ἐπιφορά
λλ, ἡ
A.
bringing to or upon: hence,
1.
donative, extra pay, in pl., Th. 6.31, D.S. 17.94 ; so ἡ ἔξωθεν ἐ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας Plb. 5.90.4
2.
application, ὀνομάτων Pl. Lg. 944b, cf.Cra. 430d.
3.
secondcourse [at dinner], Damox. 2.58 (pl.).
4.
fine paid by contractor for failure to keep time, BCH 35.44 (Delos), cf.Hermes 17.5 (ibid.); = καταδίκη, Hsch. (pl.).
5.
application, τὴν τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι to concentrate attention, Plu. 2.1144b.
b.
infliction, πληγῶν POxy. 283.15 (i A. D.).
6.
additional payment of φόρος, IG 12.205, al.
II.
(from Pass.) offering made at the grave, Plu. Num. 22.
2.
impact, Epicur. Nat. 15.26, al. ; sudden attack, Plb. 6.55.2, etc. ; ἐπιφορὰς πρός τινα ποιῆσαι, in controversy, Phld. Lib. p.35 O. ; ἐ. ὄμβρων sudden burst of rain, Plb. 4.41.7 ; of wind, Thphr. CP 5.12.11 ; ἡ τοῦ κωρύκου ἐ. Philostr. Gym. 57 ; attack of an orator, opp. ἀπολογία, Id. VS 1.25.10 (pl.).
3.
vehemence in oratory, Hermog. Id. 1.11, al., Philostr. VS 1.17.1, al.
4.
growth by assimilation of nourishment, Stoic. 2.229.
5.
Medic., epiphora, persistent flow of tears, as a disease, Dsc. Eup. 1.35, Gal. 14.749,768 (but non-technically, floods of tears, Plb. 15.26.3) ; deflux of morbid humours, Meno Iatr. 5.30, Plu. 2.102a (pl.) ; τοῦ γάλακτος Sor. 1.76 ; ὀχθώδεις ἐ. tuberous eruption, Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.24.35.
b.
attack, πυρετῶν, etc., Vett.Val. 3.4 (pl.), al.
6.
propensity, ‐φορὰς ἔχειν πρός τι Men.Rh.p.342 S.
III.
Rhet., second clause in a sentence, opp. ἀρχή, D.H. Dem. 20.
2.
repetition, συνδέσμου Demetr. Eloc. 196.
3.
succession of clauses ending in the same word, opp. ἐπιβολή, Rut.Lup.1.8.
IV.
in Stoic Logic, the conclusion of a syllogism, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.80, Crinisib.3.269, Procl. in Prm. p.534 S.
2.
question at issue, τῆς ἐ. ἀπερρυηκέναι Phld. Mus. p.96 K.
V.
in Gramm., ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιφορᾷ τὸ λλ to have λλ immediately following, Hdn.Gr.2.932.