Ἐπίηρα

service

Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

[Meaning] favour [proffered] with assistance.¹
But more recent [writers] say it means 'for the sake of'.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπίηρα· ἡ μετ' ἐπικουρίας χάρις. οἱ δὲ νεώτεροι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἕνεκα φασίν.

Betacode

*)epi/hra: h( met' e)pikouri/as xa/ris. oi( de\ new/teroi a)nti\ tou= e(/neka fasi/n.

For the source of this entry see Aristonicus on Homer, Iliad 1.572 (e)pi\ h)=ra fe/rwn).
1The headword, here (and always elsewhere) in the accusative, is regularly governed by the verbs ferei/n or e)pife/rein; but e)pi/hra itself is a combination of h)=ra (again always in the accusative; for an instance see under eta 477) and the preposition e)pi/. ↩
2For this usage (attested, in fact, as early as Antimachus of Colophon, C5/4) see LSJ s.v. e)pi/hra (web address 1). ↩

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