A.give besides, “τινί τι” Il.23.559, Hdt.2.121.δ᾽,al., E.Med.186 (anap.), Ba.1128, etc.: abs., Hes.Op.396, etc.
b.. of a physician, administer, “ὅσων τῷ κάμνοντι δεῖ” Ph.1.253; give afterwards, τροφὴν “προδόντες ἐπιδιδόασι τὸν ἐλλέβορον” Dsc.4.148.
2.. give in dowry, ὅσσ᾽ “οὔ πώ τις ἑῇ ἐπέδωκε θυγατρί” Il.9.148, cf. Lys.16.10, Pl.Lg.944a(Pass.), X.Cyr.8.5.19.
b.. esp. contribute as a `benevolence', for the purpose of supplying state necessities, opp. εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Is.5.37; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐ. Din.1.80; “τριήρη ἐπέδωκεν” D.21.160; “ἐπέδωκα τὰ χρήματα” Id.18.113; “τὸ κοινὸν ἐπέδωκε τῷ θεῷ” SIG 489.9 (Delph., iii B.C.); but also,
c.. offer money as a bribe or consideration, X.Ath.3.3.
3.. give freely, bestow, Th.4.11, Ar.Pax333; “ὑμῖν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ τι” Lys.30.26; “ἐ. τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ μέρους” X.Cyr.1.5.1; τὸν “ἑαυτοῦ [ζῆλον] εἰς τὴν φιλοδοξίαν” Inscr.Prien.114.12 (i B.C.).
4.. ἐπιδιδόναι ἑαυτόν give oneself up, devote oneself, τινί to one, Ar.Th. 213, cf. Luc.Peregr.13; “εἴς τι” SIG495.124 (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. Hdn. 3.4.1; εἰς πᾶν τό σοι χρήσιμον ἐμαυτὸν ἐ. UPZ62.9 (ii B.C.); also (sc. ἑαυτὸν)“ ἐπιδιδόναι εἰς τρυφήν” Ath.12.525e; “εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν” Nymphis 15; “ἐ. ἑαυτὸν τῇ πνεούσῃ” Luc.Herm.28: abs., ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα ran before the wind, Act.Ap.27.15.
5.. give into another's hands, deliver, “ἐπιστολήν τινι” D.S.14.47 (dub.l.), Act.Ap.15.30; “χρηματισμόν” LXX 2 Ma.11.17; “γραμματεῖον” Luc.Peregr.16: abs., of petitions, freq. in Pap., BGU45, etc.; of reports or returns, POxy.255.16 (i A.D.), etc.:—Pass., OGI515.37 (Mylasa, iii A.D.), Just.Nov.53.3.1.
7.. dictate, opp. γράφειν, D.Chr.18.18.
II.. Med., take as one's witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα `give each other our gods', Il.22.254:—in Il.10.463, Aristarch. read σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιδωσόμεθ᾽, perh. in the same sense, though Apollon. and Scholl. explain it by δώροις τιμήσομεν: cf. περιδίδωμι.
III.. in Prose, freq. intr., increase, advance, “ἐς ὕψος” Hdt.2.13; “καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐς τὸ ἀγριώτερον” Th.6.60; “ἐς τὸ μισεῖσθαι” Id.8.83; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον ib.24; “ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον” Hp.Aph.1.3, Pl.Prt.318a; εἰς ὄγκον πρὸς ἀρετήν increase in virtue Id.Lg.913b; “πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν” Isoc.3.32: and abs., grow, Pl.Euthd.271b; advance, improve, Th.6.72, 7.8; βελτίων ἔσται καὶ ἐ. Pl.Prt.318c, cf. Cra.41ce, Tht.146b, 150d, Isoc.9.68, etc.; ἐ. πάμπολυ [ἡ μάχη] waxes great, Pl.Tht.179d.