A.supplies for travelling, money and provisions, esp. of an army, ἐπόδια δοῦναι, λαβεῖν, Hdt.4.203, 6.70; “δι᾽ ἀπορίαν ἐφοδίων τοῖς στρατευομένοις” D.3.20; of an ambassador's travelling-allowance, “ἐφόδι᾽ οὐκ ἔχω” Ar.Ach.53, cf. Men.Pk.160; “ἐφόδι᾽ ἀναλίσκειν” D.19.311, cf. BCH6.25 (Delos, ii B. C.): sg. in PSI 4.363.17 (iii B. C.): generally, ways and means, maintenance, “ἐφόδια τῷ γήρᾳ ἱκανά” D.49.67, cf. Ar.Pl.1024; “τὰ τῆς φυγῆς ἐ.” Aeschin.1.172, Plu.Arat.6; τὰ ἐ. τοῦ πολέμου the sinews of war, Arist.Rh.1411a12; “ἐφόδια τοῖς ἵπποις” And.4.30; of public money, “οὐδὲ μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἐφόδι᾽ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ κοινῷ” D.23.209; in phys. sense, τὰ ἐν σώματι ὑπάρχοντα ἐ. Arist.Pr.871b24.
2. less freq. in sg., “εὐσεβὴς βίος μέγιστον ἐ.” Epich. [261]; “ἀργύριόν τι ῥητὸν ἔχοντας ἐ.” Th.2.70; “οὐκ ἔχων . . εἰ μὴ παῖδα καὶ ὅσον ἐ.” X.An.7.3.20; “χιλίας λαβόντες δραχμὰς ἐφόδιον παρ᾽ ὑμῶν” D.19.158, cf. SIG390.58 (iii B. C.): metaph., “εἰς τὴν εὔνοιαν” Hyp. Epit.27; “ἡ χρ́ηστότης . . θαυμαστὸν ἐ. βίῳ” Men.472, cf. 360, 792; “πρὸς εὔνοιαν” Phld.Lib.p.180.; “τὴν Ἰλιάδα τῆς πολεμικῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. νομίζων” Plu.Alex.8; “τὴν σωφροσύνην ἐ. εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀποτίθεσθαι” Id.2.8c; “ἐ. παιδείας ὁ πλοῦτος” Artem.4.67.
