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ἐπιβάλλω :
5.. place next in order, Plb.1.26.15.
6.. let grow, “κλήματαThphr. HP4.13.5; βλαστούς ib.3.5.1.
7.. let loose, “πρόβατα ἐπὶ κνῆκονPRyl.69.6 (i B.C.).
8.. causal of “ἐπιβαίνωA. 111.3, D.Chr.7.134.
II.. throw oneself upon, go straight towards, c. acc., “ δὲ Φεὰς ἐπέβαλλενOd.15.297: later c. dat. loci, Plb.5.18.3, D.S.1.30, Plot.3.7.12, etc.; “νήσοιςRhian.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 ἥλιος . Arist. HA598a3; esp. in hostile sense, set upon, c.dat., ib.623b1, etc.; “τοῖσ᾽ ΑρβήλοιςD.S.17.64: abs., “.ληστρικῷ τρόπῳPRyl.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 αὐλοῖςD.S.3.59; “τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασινPlu.Cic.4 (in full τὴν διάνοιαν . 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.
b.. part. ἐπιβάλλων, in Law, next-of-kin, ., οἱ ., Leg.Gort.7.36, 11.42, al.
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 τιChrysipp.Stoic.2.39,al., Plb.18.51.1; “ἐπιβάλλοντος ἡμῖν εὐεργετικοῖς εἶναιCorn.ND15; κοινῇ πᾶσινἐπιβάλλειUPZ112.10 (ii B.C.); “καθότι ἐπέβαλλεν ἀνδρὶ καλῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷIG12(7).231.5 (Amorgos): freq. in part., ἐπιβάλλουσαν ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν στρατείαν τινί incumbent upon.., Teles p.61 H.; “τὸ ἐπιβάλλονCleanth.Stoic.1.128, Arr.Epict.2.11.3, etc.; “τὰς -ούσας τάσεις τῆς φωνῆςChrysipp.Stoic.2.96; τὸ τῇ φύσει . Antip.Stoic.3.255; appropriate, ὑποδοχαί Telesp.41 H.; “ἰήματαIG22.1121.15; “ἁρμονίαIamb.Comm. Math.30; 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 ἸουλιανῷEun.VS p.497 B.:—Med., “γηραιῷ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ ἐπεβάλετοAnon. 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:
b.. of trees, make fresh growth, Thphr. HP3.5.1.
3.. c.acc., also, attempt, undertake, “ἔργονPl.Sph.264b, Ti.48c; “μέθοδονArist.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, “ἐχέτλῃAP7.650 (Phal.(?)): metaph., apply or devote oneself to, “τόλμῃ καὶ πράξειPlb.5.81.1; “ἐγχειρήματι μεγάλῳD.H.5.25, etc.
6.. ἐπὶ πᾶσι -εβάλοντο brought up the rear, Id.18.33.
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-ημένονHp.Epid.2.3.1, cf. 6.4.14; “διφθέραν -ημένηD.Chr.5.25.
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