ἐπί

ἐπί: upon, on.—I. adv., thereon, on top, thereby, besides; esp. ἔπι = ἔπεστι or ἔπεισι, οὔ τοι ἔπι δϝέος, ‘thou hast nought to fear,’ Il. 1.515, Od. 8.563. Here belong all examples of ‘tmesis,’ ἐπὶ δ' αἴγειον κνῆ τῦρόν, grated ‘on,’ Il. 11.639, 640; the appropriate case of a subst. may specify the relation of the adv., ἐπὶ κνέφας ἤλυθε γαῖαν, darkness came ‘on’—over the earth, Il. 24.351 .—κρἔ ἔδων καὶ ἐπ' ἄκρητον γάλα πίνων, ‘on top’ of the meat, ‘besides,’ Od. 9.297 ; πρὸ μέν τ' ἄλλ, αὐτὰρ ἐπ ἄλλα, some before, some ‘after,’ Il. 13.799 ; ἐπὶ σκέπας ἦν ἀνέμοιο, ‘withal,’ Od. 5.443.—II. prep., (1) w. gen., local, of position, on, at, or direction, towards, for; and sometimes temporal; freq. ἐφ' ἵππων, ἐπὶ νηῶν; ἐπ ἀγροῦ, ‘in the country,’ ‘at the farm,’ Od. 1.190 ; ἐπ' ὄγμου, ‘at the swath,’ Il. 18.557 ; σῖγῇ ἐφ' ὗμείων, ‘by yourselves,’ Il. 7.195 ; ἐπὶ παιδὸς ἕπεσθαι, ‘along with,’ Od. 1.278; direction, νήσου ἔπι Ψυρίης, make ‘for’ the island, Od. 3.171, Il. 5.700; time, ἐπ' εἰρήνης, ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων, ‘in the time of,’ Il. 2.797, Il. 5.637.—(2) w. dat., of place, time, purpose, condition; νέμεσθαι ἐπὶ κρήνῃ, ‘at’ the spring, Od. 13.408 ; νῆα ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν | ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμαθοῖς, high ‘upon the sand,’ Il. 1.486 ; ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ τέτατο ὑσμίνη, ‘over Patroclus,’ Il. 17.543; so of charge or mastery, ποιμαίνειν ἐπ' ὄεσσι, Il. 6.25; υἱὸν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι, ‘in charge of,’ ‘as master of,’ Il. 5.154 ; ἐπὶ ἴστορι πεῖρας ἑλέσθαι, ‘by,’ i. e. before a judge, Il. 18.501; freq. of hostile direction, ἧκε δ' ἐπ Ἀργείοισι βέλος, ‘at the Greeks,’ Il. 1.382; addition, ὄγχνη ἐπ' ὄγχνῃ, ‘pear upon pear,’ Od. 7.120, 216; of time, ἐπὶ νυκτί, ‘in the night,’ Il. 8.529 ; ἐπ' ἤματι, ‘a day long,’ Il. 19.229; ‘day by day,’ Od. 12.105 ; ἐπ' ἤματι τῷδε, ‘on this day,’ Il. 13.234; cause or purpose, γαστέρας ἐπὶ δόρπῳ κατθέμεθα, ‘for supper,’ Od. 18.44 ; ἐπ' ἀρωγῇ, Il. 23.574; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ, ‘at a just remark,’ Od. 18.414; condition or price, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ, Il. 21.445, Κ 3, Il. 9.602.—(3) w. acc., local, direction to or at (hostile), or extension, over; of purpose, for; and of time in extension, for, up to; ἕζεσθαι ἐπ' ἐρετμά, ‘take seats at the oars,’ Od. 12.171 ; ἐπὶ ἔργα τρέπεσθαι, ‘to work,’ Il. 3.422 ; ὄρνυσθαι ἐπί τινα, ‘against,’ Il. 5.590 ; ἐπ' ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα, ‘extending over,’ Od. 11.577 ; πάντας ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους ἐκέκαστο, ‘the world over,’ Il. 24.535; so ἐπὶ γαῖαν, ἐπὶ πόντον; purpose, ἀναστῆναι ἐπὶ δόρπον, Il. 12.439; time, παννύχιον εὑδεῖν καὶ ἐπ' ἠῶ καὶ μέσον ἦμαρ, Od. 7.288; so ἐπὶ χρόνον, ‘for a time;’ ἐπὶ δϝηρόν, ‘for long.’