ἐπιφράζω

A. say besides, Hdt. 1.179 (Bekk. ἔτι φράσαι ; for ἐπέφραδε v. sub φράζω) ; ἐπέφρασεν is prob. f.l. for ἐπεφράσατ’ in Orph. Fr. 257.

II. elsewh. only in Med., mostly aor. 1, and (in same sense) Pass. aor. 1 ἐπεφράσθην :

1. c. inf., think of doing, take into one's head to do, οἷον δὴ τὸν μῦθον ἐπεφράσθης ἀγορεῦσαι Od. 5.183 ; τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατ’..,ἐξερύσαι δόρυ Il. 5.665.

2. c. acc., devise, contrive, ὑμῖν δ’ ἐπιφράσσετ’ ὄλεθρον Od. 15.444 ; κακὴν ἐπεφράσσατο τέχνην Hes. Th. 160 (s.v.l.) ; ἐπιφράζεται τοιάδε Hdt. 6.61 ; ἀμήχανον ἐξευρεῖν καὶ ‐φράσασθαι Id. 1.48 ; [γάμον] Theoc. 22.166 : abs., ὧδε ἐπιφρασθείς having come to this conclusion, Hdt. 4.200 ; ἐπιφρασθεῖσα αὐτή by her own mother wit, Id. 7.239.

3. notice, observe, Ἀλκίνοος δέ μιν οἶος ἐπεφράσατ’ ἠδ’ ἐνόησεν Od. 8.94 ; ἐ. τινὰ ποιέοντα Heraclit. 5 : c. acc., Arr. An. 4.8.2, etc. ; ὅσσον.. Il. 21.410 ; ὅτι.. Arr. Ind. 27.8 ; ἐ. κατὰ θυμόν h.Ap. 402 ; recognize, ἵνα μή μιν ἐπιφρασσαίατ’ Ἀχαιοί Od. 18.94 ; acquaint oneself with, take cognisance of, ὡς..ἐπιφρασσαίατο βουλήν Il. 2.282, cf. 13.741 ; ἐ. ὅκως.. imagine how.., Hdt. 5.9.