A.labour or toil at, prepare or finish carefully, “ἐπήσκηται δέ οἱ αὐλὴ τοίχῳ καὶ θριγκοῖσι” Od.17.266.
III. practise, cultivate, τέχνην, τὰ ἐς πόλεμον, Hdt.2.166; πεντάεθλον, μουνομαχίην, Id.6.92; “τὰ ἄλλα κατὰ ταὐτὰ Σκύθῃσι ἐ.” Id.4.17; “ἀρετήν” Id.3.82; “δι᾽ ἐμπύρων τέχνην” E.Hyps.Fr.34(60).59; “σοφίαν” Ar.Nu.517; “παγκράτιον” Aeschin.3.179; μνήμην ἐ. cultivate memory, Hdt.2.77; δύναμίν τινος ἐ. increase his strength, Aeschin.2.136: abs., to be in training as an athlete, Achae.3:—Pass., “ταῦτα Ῥωμαίοις ἐκ παλαιοῦ ἐπήσκηται” Arr.An.5.8.1.