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ὀπάζω 1 Causal of ἕπομαι

I.to make to follow, send with one, give as a companion, or follower, ἐπεί ῥά οἱ ὤπασα πομπόν Il.; πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν gave me many subjects, id=Il.:—Mid. to bid another follow one, take as a companion, Hom.
II.also of things, κῦδος ὀπάζει gives him glory to be with him, Il.; then simply, to give, grant, Hom., Pind., Aesch.
2.to give besides, add, ἔργῳ δ᾽ ἔργον ὄπαζε Hhymn.; ἔργον πρὸς ἀσπίδι ὤπασεν put a work of art on the shield, Aesch.
III.like διώκω, to press hard, chase, Ἕκτωρ ὤπαζε Ἀχαιούς Il.; χαλεπὸν δέ σε γῆρας ὀπάζει id=Il.:—Pass., χειμάρρους ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ a torrent following, i. e. swollen with, rain, id=Il.

1 ὀπάζω,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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