ἐπιδίδωμι

A. give besides, τινί τι Il. 23.559, Hdt. 2.121.δ’,al., E. Med. 186 (anap.), Ba. 1128, etc.: abs., Hes. Op. 396, etc.

b. . of a physician, administer, ὅσων τῷ κάμνοντι δεῖ Ph. 1.253; give afterwards, τροφὴν προδόντες ἐπιδιδόασι τὸν ἐλλέβορον Dsc. 4.148.

2. . give in dowry, ὅσσ’ οὔ πώ τις ἑῇ ἐπέδωκε θυγατρί Il. 9.148, cf. Lys. 16.10, Pl. Lg. 944a(Pass.), X. Cyr. 8.5.19.

b. . esp. contribute as a `benevolence', for the purpose of supplying state necessities, opp. εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Is. 5.37; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐ. Din. 1.80; τριήρη ἐπέδωκεν D. 21.160; ἐπέδωκα τὰ χρήματα Id. 18.113; τὸ κοινὸν ἐπέδωκε τῷ θεῷ SIG 489.9 (Delph., iii B.C.); but also,

c. . offer money as a bribe or consideration, X. Ath. 3.3.

3. . give freely, bestow, Th. 4.11, Ar. Pax 333; ὑμῖν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ τι Lys. 30.26; ἐ. τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ μέρους X. Cyr. 1.5.1; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ [ζῆλον] εἰς τὴν φιλοδοξίαν Inscr.Prien. 114.12 (i B.C.).

4. . ἐπιδιδόναι ἑαυτόν give oneself up, devote oneself, τινί to one, Ar. Th. 213, cf. Luc. Peregr. 13; εἴς τι SIG 495.124 (Olbia, iii B.C.), cf. Hdn. 3.4.1; εἰς πᾶν τό σοι χρήσιμον ἐμαυτὸν ἐ. UPZ 62.9 (ii B.C.); also (sc. ἑαυτὸν)ἐπιδιδόναι εἰς τρυφήν Ath. 12.525e; εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν Nymphis 15; ἐ. ἑαυτὸν τῇ πνεούσῃ Luc. Herm. 28: abs., ἐπιδόντες ἐφερόμεθα ran before the wind, Act.Ap. 27.15.

5. . give into another's hands, deliver, ἐπιστολήν τινι D.S. 14.47 (dub.l.), Act.Ap. 15.30; χρηματισμόν LXX 2 Ma. 11.17; γραμματεῖον Luc. Peregr. 16: abs., of petitions, freq. in Pap., BGU 45, etc.; of reports or returns, POxy. 255.16 (i A.D.), etc.:—Pass., OGI 515.37 (Mylasa, iii A.D.), Just. Nov. 53.3.1.

6. . ἐ. ψῆφον τοῖς πολίταις give them power to vote, Plu. Num. 7.

7. . dictate, opp. γράφειν, D.Chr. 18.18.

II. . Med., take as one's witness, θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα `give each other our gods', Il. 22.254:—in Il. 10.463, Aristarch. read σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιδωσόμεθ’, perh. in the same sense, though Apollon. and Scholl. explain it by δώροις τιμήσομεν: cf. περιδίδωμι.

III. . in Prose, freq. intr., increase, advance, ἐς ὕψος Hdt. 2.13; καθ’ ἡμέραν ἐς τὸ ἀγριώτερον Th. 6.60; ἐς τὸ μισεῖσθαι Id. 8.83; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον ib.24; ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον Hp. Aph. 1.3, Pl. Prt. 318a; εἰς ὄγκον πρὸς ἀρετήν increase in virtue Id. Lg. 913b; πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν Isoc. 3.32: and abs., grow, Pl. Euthd. 271b; advance, improve, Th. 6.72, 7.8; βελτίων ἔσται καὶ ἐ. Pl. Prt. 318c, cf. Cra. 41ce, Tht. 146b, 150d, Isoc. 9.68, etc.; ἐ. πάμπολυ [ἡ μάχη] waxes great, Pl. Tht. 179d.

2. . = ἐνδίδωμι v, give in, give way, ἐ. ἐπίδοσιν τοῖσι ἕλκουσι Hp. Art. 72, cf. Gal. 6.5, Sor. 1.103.