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ἐπάγω [α^],
A.bring on, “οἷον ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ ἄγῃσι πατήρ” Od.18.137; “ἐ. πῆμά τινι” Hes.Op.242; “νύκτ᾽” Id.Th.176; ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ Bacisap.Hdt.8.77; “ἄτην ἐπ᾽ ἄτῃ” A.Ch.404 (lyr.), cf. S.Aj.1189 (lyr.); “κινδύνους τινί” Is.8.3; “πόλεμον ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας” Aeschin.3.140; “νόσους γῆράς τε ἐ.” Pl. Ti.33a; “πάθος ἐ.” Hp.Morb.Sacr.3.
2. set on, urge on, as hunters do dogs, ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν (sc. κύνας) Od.19.445, cf. X.Cyn.10.19:— in Med., ib.6.25.
b. lead on an army against the enemy, “Ἄρη τινί” A.Pers.85 (lyr.); “τὴν στρατιήν” Hdt.1.63, cf.7.165; “τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας” Ar. Av.353; “στρατόπεδον” Th.6.69; “τινὰ ἐπί τινα” Id.8.46: intr., march against, “τισί” Plb.2.29.2: abs., dub. in Luc.Hist.Conscr.21: metaph., Diph.44 (nisi leg. ἐπῇττε).
c. quicken the pace, Ar.Eq.25, Nu.390, Pl.Cra.420d; “θάττονα ῥυθμὸν ἐ.” X.Smp.2.22.
3. lead on by persuasion, influence, Od.14.392, Th.1.107; “ἐλπὶς ἥ σ᾽ ἐπήγαγεν” E.Hec. 1032: c. inf., induce one to do, ib.260, Isoc.14.63:—Pass., “οἷς ἐπαχθέντες ὑμεῖς” D.5.10 (cod. S).
4. bring in, invite as aiders or allies, “τὸν Πέρσην” Hdt.9.1, cf. 8.112; τὸν Π. ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας Epist. Phil. ap. D.12.7; “Μήδους” Ar.Th.365 (v. infr.11.2.
5. bring to a place, bring in, S.Tr.378, E.Ph.905; “ἅμαξαι . . τοὺς λίθους ἐπῆγον” Th. 1.93:—Med., draw in nourishment, of roots, Thphr.HP1.1.9:— Pass., “τροφὰ ἐπάγεται τῷ σώματι” Ti.Locr.102b.
6. bring in, supply, “ἐπιτήδεια” Th.7.60; “τὰ ἐκ τῶν διωρύχων ἐ. νάματα” Pl.Criti.118e; “λίμνην . . εἰς τὴν ἅλμην” Ephipp.5.12: metaph., “ἐπάγει ἡ ψυχὴ τὸ ἓν ἄλλῳ” Plot.6.9.1.
7. lay on or apply to one, ἐ. κέντρον πώλοις, of a charioteer, E.Hipp.1194; “ἐ. πληγὴν ἐπί τινα” LXX Is.10.24; ἐ. ζημίαν, = ἐπιτιθέναι, Luc.Anach.11; ἔπαγε τὴν γνάθον lay your jaws to it, Ar. V.370; ἐ. τὴν διάνοιάν τινι apply it, Plu.Per.1.
8. bring forward, ἐ. ψῆφον τοῖς ξυμμάχοις propose a vote to them, like ἐπιψηφίζειν ἐς . . Th.1.125, cf. 87; ψῆφος ἐπῆκτό τινι περὶ φυγῆς against him, X.An.7.7.57, cf. D.47.28; “ἐ. ὅρκον τισί” Paus.4.14.4, cf.IG9(1).334.13 (Locr.); also ἐ. δίκην, γραφήν τινι, bring a suit against one, Pl.Lg.881e, D.18.150; γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας ib.249; “λεγέτω πρότερος ὁ ἐπάγων τὰν δίκαν” Foed.Delph.Pell.1A10; “ἐ. αἰτίαν τινί” D.18.141; “αἰτίαν ἐπήγαγέ μοι φόνου ψευδῆ” Id.21.110, cf.114.
b. introduce a person before the assembly, IG12(7).389.5, BCH50.251, etc.
9. bring in over and above, “παροψώνημα” A.Ag.1446; “τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ἔργον” Plu.Lyc.8:—Pass., τὸ ἐπαγόμενον φωνῆεν the vowel which follows, EM176.55; ὁ ἐ. ἀγών extraordinary, CIG3491 (Thyatira).
b. intercalate days in the year, Hdt.2.4, D.S.1.50; αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι, with or without ἡμέραι, intercalated days, ib.13, Plu.2.355e, Inscr.Cypr.134 H., PStrassb.91.6, Vett.Val.20.26, 36.9, etc.
10. in instruction or argument, lead on, “τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰ μήπω γιγνωσκόμενα” Pl.Plt.278a:—Pass., “ἐπαχθέντων αὐτῶν” Aristox.Harm.p.23 M.
b. esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, teach or convince by induction, “ἐπάγοντα ἀπὸ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὸ καθόλου καὶ τῶν γνωρίμων ἐπὶ τὰ ἄγνωστα” Top.156a4:—Pass., “ἐπαχθῆναι μὴ ἔχοντας αἴσθησιν ἀδύνατον” APo.81b5, cf.71a21,24: abs., συλλογιζόμενον ἢ ἐπάγοντα by syllogism or by induction, Rh.1356b8, cf. Top.157a21,al.; “οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἐπάγων ἀποδείκνυσιν” APo.91b15.
c. also ἐ. τὸ καθόλου bring forward, advance: hence, infer the general principle, “τῇ καθ᾽ ἕκαστα ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἐπαγωγῇ ἐ. τὸ καθόλου” Top.108b11, cf. SE 174a34; so later, adduce the argument, “ὅτι . .” Alex.Aphr.inSE6.2; conclude, infer, Arr.Epict.4.8.9.
11. ἐ. τὴν κοιλίαν move the bowels, v.l. for ὑπ-, Dsc.4.157.
II. Med., bring to oneself, procure or provide for oneself, “ἐκ θαλάσσης ὧν δέονται ἐπάξονται” Th.1.81, cf. 6.99: metaph., Ἅιδα φεῦξιν ἐ. devise, invent a means of shunning death, S. Ant.362 (lyr.); “τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων δούλωσιν” Th.3.10; “τῶν . . κακῶν ἐ. λήθην” Men.467.
2. of persons, bring into one's country, bring in or introduce as allies (v. supr. 1.4), Hdt.2.108, Th.1.3, 2.68, 4.64,al.; “οἰκιστὴν ἐ.” Hdt.6.34, cf. 5.67; “ἐπιϝοίκους ἐ.” Berl.Sitsb.1927.8 (Locr., v B. C.).
3. μάρτυρας ποιητὰς ἐ. call them in as witnesses, Pl.R. 364c, cf. Lg.823a, Arist.Metaph.995a8; ἐ. ποιητὰς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις introduce by way of quotation, Pl.Prt.347e; “τὸν Ἡσίοδον μάρτυρα” Id.Ly. 215c; ἐ. μαρτύρια adduce testimonies, X.Smp.8.34; “εἰκόνας ἐ.” Id.Oec.17.15; “ὅρκον ἐ. πάντα τὰ ζῷα” Porph.Abst.3.16.
4. bring upon oneself, “νύκτα ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ” Pl.Lg.897d; “φθόνον” X.Ap.32; “συμφορὰν ἐμαυτῷ” Lys.4.19; “αὐθαίρετον αὑτοῖς δουλείαν” D.19.259; “πράγματα” Id.54.1; “ἑαυτοῖς δεστότην ἐ. τὸν νόμον” Pl.Grg.492b; “μητρυιὰν ἐ. κατὰ τῶν ἰδίων τέκνων” D.S.12.12.
5. bring with one, “προῖκα πολλήν” Nicostr. ap. Stob.4.22.102.
6. bring over to oneself, win over, “τὸ πλῆθος” Th.5.45; “τινὰ εἰς εὔνοιαν” Plb.7.14.4: c. acc. et inf., ἐ. τινὰς ξυγχωρῆσαι induce them to concede, Th.5.41.
7. put in place, “λίθον” Princeton Exp.Inscr.1175 (iii A. D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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