Ἐπικρᾶναι

to fulfill, to grant

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Nov 2007Vetting: high2 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] to nod assent with the head.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπικρᾶναι· τῇ κεφαλῇ κατανεῦσαι.

Betacode

*)epikra=nai: th=| kefalh=| kataneu=sai.

Same or similar entry in Hesychius and other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of e)pikrai/nw. It must be quoted, probably from its only extant attestation outside lexicography: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1546.