ἐπιδίδωμι

epididomi

give besides

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 7
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Book V 1
Chapter 14 544b12–546b14

545b14
Book VI 2
Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

575b25
576b6
Book VIII 3
Chapter 6 595a7–595b3

595a19
595a21

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

601b13
Book IX 1
Chapter 5 611a15–611b31

611b1
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29

1175a35
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 761a12–763b16

763b4
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 35 858b4–31

858b29
Metaphysics 1
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Book Μ 1
Chapter 8 1083a1–1085a2

1083a7
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

353a2
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25

1263a28
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376a11
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 34 183a27–184b8

183b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιδίδωμι,A. 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. 41ce, 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.

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