A.mark the surface, graze, “ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα φωτός” Il.4.139, cf. 13.553, Poll.4.179; μιν ἐπιγράψας having put a mark on the lot, Il. 7.187; ἄκροις δακτύλοις ἐ. trifle with dishes, Luc.Am.42.—In Hom. the word has not the sense of writing.
II.. write upon, inscribe, “γράμματα” Hdt.3.88; “τάδε” Id.4.88; “ἐ. ὀνομαστὶ τὰς πόλεις” Th.1.132, cf. D.59.97; “ἐπίγραμμα ὃ . . προείλεθ᾽ ἡ πόλις αὐτοῖς ἐπιγράψαι” Id.18.289: abs., “ἐ. τοῖς ἀναθήμασι” IG12.76.43; esp. write or place an epitaph on a tomb, ib.14.1835, al., 7.2543.9: Med., have inscribed, ἐπεγράφου “τὴν Γοργόνα” Ar.Ach.1095 (with play on 111.5); “ἐλεγεῖον” Th.1.132:—Pass., of the inscription, to be inscribed upon, ἐπιγέγραπταί “οἱ τάδε” Hdt.5.77, cf. 7.228; “τῶν τῷ χρυσέῳ ἐπιγέγραπται "Λακεδαιμονίων"” Id.1.51; [ἐπίγραμμα] ὃ Μίδᾳ φασὶν ἐπιγεγράφθαι over or on the tomb of Midas, Pl.Phdr.264c; ἐπιστολὴ -γεγραμμένη addressed, of a letter, Plb.16.36.4, cf. Plu.Cic.15; also, to have something inscribed upon one, ἐπεγράφοντο ῥόπαλα, ὡς Θηβαῖοι ὄντες used to bear clubs upon their shields, X.HG7.5.20; so ἀσπὶς ἐπιγεγραμμένη τὰς ὁμολογίας having the articles inscribed upon it, D.H.4.58.
2.. entitle, “τοῦτο τὸ δρᾶμα Καλλίμαχος ἐ. Εὐνοῦχον” Ath.11.496f; αἱ -όμεναι “Μαιανδρίου ἱστορίαι” Inscr.Prien.37.104 (ii B.C.).
3.. sign, append a signature to, “ἄφεσιν” PSI4.392.6 (iii B.C.); ἐ. τὸν Ἀντώνιον sign Antonius' name, App.BC5.144; αὑτοῦ ποιήματα ἐπέγραψεν (sc. τοῖς Ἑρμαῖς) inscribed poems signed by himself, Pl.Hipparch.228d.
4.. write subsequently, “αἱ ἐπιγραφεῖσαι διαθῆκαι” J.AJ17.9.4.
5.. write over an erasure, POxy.34.14(ii A.D.).
III.. freq.as law-term: 1. set down the penalty or damages in the title of an indictment (cf. “ἐπίγραμμα” 4), τί δῆτά σοι τίμημ᾽ ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Ar.Pl.480; μέχρι πεντήκοντα δραχμῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἀδίκημα ἐ. Lexap.Aeschin.1.38; τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα the damages claimed, D.29.8, cf. Pl.Lg.915a; τιμημάτων “-μένων” Isoc.16.47:—Med., Lexap.Aeschin.1.16.
c.. make note of, enter, τὴν πρόφασιν, in inflicting a fine, Arist.Ath.8.4.
2.. register the citizens' names and property, with a view to taxes, lay a public burden upon one (cf. “ἐπιγραφή” 11.2), “ἐμαυτῷ . . τὴν μεγίστην εἰσφοράν” Isoc.17.41, cf. Arist.Oec.1351b2; ἐ. “δήμοις καὶ δυνάσταις στρατιωτῶν καταλόγους” Plu.Crass.17, cf. PHib.1.44.3 (iii B.C., Pass.), etc.; but ἐ. τινὰ προστίμοις visit with penalties, D.S.12.12(s.v.l.).
b.. assess, “τὸ τρίτον μέρος” PEdgar38.3:—Pass., “τὸ τίμημα τὸ -γεγραμμένον τοῖς χρήμασιν” Lys.17.7.
3.. generally, register or enter in a public list, “ἐπιγράψαι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπιτρόπους” Is.6.36; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς πράκτορας register his name among the πράκτορες, Decr. ap. And.1.77 (Pass.):—Med., ἐπεγράψαντο πολίτας enrolled fresh citizens, Th.5.4; “ξένην καὶ ξένον γονέας -ψάμενος” D.57.51; πῶς οἷόν τε τῷ ἀνδρὶ δύο πατέρας -ψασθαι; Is.4.4 (later in Act., ἑαυτῷ τινὰ πατέρα -γράφων claiming as his father, App.BC1.32).
4.. Med., ἐπιγράφεσθαι μάρτυρας cause to be endorsed on a deposition as witnesses, D.54.31; “κλητῆρα οὐδ᾽ ὁντινοῦν ἐπιγραψάμενος” Id.21.87; but ἐπιγράφεσθαι τίμημα τῷ κλήρῳ set one's valuation on the property, Is.3.2.
5.. προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι choose a patron, and enter his name as such in the public register (as μέτοικοι at Athens were obliged to do), Ar. Pax684; so prob. ἐπεγράφοντο shd. be restored for -γραφον in Luc. Peregr.11; “ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον” D.43.15; οἱ τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐπιγραφόμενοι, i.e. the Platonists, Luc.Herm.14:—Pass., “κύριος ἐπιγεγράφθαι” D.43.15, cf. POxy.251.32 (i A.D.),al.
b.. metaph., Ὅμηρον ἐπιγράφεσθαι attribute one's fluency to Homer, Luc.Dem.Enc.2; πρεσβυτέρους ἐ. χρόνους claim the authority of greater antiquity, Id.Am. 35.
IV.. ἐπιγράψαι ἐαυτὸν ἐπί τι claim credit for, Aeschin.3.167; “ἀλλοτρίοις ἐαυτὸν πόνοις” Ael.NA8.2, cf. Plu.Pomp.31; αὐτὸς ἐ. τὴν νίκην claim as his own, J.AJ7.7.5:—so Med. and Pass., τοιούτων ῥητόρων ἐπὶ τὰς τοῦ δήμου γνώμας ἐπιγραφομένων inscribing their names on . . , Aeschin.1.188; “ἐπιγράφεσθαι ἀλλοτρίαις γνώμαις” D.59.43; τὸν “ἐπὶ τοῖς τῆς πόλεως ἀτυχήμασιν ἐπιγεγραμμένον” Din.1.29; οἱ ἐπιγεγραμμένοι ἢ φυλάττοντες the parties whose names were endorsed upon the συνθῆκαι as securities, Arist.Rh.1376b4; οἱ ἐπιγραφόμενοι τοῖς “δόγμασι” D.H.6.84; ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ἐσμὲν ἐπιγεγραμμένοι we are merely the endorsers, Men.482.8.
V.. ascribe to, “τοῖς θεοῖς τὸ ἔργον” Hld.8.9 (but “θεὸν τῇ πομπῇ” Philostr.VA8.12):—Med., “Φοίβῳ τὰς ἀνίσους χεῖρας” AP9.263 (Antiphil.).
2.. claim credit for, “τὰ ὑπὸ ἄλλων εὑρημένα” J.AJ3.4.2; assume, προσωνυμίαν Plu Demetr.42; ἐπεγράψατο “τὴν ἑαυτοῦ προσηγορίαν” Id.Tim.36:—Pass., of books, to be ascribed, “τινί” Gal.15.25.
3.. predicate of, “φυγὴν οὐ φυγόντι” Philostr.VS2.1.12.
