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ἐπιμένω ,
A.stay on, tarry, abs., Il.19.142, Od.17.277; ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς “αὔριον” 11.351; ἄγε νῦν ἐπίμεινον, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω do you wait, and I will put on my armour, Il.6.340; also “ἐ. ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν . . ὄφρα . . ” Od. 4.587; “ἐ. ἵνα . . ” h.Cer.160, Ar.Nu.196; so “ἐ. ἐς τε . . ” X.An.5.5.2: after Hom., remain in a place, “ἐ. ἐν τῇ πόλει” And.1.75, etc.; ἐπί τῇ “στρατιᾷ” X.An.7.2.1.
2.. abs., remain in place, continue as they are, of things, Th.4.4, Pl.Phd.80c, X.Cyn.6.4; keep one's seat, of a horseman, Id.Cyr.1.4.8; stay behind in a place, Str.10.2.24.
3.. continue in a pursuit, ἐπὶ τῇ ζητήσει, ἐπὶ λόγῳ, Pl.La.194a, Tht.179e; ἐπὶ τοῖς “δοξαζομένοις” Id.R.490b; “ἐπὶ τοῦ κακουργήματος” D.24.86; “ἐπὶ τῆς πολιορκίας” Plb.1.77.1; c.dat., persist in, “τῇ ἀπονοία” PTeb.424.4 (iii A.D.); continue treatment, ἐ.βοηθήματι Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus.58.83; cleave to, “μιᾷ γυναικί” PSI3.158.26 (iii A.D.): also c. part., ἐ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων “ὀρθὸς ἑστηκώς” Pl.Men.93d, cf.Ev.Jo.8.7; spend time over, “ὑποδείγμασι” A.D.Synt.166.14.
4.. abide by, ταῖς σπονδαῖς dub. l. in X.HG.3.4.6.
5.. endure, “τοῖς συμβεβηκόσι” Sor.1.3.
II.. c. acc., await, be in store for, “τινά” E.Supp.624 (lyr.), v.l.in Id.Ph.223 (lyr.), cf. Pl.R. 361d: c. aor. inf., “ἐ. τι τελεσθῆναι” Th.3.2; μὴ 'πιμεῖναι τοὐμὸν ὀξῦναι στόμα not to wait so as to . . , S.Tr.1176: c. fut. inf., Th.3.26.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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