ἐπιστέφω
epistepho
filled
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
Frequency by work
Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιστέφω, in always in Med., κρητῆρας ἐπεστέψαντο ποτοῖο A. filled them with wine, Il. 1.470, Od. 1.148, etc. (variously expld., cf. 1.13d, 15.674e, and ἐκστέφω I). II. to be full of or covered with, τράπεσδαι μακωνίδων ἄρτων ἐπιστέφοισαι 74 B. III. χοὰς ἐ. τινί pour libations as an honour to the dead, El. 441. IV. Med., wreathe, ἄνθεϊ χαίτην D. 47.11:—also in Act., crown, surround, κύμασι Παταλήνην ib.27.158.
‹ All lexicon entries