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ἐπιδίδωμι

epididomi

give besides

Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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