2.to give in dowry, Il., Xen.
3.to give freely, Thuc., Ar.:—esp. to contribute as a "benevolence, " for state necessities, opp. to εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Xen., Dem.; cf. ἐπίδοσις.
II.Mid. to take as witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα Il.; (others take it to be ἐπ-ιδώμεθα let us look to the gods).