ἐπικουρία

A. aid, succour, Hdt. 6.100,108, A. Pers. 731 (troch.), etc.; ἐπικουρίας δεῖσθαι Th. 1.32, X. Oec. 17.13; τῆς ἐνδείας ἐ. τὸ κέρδος Arist. EN 1163b4; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι Th. 1.33; ἐ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, E. Or. 266, Pl. Grg. 492c; ἀπολογίας towards one's defence, D. 49.50; σκυτίνη ’πικ., = ὄλισβος, Ar. Lys. 110.

II. . auxiliary force, A. Supp. 721, Th. 7.59 (pl.), Hdt. 5.63.

2. . position of the ἐπίκουροι (in Plato's Republic), Pl. R. 415c.

III. . prayer for aid, entreaty, SIG 1015.24 (Halic., iii B.C.).