I.. trans., throw or cast upon, θριξὶ . . , ἃς ἐπέβαλλον (sc. πυρί) Il.23.135; “ἐπὶ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλεν αὐτῷ” Od.14.520, cf. 4.440; ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ v.l. in Hdt.7.107; “φάρη κόραις” E.El.1221 (lyr.); ἐ. “τινὰς ἐπὶ ἁμάξας” Th.4.48, cf.Hdt.4.75,5.112; ἐπιβάλλοντας (sc. χοῦν) throwing on more and more, Th.2.76.
2.. lay on, [ἡμιόνοις] ἐπέβαλλεν “ἱμάσθλην” Od.6.320; “ἐ. πληγάς τινι” X.Lac.2.8; Ζεὺς ἐπὶ χεῖρα “βάλοι” A.Ch.395 (lyr.), cf.Ar.Nu.933 (anap.); “ἐ.τὴν χεῖρά τινι” Id.Lys. 440 (but τῷ καρπῷ τοῦ νοσοῦντος τὴν χεῖρα, of feeling the pulse, Gal. 18(2).40; so “τὴν ἁφήν” Id.8.821, Marcellin. Puls.119); τὰς χεῖρας τοῖς “κατ᾽ Αἴγαιον” Plb.3.2.8; “Ῥωμαίοις” Id.18.51.8; “ἐπί τινα” Ev.Matt.26.50; impose as a tax tribute, “τινί τι” Hdt.1.106, Th.8.108; as a fine or penalty, ζημίην, φυγὴν ἐ. τινί, Hdt.6.92 (Pass.), 7.3; “ἀργύριον” Lys.9.6; “ἐπιβολάς” Id.20.14, cf. Arist.Ath.61.2; “λύτρα” LXX Ex.21.30 (Pass.); inflict, θνατοῖς ἐ. ἀνάλγητα, λύπην, etc., S.Tr.128 (lyr.), E.Med.1115 (anap.), etc.
3.. ἐ. σφρηγῖδα, δακτύλιον, affix a seal, Hdt.3.128, 2.38; “σφραγῖδ᾽ ἐπί τι” Ar.Av.559; σύμβολόν τινι ib.1215.
4.. add, contribute, μικρὸν [ἀληθεία] Arist.Metaph.993b2; “ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ” Thphr.Ign.49; νέον [φῶς] Pl.Cra.409b: metaph., throw in, mention, τι dub. in S.El.1246 (lyr.) (in Med., "“χαίρειν" τεοῖς προθύροις ἐπιβάλλομαι” Theoc.23.27); Φαῖστος . . ἐπιβάλλων φησί Sch.Pi.P.4.28: abs., bid higher, Arist.Pol.1259a14.
5.. place next in order, Plb.1.26.15.
II.. throw oneself upon, go straight towards, c. acc., “ἡ δὲ Φεὰς ἐπέβαλλεν” Od.15.297: later c. dat. loci, Plb.5.18.3, D.S.1.30, Plot.3.7.12, etc.; “νήσοις” Rhian.39; εἰς Ιταλίαν, ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, Plb.2.24.17, 5.6.6, cf. PAmh.2.31.5 (ii B.C.), etc.
2.. fall upon, ὅπου ἂν ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Arist. HA598a3; esp. in hostile sense, set upon, c.dat., ib.623b1, etc.; “τοῖσ᾽ Αρβήλοις” D.S.17.64: abs., “ἐ.ληστρικῷ τρόπῳ” PRyl.127.10 (i A.D.); ἐπιβάλλουσαι jostling, trampling, Pl.Phdr.248a; sens. obsc., Ar.Av.1216.
3.. (sc. τὸν νοῦν) set to a thing, devote oneself to it, c. dat., M.Ant.10.30; “τοῖς αὐλοῖς” D.S.3.59; “τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν” Plu.Cic.4 (in full τὴν διάνοιαν ἐ. πρός τι D.S.20.43): generally, give one's attention to, think on, Ev.Marc. 14.72.
b.. apprehend, Epicur. Fr.423; attain by intuition, c.dat., Dam.Pr.54.
4.. fall in one's way, ὅταν ἐπιβάλλῃ περὶ τῆς τοιαύτης “πολιτείας ἡ σκέψις” Arist.Pol.1266a25; “κατὰ τὸν ἐπιβάλλοντα λόγον ” Id.GA716a3.
5.. follow, come next, Plb.11.23.2; “τισί” Plu.Aem. 33; ἐφ᾽ ὃν ἐπιβαλὼν ἔφη said thereupon, Plb.1.80.1; interrupt, “ἀποκρινομένῳ” Thphr.Char.7.2.
6.. belong to, fall to the share of, μόριον “ὅσον αὐτοῖσι ἐπέβαλλε” Hdt.7.23, cf. Diph.43.16; εἰ μὴ τὸ ὅλον, μέρος γε“, ἐπιβάλλει τῆς βλασφημίας ἅπασι” D.18.272; “ὅσον ἐπιβάλλει αὐτοῖς” Arist.Pol.1260a19; ἑκάστῳ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἐπιβάλλει τοσοῦτον ὅσονπερ ἀρετῆς ib.1323b21; τῶν κτημάτων τὸ ἐπιβάλλον (sc. μέρος) the portion that falls to one, Hdt.4.115, cf. LXX To.3.17,6.12; so τὸ ἐ. ἐφ᾽ “ἡμᾶς μέρος” D.18.254; “τὸ ἐ. μέρος τῆς οὐσίας” Ev.Luc.15.12, cf. PGrenf. 1.33.33 (ii B.C.), etc.; fall due, of payments, PLond.1.3.21 (ii B.C.); τόκον ὃν ἔφη ἐπιβάλλειν αὑτῷ which was payable by him, BCH6.21 (Delos, ii B.C.).
7.. impers. c. acc. et inf., τοὺς Δελφοὺς δὴ ἐπέβαλλε . . παρασχεῖν it concerned them to provide, Hdt.2.180: or c. dat. et inf., “ἐπιβάλλει τινὶ ποιεῖν τι” Chrysipp.Stoic.2.39,al., Plb.18.51.1; “ἐπιβάλλοντος ἡμῖν εὐεργετικοῖς εἶναι” Corn.ND15; κοινῇ πᾶσιν “ἐπιβάλλει” UPZ112.10 (ii B.C.); “καθότι ἐπέβαλλεν ἀνδρὶ καλῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷ” IG12(7).231.5 (Amorgos): freq. in part., ἐπιβάλλουσαν ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν στρατείαν τινί incumbent upon.., Teles p.61 H.; “τὸ ἐπιβάλλον” Cleanth.Stoic.1.128, Arr.Epict.2.11.3, etc.; “τὰς -ούσας τάσεις τῆς φωνῆς” Chrysipp.Stoic.2.96; τὸ τῇ φύσει ἐ. Antip.Stoic.3.255; appropriate, ὑποδοχαί Telesp.41 H.; “ἰήματα” IG22.1121.15; “ἁρμονία” Iamb.Comm. Math.30; ἡ στέρησις ἐπιβάλλοντός ἐστι παρεῖναι εἴδους τινός a specific form which ought to be present, Plot.1.8.11.
8.. shut to, close, of the larynx, Arist.PA664b26.
9.. in Logic, λόγοι ἐπιβάλλοντες, -όμενοι, overlapping and overlapped, of syllogisms in a sorites, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.85; so of Time, “ἐπέβαλε τοῖς χρόνοις Ἰουλιανῷ” Eun.VS p.497 B.:—Med., “γηραιῷ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ ἐπεβάλετο” Anon. Intr.Arat. p.326M.
10.. in Alchemy, make a `projection' (cf. ἐπιβολή), Syn.Alch.p.68B.
III.. Med., mostly like the intr. usages, but also:
1.. c. gen., throw oneself upon, desire eagerly, “ἐνάρων ἐπιβαλλόμενος” Il.6.68; “παρθενίας ἐπιβάλλομαι” Sapph.102; “τοῦ εὖ ζῆν ἐπιβάλλονται” Arist.Pol.1258a3.
2.. c. acc., put upon oneself, ἐπιβαλλομέναν “ . . πλόκον ἀνθέων” E.Med.840; ἐπιβάλλεσθαι put on more wraps, Thphr. Char.2.10 (cf. IV. 1); “ὕπνον ἡδὺν -όμενος” D.Chr.12.51: metaph., take possession of, “καὶ ἐπὶ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο” Od.14.209; αὐθαίρετον δουλείαν ἐπιβαλεῖται will take upon himself, Th.6.40.
b.. of trees, make fresh growth, Thphr. HP3.5.1.
3.. c.acc., also, attempt, undertake, “ἔργον” Pl.Sph.264b, Ti.48c; “μέθοδον” Arist.Pol. 1260b36: c.inf., Decr. ap. D.18.164, Zeno Stoic.1.68, Plb.1.43.2, etc.: abs., πολλῶν -ημένων though many have made the attempt, Agatharch. 76.
4.. c. dat., put one's hand to, “ἐχέτλῃ” AP7.650 (Phal.(?)): metaph., apply or devote oneself to, “τόλμῃ καὶ πράξει” Plb.5.81.1; “ἐγχειρήματι μεγάλῳ” D.H.5.25, etc.
IV.. in Pass., lie upon, be put upon, ἐπιβεβλημένοι τοξόται archers with their arrows on the string, X.An.4.3.28, cf. 5.2.12; λάσιον ἐπιβεβλημένος having a rough cloak on, Theopomp.Com.36; τὸ ἐν ψύχει κεῖσθαι “-ημένον” Hp.Epid.2.3.1, cf. 6.4.14; “διφθέραν -ημένη” D.Chr.5.25.
2.. to be set over, “ὁ τελώνης ὁ ἐπιβεβλημένος τῷ Ζεύγματι” Philostr. VA1.20.
