A.brought in, “ὕδατα” Hp. Aër.9; esp. brought in from abroad, imported, “ἐ. σῖτος” Th.6.20; “πάντων ἐπακτῶν δεῖσθαι” Id.7.28; acquired, “τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη μὲν . . σύντροφός ἐστι, ἀρετὴ δὲ ἐ.” Hdt.7.102; “ὕδωρ εἴτ᾽ ἐ. εἴτε συμφυές” Arist.Mete.382b11, cf. GA750a9; “ἐ. πημονή” E.Hipp.318; “κακόν” Philem.93.5; “ἐ. παρ᾽ ἄλλων δίκαιον” Pl.R.405b; ὅρκος ἐ. an oath imposed by the other party, Lys.Fr.251S., Isoc.1.23; adventitious, “ἐ. χρώμασι κοσμεῖσθαι” Socr.Ep.6.3, cf. Plot.1.4.3.
2. of persons, ἐ. ποιμήν an alien lord, Pi. O.10(11).89; ἐ. δικασταί dub. in IG11(4).1065b20 (Delos); “ἱκέσιος ἐ.” Notiz.Arch.4p.98 (Cyrene); esp. of foreign allies or mercenaries, ἐ. στράτευμα, στρατός, A.Th.583, S.Tr.259; “δόρυ” Id.OC1525; ἐπακτῷ δυνάμει with an alien, mercenary force, Isoc.10.37, cf. Pl.R.573b; also λαβὼν ἐπακτὸν ἄνδρα, i.e. an adulterer, S.Aj.1296; ἐ. πατήρ a false father, E.Ion592: metaph., ὄμβρος ἐ. ἐλθών rain coming as an invader, Pi.P.6.10.