ἐπῳάζω

A. sit or brood upon eggs, mostly of birds, Arist. GA 752b16, al.; also of tortoises, Id. HA 558a7 ; bees, ib.554a18; spiders, ib.555a30 ; crustacea, ib.550b1.

II. trans., hatch, incubate young birds by artificial heat, D.S. 1.74.