ἐφ - ίημι , part. ἐφι_είς, ipf. ἐφι?́ει, fut. ἐφήσεις, aor.
ἐφῆκα, ἐφέηκα, subj. ἐφείω, opt. ἐφείην, imp. ἔφες, mid.
pres. part. ἐφι_έμενος: let go
at or upon.—I. act., of
‘sending’ one person to another, Il. 24.117; ‘letting
fly’ missiles at anything, βέλεά τινι,
Α 51, Il. 21.170;
‘laying (violent hands) upon’ one, Il. 1.567, Od.
1.254; met., of ‘inciting’ a person to
some action, w. inf., χαλεπῆναι, ἀεῖσαι,
Σ
108, Od. 14.464; also
of ‘bringing’ or ‘imposing’
troubles, etc., upon one, πότμον, ἄεθλον,
κήδεά τινι,
Il. 4.396, τ
576, Il.
1.445.—II. mid., enjoin upon, command;
τινί (τι),
Il. 23.82, Il. 24.300, Od.
13.7.