A.“ἐπέσκηφα” D.L.1.117:—make to lean upon, ἐς δὲ παῖδ᾽ ἐμὸν Ζεὺς ἐπέσκηψεν τελευτὴν θεσφάτων made it fall upon him, A.Pers.740(troch.); ἐ. χάριν τινί impose it upon, S.Aj.566.
2.. intr., fall upon, like lightning, πρᾶγμα δεῦρ᾽ ἐπέσκηψεν it came to this point, A.Eu.482; νόσος ἐπέσκηψεν πολλή (v.l.ἐν-) Plu.Thes.15; ᾧ “ἂν ἔρως ἐπισκήψῃ” Id.2.767d, cf. 701c; “αὐτῷ ὁ θάνατος” Philum.Ven.31.3.
II.. lay it upon one to do a thing, c. dat. pers. et inf., μοῖρ᾽ ἐπέσκηψε “Πέρσαις πολέμους διέπειν” A.Pers.103 (lyr.), cf.S.OT252: folld. by imper., ib.1446: less freq. c.acc. et inf., E.Alc.365; τοῖσι πλησιοχώροισι “ἐ. κελεύοντας προπέμπειν” Hdt.4.33: inf. can freq. be supplied, τοσοῦτον δή σ᾽ ἐπισκήπτω (sc.ποιεῖν) thus much I command thee to do, S.Tr.1221; so “πρὸς δεξιᾶς σε τῆσδ᾽ ἐπισκήπτω τάδε” E.IT701: pers. is freq. omitted, ἐ. (sc. ὑμῖν）“ τὸν . . φόνον ἐκπρήξασθαι” Hdt.7.158; βάξις “ἐπισκήπτουσα . . ἔξω δόμων . . ὠθεῖν ἐμέ” A.Pr.664; ἐπέσκηψε . . εἶρξαι “Αἴαντα” S.Aj.752, cf. Antipho 1.1; also “ἐ. περί τινος” E.IT1077.
2.. esp. conjure a person to do a thing, ὑμῖν τάδε ἐπισκήπτω . . μὴ περιιδεῖν Hdt.3.65; “τινὶ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν” And.1.32; κλαίοντας, ίκετεύοντας . . έπισκήπτοντας “μηδενὶ τρόπῳ τὸν ἀλιτήριον στεφανοῦν” Aeschin.3.157, cf. Th.2.73, etc.; of the curses or orders of dying persons, μέμνησθε τὰ “ἐπέσκηψε Πέρσῃσι . . , μὴ πειρωμένοισι” Hdt.3.73, cf. Lys.13.92, D.28.15, 36.32.
3.. γᾷ ἐπισκήπτων χέρα resting hand on earth, i.e.calling earth to witness, B.7.41: abs., “γᾷ -σκήπτων πιφαύσκω” Id.5.42.
III.. as Att. law-term, generally in Med., denounce a person, so as to begin a prosecution for perjury (cf. “ἐπίσκηψις” 11), διεμαρτύρησε οὑτοσί . . : ἐπισκηψαμένων δ᾽ ἡμῶν . . ἡ . . δίκη τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν εἰσῄει, i.e.a διαμαρτυρία was entered . . : we replied by an ἐπίσκηψις . . , and the action for false witness was brought on, Is.5.17; in full, “ἐ. τινὶ ψευδομαρτυριῶν” D.29.7; ᾗ (sc. τῇ θεῷ） οὐδὲ ψ. θέμις ἐστὶν ἐ. Aeschin.1.130; “ἐ. ταῖς μαρτυρίαις” D.47.1, cf. Is.3.11; ἐ. [τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ] ὡς ψευδεῖ οὔσῃ denounce it as false, Din.1.52:—also in Act., Pl.Tht.145ccodd., Jul. Or.6.186b:—hence Pass., “ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυρῆσαι” Pl.Lg. 937b: generally, πρὸς τῆς θανούσης . . ἐπεσκήπτου wast denounced, accused, S.Ant.1313:—so in Act., blame, “τινί” Jul.Or.7.239a.
