ἐπιέννυμι

A. put on besides or over, χλαῖναν δ’ ἐπιέσσαμεν we threw a cloak over him, Od. 20.143: elsewh. Hom. has only pf. part. Pass. ἐπιειμένος (Aeol. ἐπέμμενος Sapph. 70): in metaph. sense c. acc., ἀναιδείην, ἀλκήν, clad in shamelessness, strength, Il. 1.149, 8.262, etc.; ἐ. ἀχλύν AP 7.283 (Leon.); λευκοῖσι κόμας ἐ. ὤμοις covered with hair over her white shoulders, A.R. 3.45; χαλκὸν ἐπίεσται has brass upon or over it, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.47:—Med., put on oneself besides, put on as an upper garment, χλαίνας ἐπείνυσθαι Hdt. 4.64: metaph., ἐπὶ δὲ νεφέλην ἕσσαντο Il. 14.350; γᾶν ἐπιεσσόμενος (fut.), i.e. to be buried. Pi. N. 11.16; so γῆν ἐπιέσασθαι X. Cyr. 6.4.6; γῆν ἐπιεννύμεθα AP 7.480 (Leon.), cf. Theoc. Ep. 9.4: also, c. acc. rei, ἐπιεσσάμενοι νῶτον κρόκαις having wrapt one's shoulders with it, Pi. N. 10.44.— Old Ep. Verb, not found till late (exc. Sapph. l.c.) in the form ἐφέννυμι, because of the digamma, v. ἕννυμι, καταέννυμι; ἐπιέσασθαι is retained even in X.l.c.; ἐφέσσεσθαι, ἐφέσσατο, A.R. 1.691, 1326; ἐφεσσάμενος Theoc. l.c., AP 7.299 (Nicom.), 446 (Hegesipp.).