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πρέπ-ω , impf. ἔπρεπον, which were the tenses chiefly in use: fut.
A.πρέψωA.Eu.995 (anap.), Pl.Plt.269c, 288c: aor. “ἔπρεψαId.Chrm.158c:— prop. of impressions on the senses,
2. on the ear, βοὰ π. the cry sounds loud and clear, Pi.N.3.67, cf. A.Ag. 321.
3. on the smell, to be strong or rank, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου π. ib.1311.
3. rarely with personal subject, πρέπων ἔφυς πρὸ τῶνδε φωνεῖν art the fit person to . . , S.OT9; Πομπήϊος . . πάνυ τοῖς ἔπεσι πρέπων suiting them, Plu.Pomp.72, cf. Publ. 17.
4. mostly impers., πρέπει it is fitting, both of outward circumstances and moral fitness, c. dat. pers. et inf., Hdt.9.79, etc.; “οὐ πρέπει νῷν . . δάσασθαιPi.P.4.147; “πρέπει ἐσλοῖσιν ὑμνεῖσθαιId.Fr.121, cf. A.Ag.483 (lyr.), E.Hipp.115, etc.: with inf. unexpressed, πρέπει γοῦν σοι [ἀποκρίνεσθαι] X.HG4.1.37.
c. c. inf. only, “πρέπει γαρυέμενPi.N.7.82, cf. P.5.43, A.Th.656, Ag.636, etc.
d. with inf. understood, an acc. may be subject, “ἀπήλλαξαν οὕτω ὡς κείνους ἔπρεπεHdt.8.68.α᾽, cf. A.Supp.195, Pl.Prt.312b; or object, “τείσασθαι οὕτως, ὡς κείνους [τείσασθαι] πρέπειHdt.4.139; so with dat. of indirect object, Id.8.114.
IV. trans., liken,τινί τιA.Ag.1328 (ap.Phot.).
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