A.having reached, achieved, or gained a thing, c. gen., “οὐ νηὸς ἐ. οὐδ᾽ ἐρετάων γίγνομαι” Od.2.319; “τούτων ἐ.” Hdt.9.94; “ἱματίου ἐ. γενέσθαι” PSI4.418.22 (iii B.C.); “τούτων τῶν θεῶν ἐ.” in possession of . ., Hdt.8.111; “τερπνῆς . . τῆσδ᾽ ἐ. νόσου” A.Ag.542; ἐ. φρενῶν, Lat. compos mentis, Id.Pr.444, S.Ant.492; ἐπιστήμης, παιδείας ἐ., Pl. Euthd.289b, Lg.724b, cf. Hp.Lex2; “μήτε πόλεως μήτε πολιτείας” Hyp. Fr.78; “μεγάλων καὶ καλῶν” Arist.EN1101a13; νόος οἰκωφελίας αἷσιν ἐπάβολος whose mind is skilled in housewifery, Theoc.28.2; τῶν ὄντων ἐ. γενόμενος having become acquainted with the true facts, Hld. 10.20: c. inf., most dexterous at . ., “κλέψαι -ώτατος” Plu.Arat.10.
ἐπήβολ-ος (Aeol. ἐπάβ- dub. in Sapph. Supp.10.2), ον,