ἐπακτός

A. brought in, ὕδατα Hp. Aër. 9; esp. brought in from abroad, imported, ἐ. σῖτος Th. 6.20; πάντων ἐπακτῶν δεῖσθαι Id. 7.28; acquired, τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη μὲν . . σύντροφός ἐστι, ἀρετὴ δὲ ἐ. Hdt. 7.102; ὕδωρ εἴτ’ ἐ. εἴτε συμφυές Arist. Mete. 382b11, cf. GA 750a9; ἐ. πημονή E. Hipp. 318; κακόν Philem. 93.5; ἐ. παρ’ ἄλλων δίκαιον Pl. R. 405b; ὅρκος ἐ. an oath imposed by the other party, Lys. Fr. 251S., Isoc. 1.23; adventitious, ἐ. χρώμασι κοσμεῖσθαι Socr. Ep. 6.3, cf. Plot. 1.4.3.

2. of persons, ἐ. ποιμήν an alien lord, Pi. O. 10(11).89; ἐ. δικασταί dub. in IG 11(4).1065b20 (Delos); ἱκέσιος ἐ. Notiz.Arch. 4p.98 (Cyrene); esp. of foreign allies or mercenaries, ἐ. στράτευμα, στρατός, A. Th. 583, S. Tr. 259; δόρυ Id. OC 1525; ἐπακτῷ δυνάμει with an alien, mercenary force, Isoc. 10.37, cf. Pl. R. 573b; also λαβὼν ἐπακτὸν ἄνδρα, i.e. an adulterer, S. Aj. 1296; ἐ. πατήρ a false father, E. Ion 592: metaph., ὄμβρος ἐ. ἐλθών rain coming as an invader, Pi. P. 6.10.

II. like αὐθαίρετος, brought upon oneself, νόσος S. Tr. 491; γάμων ἐ. ἄταν E. Ph. 343 (lyr.).

III. ἐπακταί (sc. ἡμέραι), αἱ, intercalary days, Isid. Etym. 6.17.29, Zonar.

IV. ἐπακτόν,τό, charm, spell, GDI 3545 (Cnidus).

V. ἐ. ὅρκος oath administered, PMon. 6.8 (vi A.D.).