ἐπιγαμία

A. additional marriage, Ath. 13.560c.

2. . connexion by marriage, J. AJ 17.1.1, al.; πρός τινα Id. BJ 1.12.13.

II. . right of intermarriage between states, ἐπιγαμίας . . καὶ ἐπεργασίας καὶ ἐπινομίας X. Cyr. 3.2.23; Ἀθαναίοις δόμεν ἐπιγαμίαν Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91, cf. GDI 5040 (Hierapytna), Wilcken Chr. 27 (ii A.D.).

b. . = Lat. conubium, BGU 265.7 (ii A.D.), etc.: generally, intermarriage, mostly pl., ἐπιγαμίας ποιεῖσθαι Hdt. 2.147; ἀλλήλοις X. Cyr. 1.5.3, cf. Decr. ap.D. 18.187 (sg.); Εὐβοεῦσιν Lys. 34.3; παρ’ ἀλλήλοις X. HG 5.2.19; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1280b16, Str. 5.3.4; ἐπιγαμίαις χρῆσθαι Arist. Pol. 1280b36.