Strong G2007ἐπιτίθημι
to put/lay on
- Transliteration
- epitithēmi
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-tith'-ay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-τίθημι
[in LXX for נָתַן, שָׁוָה, etc.;]
1. to lay, set or place upon: with accusative of thing(s), before ἐπί, with accusative of thing(s), Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5, Jhn.9:6 (WH, txt. Jhn.9:15), Act.15:10 28:3; ἐπί, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.27:29; ἐν, ib.; with dative of person(s), σταυρόν, Luk.23:26; στέφανον, Jhn.19:2; ὄνομα, Mrk.3:16-17; πληγάς, Luk.10:30, Act.16:23; ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Rev.22:18; of the laying on of hands, τ. χεῖρα (-ας), before ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Mat.9:18, Mrk.16:13, Act.8:17 9:17; with dative of person(s), Mat.19:13, 15, Mrk.5:23 6:5 7:32 8:23, Luk.4:40 13:13, Act.6:6 8:19 9:12 13:3 19:6 28:8, 1Ti.5:22. Mid.,
__(a) to provide: Act.28:10 (RV, put on board; cf. Field, Notes, 149);
__(b) to throw oneself upon, attack: with dative of person(s), Act.18:10.
2. to add to: Rev.22:18 (see supr., and cf. Swete, in l).†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָתַן, שָׁוָה, etc.;]
1. to lay, set or place upon: with accusative of thing(s), before ἐπί, with accusative of thing(s), Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5, Jhn.9:6 (WH, txt. Jhn.9:15), Act.15:10 28:3; ἐπί, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.27:29; ἐν, ib.; with dative of person(s), σταυρόν, Luk.23:26; στέφανον, Jhn.19:2; ὄνομα, Mrk.3:16-17; πληγάς, Luk.10:30, Act.16:23; ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Rev.22:18; of the laying on of hands, τ. χεῖρα (-ας), before ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Mat.9:18, Mrk.16:13, Act.8:17 9:17; with dative of person(s), Mat.19:13, 15, Mrk.5:23 6:5 7:32 8:23, Luk.4:40 13:13, Act.6:6 8:19 9:12 13:3 19:6 28:8, 1Ti.5:22. Mid.,
__(a) to provide: Act.28:10 (RV, put on board; cf. Field, Notes, 149);
__(b) to throw oneself upon, attack: with dative of person(s), Act.18:10.
2. to add to: Rev.22:18 (see supr., and cf. Swete, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2007 appears in 41 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lay13
- put11
- lie7
- set3
- he2
- on2
- add1
- and1
- lade1
- layeth1
- setteth1
- upon1
First verses
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 19:13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
- Matthew 19:15And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
- Matthew 21:7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
- Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
- Matthew 27:29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Matthew 27:37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 3:16And Simon he surnamed Peter;
- Mark 3:17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
- Mark 4:21And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
- Mark 5:23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 6:5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Mark 7:32And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- Mark 8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- Mark 8:25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
- Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- Luke 4:40Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Luke 8:16No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
- Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Luke 13:13And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτίθημι,
passive mostly furnished by ἐπίκειμαι: active, lay, put or place upon, of offerings laid on the altar, ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.267, compare 3.179; λιβανωτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 426, “V.” 96, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18)]; set meats on the table, εἴδατα πόλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.140, compare 10.355)]; πάντ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε on the car, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.264; [νέκυας] ἐπὶ νηυσὶ τιθέντες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.419)]; τινὶ κύρτον καὶ κώπαν, as a grave-monument, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.505 (= 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120): Constr. mostly ἐ. τινί τι, τῷ ἰσχυροτέρῳ πλέον βάρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.9, etc.)]: but also c.genitive, ἐ. λεχέων τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.589; ἐ. τι ἐπί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽)]; κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ στέρνα τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.14)]: with accusative only, put upon, set up, ἐ. φάρμακα apply salves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.190; δέελον δ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμά τ᾽ ἔθηκε 10.466; στήλην λίθου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.183; φάκελον ξύλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 243)]; ἐ. μνημεῖά τινι to him, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 702, compare “IG” 14.446 (from Tauromenium), 12.1068.)]
2 set upon, turn towards, Ἑκτορέοις ἐπὶ φρένα θῆχ᾽ ἱεροῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.46)]; but τῇ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε with infinitive, put it into her mind to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.1.)]
II put on a covering or lid, ὡς εἴ τε φαρέτρῃ πῶμ᾽ ἐπιθείη [Refs (9.314; κεφαλῇ ἐπέθηκε (as variant for{ἐφύπερθἐ καλύπτρην} 5.232)]; λίθον δ᾽ ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσι, i.e. put a stone as a door to the cave, put it before the door, [Refs (13.370)]; also, put a door to, κολλητὰς ἐπέθηκα θύρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.194; θύρας ἐπέθηκε φαεινάς 21.45; θυρεὸν μέγαν 9.240 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11).)]
II.2 set a seal on, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 361 iii 22 (2nd c.AD))]; apply a pessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 214 (_passive_))]; a cupping instrument, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.11 (_passive_).)]
III put to, add, grant or give besides, ὅσσα τε νῦν ὔμμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ εἴ ποθεν ἄλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.62, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.364, etc.; κράτος, κῦδός τινι, 1.509 (tmesis), 23.400 (tmesis), 406 (tmesis); ἡμιτάλαντον χρυσοῦ [prev. work] 796.)]
III.2 of Time, add, bring on, ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.399; μάλα πολλὰ [ἔτεα] 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 697.)]
IV put on as a finish, χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κορώνην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.111; περόνην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.256: _metaphorically_, οὐδὲ τέλος μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις)] add fulfilment, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 20.369; so later ἐ. κεφάλαἰ ἐφ᾽ ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18; κολοφῶνα ἐ. τῇ σοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301e)]; τέλος ἐπιτεθήκατον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 272a; πέρας ἐ. τῇ γενέσει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 776a4; πίστιν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.22, 49.42; ὁ δὲ μισθωσάμενος πίστιν ἐπιθήσει πρὸς τοὺς νεωποίας “SIG” 963.34 (Arcesine, 4th c.BC))]; πέρας ἐ. τῷ πράγματι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 25.7 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; ὅρον ἐ. τῷ πράγματι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 87.2 (2nd c.AD).)]
V impose, inflict a penalty, σοὶ δέ, γέρον, θωὴν ἐπιθήσομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.192)]; δίκην, ζημίην, ἄποινα ἐ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 144, 9.120, etc.; θάνατον δίκην ἐ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 838c; δίκην τὴν πρέπουσαν [prev. author] “Criti.” 106b; ἔργων ἀντ᾽ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐ. ἀμοιβήν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 334; τιμωρίαν ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.11 (compare below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV))]: so of burdens, grievances, etc., θήσειν..ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεα Τρωσί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.39; οἷσιν ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε κακὸν μόρον 6.357; [ἄτην] οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶθῆκε..Ἐρινύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.234)]; ἀνάγκην ἐ. with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 10.7)]; ἐ...μὴ τυγχάνειν imposing as a penalty not to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.3 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV).)]
VI dispatch a letter, ἐ. τι ἐς Αἴγυπτον, ἐς Μυτιλήνην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42, 5.95; ἐ. [ἐπιστολάς] 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.28.)]
VII give a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 205b, etc.)]
VIII contribute (capital) to a venture, ἐς πεῖραν [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 9.44.)]
B middle, with perfect passive ἐπιτέθειμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.975d,)] also aorist passive, [Refs (“Inscription Prien.” (see. below))], etc.:—put on oneself or for oneself, ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφιν..θήκατο placed a helmet on his head, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.30; κρατὶ δ᾽ ἐπὶ..κυνέην θέτο 5.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 702 (tmesis), etc.)]; χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσι laying one's hands upon.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.317)]; κτύπημα χειρὸς κάρᾳ on one's head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1210 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II put on or to, as a door, πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b; θύρας 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 245, +others, etc. (see. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11).)]
B.III apply oneself to, employ oneself on or in, with dative, ναυτιλίῃσι μακρῇσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1)]; τῇ πείρᾳ, τοῖς ἔργοις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.3, etc.; τοῖς πολιτικοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527d)]: with infinitive, attempt to.., φιλοσοφεῖν ἐπέθετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 36.3; γράφειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242b)]:—passive, ἐπετέθη πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 17.38 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.III.2 make an attempt upon, attack, τῇ Εὐβοίῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31; Ἐφεσίοισι [prev. author] 1.26, compare 102, 8.27; τῷ δήμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61; τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.12)]; ἐ. τῇ τοῦ δήμου καταλύσει attempt it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.235; τυραννίδι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 125; ἀρχῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.772d)]; ἐ. ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις or τοῖς ἀτυχήμασί τινος take advantage of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.70)]: absolutely, make an attack, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302b25.)]
B.III.3 absolutely, δικαιοσύνην ἐπιθέμενος ἤσκεε he practised justice with assiduity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, compare 6.60.)]
B.IV bring on oneself, ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1409.)]
B.IV.2 cause a penalty to be imposed, θάνατον ζημίαν ἐπιθέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24; φόβον τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.41.)]
B.V lay commands on, τί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, compare “OGI” 669.61 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]: also with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, variant in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.465d.)]
B.VI give a name, τινί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.554 (tmesis), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b10.)]
B.VII contribute, πολλοὶ ἐπέθεντο τὰς ἐπιδόσεις εἰς τὴν παρασκευὴν τοῦ πολέμου probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 346.29 (4th c.BC).)]
passive mostly furnished by ἐπίκειμαι: active, lay, put or place upon, of offerings laid on the altar, ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.267, compare 3.179; λιβανωτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 426, “V.” 96, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18)]; set meats on the table, εἴδατα πόλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.140, compare 10.355)]; πάντ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε on the car, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.264; [νέκυας] ἐπὶ νηυσὶ τιθέντες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.419)]; τινὶ κύρτον καὶ κώπαν, as a grave-monument, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.505 (= 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120): Constr. mostly ἐ. τινί τι, τῷ ἰσχυροτέρῳ πλέον βάρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.9, etc.)]: but also c.genitive, ἐ. λεχέων τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.589; ἐ. τι ἐπί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽)]; κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ στέρνα τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.14)]: with accusative only, put upon, set up, ἐ. φάρμακα apply salves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.190; δέελον δ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμά τ᾽ ἔθηκε 10.466; στήλην λίθου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.183; φάκελον ξύλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 243)]; ἐ. μνημεῖά τινι to him, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 702, compare “IG” 14.446 (from Tauromenium), 12.1068.)]
2 set upon, turn towards, Ἑκτορέοις ἐπὶ φρένα θῆχ᾽ ἱεροῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.46)]; but τῇ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε with infinitive, put it into her mind to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.1.)]
II put on a covering or lid, ὡς εἴ τε φαρέτρῃ πῶμ᾽ ἐπιθείη [Refs (9.314; κεφαλῇ ἐπέθηκε (as variant for{ἐφύπερθἐ καλύπτρην} 5.232)]; λίθον δ᾽ ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσι, i.e. put a stone as a door to the cave, put it before the door, [Refs (13.370)]; also, put a door to, κολλητὰς ἐπέθηκα θύρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.194; θύρας ἐπέθηκε φαεινάς 21.45; θυρεὸν μέγαν 9.240 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11).)]
II.2 set a seal on, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 361 iii 22 (2nd c.AD))]; apply a pessary, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 214 (_passive_))]; a cupping instrument, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.11 (_passive_).)]
III put to, add, grant or give besides, ὅσσα τε νῦν ὔμμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ εἴ ποθεν ἄλλ᾽ ἐπιθεῖτε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.62, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.364, etc.; κράτος, κῦδός τινι, 1.509 (tmesis), 23.400 (tmesis), 406 (tmesis); ἡμιτάλαντον χρυσοῦ [prev. work] 796.)]
III.2 of Time, add, bring on, ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.399; μάλα πολλὰ [ἔτεα] 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 697.)]
IV put on as a finish, χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κορώνην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.111; περόνην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.256: _metaphorically_, οὐδὲ τέλος μύθῳ ἐπιθήσεις)] add fulfilment, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.107, compare 20.369; so later ἐ. κεφάλαἰ ἐφ᾽ ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18; κολοφῶνα ἐ. τῇ σοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301e)]; τέλος ἐπιτεθήκατον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 272a; πέρας ἐ. τῇ γενέσει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 776a4; πίστιν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.22, 49.42; ὁ δὲ μισθωσάμενος πίστιν ἐπιθήσει πρὸς τοὺς νεωποίας “SIG” 963.34 (Arcesine, 4th c.BC))]; πέρας ἐ. τῷ πράγματι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 25.7 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; ὅρον ἐ. τῷ πράγματι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 87.2 (2nd c.AD).)]
V impose, inflict a penalty, σοὶ δέ, γέρον, θωὴν ἐπιθήσομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.192)]; δίκην, ζημίην, ἄποινα ἐ. τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 144, 9.120, etc.; θάνατον δίκην ἐ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 838c; δίκην τὴν πρέπουσαν [prev. author] “Criti.” 106b; ἔργων ἀντ᾽ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐ. ἀμοιβήν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 334; τιμωρίαν ὑπέρ τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.11 (compare below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV))]: so of burdens, grievances, etc., θήσειν..ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεα Τρωσί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.39; οἷσιν ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε κακὸν μόρον 6.357; [ἄτην] οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶθῆκε..Ἐρινύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.234)]; ἀνάγκην ἐ. with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 10.7)]; ἐ...μὴ τυγχάνειν imposing as a penalty not to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.3 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus IV).)]
VI dispatch a letter, ἐ. τι ἐς Αἴγυπτον, ἐς Μυτιλήνην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42, 5.95; ἐ. [ἐπιστολάς] 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.28.)]
VII give a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 205b, etc.)]
VIII contribute (capital) to a venture, ἐς πεῖραν [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 9.44.)]
B middle, with perfect passive ἐπιτέθειμαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.975d,)] also aorist passive, [Refs (“Inscription Prien.” (see. below))], etc.:—put on oneself or for oneself, ἐπὶ στεφάνην κεφαλῆφιν..θήκατο placed a helmet on his head, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.30; κρατὶ δ᾽ ἐπὶ..κυνέην θέτο 5.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 702 (tmesis), etc.)]; χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσι laying one's hands upon.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.317)]; κτύπημα χειρὸς κάρᾳ on one's head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1210 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II put on or to, as a door, πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b; θύρας 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 245, +others, etc. (see. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11).)]
B.III apply oneself to, employ oneself on or in, with dative, ναυτιλίῃσι μακρῇσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1)]; τῇ πείρᾳ, τοῖς ἔργοις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.3, etc.; τοῖς πολιτικοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527d)]: with infinitive, attempt to.., φιλοσοφεῖν ἐπέθετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 36.3; γράφειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242b)]:—passive, ἐπετέθη πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 17.38 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.III.2 make an attempt upon, attack, τῇ Εὐβοίῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31; Ἐφεσίοισι [prev. author] 1.26, compare 102, 8.27; τῷ δήμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61; τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.12)]; ἐ. τῇ τοῦ δήμου καταλύσει attempt it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.235; τυραννίδι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 125; ἀρχῇ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.772d)]; ἐ. ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις or τοῖς ἀτυχήμασί τινος take advantage of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.70)]: absolutely, make an attack, κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.42, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1302b25.)]
B.III.3 absolutely, δικαιοσύνην ἐπιθέμενος ἤσκεε he practised justice with assiduity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96, compare 6.60.)]
B.IV bring on oneself, ἐπέθου θύος δημοθρόους τ᾽ ἀράς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1409.)]
B.IV.2 cause a penalty to be imposed, θάνατον ζημίαν ἐπιθέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24; φόβον τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.41.)]
B.V lay commands on, τί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111, compare “OGI” 669.61 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]: also with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, variant in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.465d.)]
B.VI give a name, τινί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.554 (tmesis), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b10.)]
B.VII contribute, πολλοὶ ἐπέθεντο τὰς ἐπιδόσεις εἰς τὴν παρασκευὴν τοῦ πολέμου probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 346.29 (4th c.BC).)]