il. 2.18, etc.: Od. 3.421, etc. In reference to that to which one turns or proceeds: ἐπὶ ἔργα τράποντο Il. 3.422. Cf. Il. 2.381, etc.: Od. 8.395, Od. 14.455, Od. 24.394, etc. To directing the sight or voice: γεγωνέμεν ἐπʼ Αἴαντος κλισίας Il. 11.7, ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν καθορώμενος αἶαν Il. 13.4, etc. To seeing to something: ἐπὶ ἔργα ἰδεῖν Od. 16.144. To being brought into sorrow Od. 14.338. In view of, for: πᾶσαν ἐπʼ ἰθύν Il. 6.79: Od. 4.434. b Indicating arrival at a point: ἐπὶ κλισίας ἱκέσθην Il. 1.328. Cf. Il. 2.17, etc.: Od. 10.117, Od. 12.430, etc. In reference to time: οὐδʼ ἐπὶ γῆρας ἵκετο Od. 8.226. c In reference to adjusting to, bringing into conformity with, something: ἐπὶ ἶσα Il. 12.436 = Il. 15.413: ἐπὶ στάθμην Od. 5.245, Od. 17.341 = Od. 21.44, Od. 21.121, Od. 23.197. To bringing into a specified formation: ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο (into their ranks) Il. 2.687. Cf. Il. 3.113. To being in such a formation: θρέξασκον ἐπὶ στίχας Il. 18.602. Sim.: ἐπὶ πτολέμοιο γεφύρας ἥατο Il. 8.553. d On, upon. In reference to placing, setting, seating or sitting on or at something: ἕζετο θῖνʼ ἔφʼ ἁλός Il. 1.350, θῖνʼ ἔφʼ ἁλὸς εἰρυμέναι Il. 13.682. Cf. Il. 8.442, etc.: εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας Od. 6.212. Cf. Od. 12.171, etc. Sim.: ἐπʼ ἀμφοτέρους πόδας ἵζει Il. 13.281, ἑζόμενος ἐπὶ γοῦνα (i.e. with his knees on the ground, sitting on his heels) Il. 14.437. In reference to attaching: ἔδησαν ἐπʼ ὀμφαλόν Il. 24.273. To falling on a part of the body: ἐπὶ στόμα Il. 6.43. Cf. Il. 5.586, etc. To a part by which one is seized: ἑλὡν ἐπὶ μάστακα Od. 23.76. e In reference to position, on, at: νηῶν ἐπʼ ἀριστερά Il. 13.675. Cf. Il. 2.526, Il. 5.355, etc.: Od. 3.171, Od. 5.277. f On to, on: ἐπὶ πύργον ἰοῦσαν Il. 3.154, ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα Il. 8.492. Cf. Il. 6.375, Il. 12.448, Il. 17.504, Il. 23.393, etc.: Od. 17.413, Od. 22.2, etc. g In reference to motion over or on something: πᾶσαν ἐπʼ αἶαν Il. 9.506, ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα Il. 13.27. Cf. Il. 2.159, Il. 14.254, Il. 19.378, Il. 20.227, Il. 23.320, etc.: Od. 1.97, Od. 2.364, Od. 5.175, Od. 6.138, etc. In reference to directing the sight: ὁρόων ἐπὶ πόντον Il. 1.350, etc. Cf. Od. 5.84, etc. h In reference to pouring liquid over or on something: ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν Il. 3.270, etc. Cf. Od. 1.146, etc. And in gen., to diffusion, distribution, extent, existence, over or on a space or tract: Ἠὼς ἐκίδνατο πᾶσαν ἐπʼ αἶαν Il. 8.1, κλέος κέ οἱ εἴη πάντας ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους (among them) Il. 10.213. Cf. Il. 7.63, 446, Il. 17.447, Il. 23.226, 742, etc.: Od. 3.3, Od. 4.417, Od. 7.332, Od. 12.386, Od. 14.403, Od. 17.386, etc. To a surface on which a characteristic is displayed: ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός Il. 2.308. Sim.: [ἵππους] σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας (as measured across their backs) Il. 2.765. i In reference to going among, over or round persons: οἰχόμενοι ἐπὶ πάντας Il. 14.381. Cf. Il. 20.353: Od. 3.252. Sim.: πόλλʼ ἐπὶ ἄστεʼ ἀλώμενος Od. 15.492, Od. 19.170. Cf. Od. 16.63. In reference to division or distribution among persons: δασσάμενοι ἐφʼ ἡμέας Od. 16.385. j In reference to extent or distance: ὅσον τʼ ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il. 3.12. Cf. Il. 15.358, Il. 17.368, etc.: Od. 5.251, Od. 11.577 (covering), etc. k In reference to a part of the body on which one lies: ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος Il. 24.10. l In reference to time, for, during: μείνατʼ ἐπὶ χρόνον Il. 2.299. Cf. Il. 9.415, etc.: Od. 12.407, etc. Sim.: εὗδον ἐπʼ ἠῶ καὶ μέσον ἧμαρ (on through . . .) Od. 7.288. 3 With genit. a On, upon: ἐπʼ ὤμων Il. 1.46, ἐπʼ ἠϊόνος Il. 23.61. Cf. Il. 5.550, Il. 11.38, Il. 20.229 (see ἄκρος 3), Il. 22.225, etc.: Od. 1.162, 171, Od. 5.33, 82, Od. 10.170, etc. In reference to leaning on a part of the body: ὀρθωθεὶς ἐπʼ ἀγκῶνος Il. 10.80. To the part of a thing on which it stands: ἔγχεʼ ἐπὶ σαυρωτῆρος ἐλήλατο (i.e. were driven in by the butt) Il. 10.153. In pregnant sense: ἐπʼ ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν Il. 1.485. Cf. Il. 3.293, Il. 18.422, Il. 24.190, etc.: τίθει ἐπʼ ἀπήνης Od. 6.252. Cf. Od. 7.162, Od. 9.85, Od. 15.547, etc. b At, by, in: ἐπὶ βουπρασίου Il. 11.756. Cf. Il. 18.557, Il. 22.153: μύλης ἔπι Od. 7.104. Cf. Od. 1.185, Od. 5.489, Od. 9.140, etc.–At anchor: ἐπʼ εὐνάων Il. 14.77. c Towards, in the direction of: ἐπὶ νηῶν Il. 5.700. Cf. Il. 3.5, Il. 11.546, Il. 21.454, Il. 23.374, etc.: Od. 3.171, Od. 5.238, etc. Sim., app., to oneself, withdrawn into oneself: σιγῇ ἐφʼ ὑμείων Il. 7.195. With a form in -φιν: ἐπʼ αὐτόφιν ἥατο σιγῇ Il. 19.255. d Along with, with: ὅσσα ἔοικεν ἐπὶ παιδὸς ἕπεσθαι Od. 1.278 = Od. 2.197. e In reference to time, in the time of, in the days of: ἐπʼ εἰρήνης Il. 2.797. Cf. Il. 5.637, etc. So, app., ἐπὶ δώρων (in the time of gifts, not delaying and so missing the reward) Il. 9.602.