ἐπήβολος

A. having reached, achieved, or gained a thing, c. gen., οὐ νηὸς ἐ. οὐδ’ ἐρετάων γίγνομαι Od. 2.319; τούτων ἐ. Hdt. 9.94; ἱματίου ἐ. γενέσθαι PSI 4.418.22 (iii B.C.); τούτων τῶν θεῶν ἐ. in possession of . ., Hdt. 8.111; τερπνῆς . . τῆσδ’ ἐ. νόσου A. Ag. 542; ἐ. φρενῶν, Lat. compos mentis, Id. Pr. 444, S. Ant. 492; ἐπιστήμης, παιδείας ἐ., Pl. Euthd. 289b, Lg. 724b, cf. Hp. Lex 2; μήτε πόλεως μήτε πολιτείας Hyp. Fr. 78; μεγάλων καὶ καλῶν Arist. EN 1101a13; νόος οἰκωφελίας αἷσιν ἐπάβολος whose mind is skilled in housewifery, Theoc. 28.2; τῶν ὄντων ἐ. γενόμενος having become acquainted with the true facts, Hld. 10.20: c. inf., most dexterous at . ., κλέψαι ‐ώτατος Plu. Arat. 10.

2. pertaining to, befitting, κλήροισιν ἐ. belonging to our fields, Nic. Al. 232; πάντεσσιν ἐ. ἥνδανε μῆτις A.R. 4.1380.

II. Pass., to be reached or won, ἐπήβολος ἅρματι νύσσα Id. 3.1272. (ἐφήβολος CIG (add.) 4303a20 (Myra).)