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Ἐπιώψατο · chose, oversaw (ε 2504) · Suda

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Near ε2504

ε2500swore a false oath
ε2501daily bread, essential bread
ε2502shelter
ε2503was falsely swearing, used to swear falsely
ε2504chose, oversaw
ε2505at Palladion, at Palladium
ε2506they extended the pile over
ε2507sprinklings
ε2508additional-fifth

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2504

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Ἐπιώψατο

chose, oversaw

Translated by William Hutton29 Nov 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] designated, selected. It is an Attic [expression]:¹ "the king oversaw [the] arrhephoroi." That is, designated [them], selected [them]. Plato in Laws [sc. uses the word].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιώψατο· κατέλεξεν, ἐξελέξατο. ἔστι δ' Ἀττικόν· ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπιώψατο ἀρρηφόρους. οἷον κατέλεξεν, ἐξελέξατο. Πλάτων ἐν Νόμοις.

Betacode

*)epiw/yato: kate/lecen, e)cele/cato. e)/sti d' *)attiko/n: o( basileu\s e)piw/yato a)rrhfo/rous. oi(=on kate/lecen, e)cele/cato. *pla/twn e)n *no/mois.

Notes (1)

[1] So far, the entry = Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 987a10 (who also adds 'Plato in Laws'); cf. [Didymos], De dubiis apud Platonem lectionibus 246.13. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 1647.
2In Plato, Laws 12.947C, a regulation about a deceased's relatives choosing youths for the funeral procession uses the aorist subjunctive middle, third person plural, of this verb (e)pio/ywntai) and does not refer either to the arrhephoroi (cf. alpha 3863) or the Athenian archon known as the 'king', basileus. Plainly, therefore, the lexica cannot mean that the actual quotation given here comes from the Laws. Assigning it to the comic poet Plato (fr. 363 Kock, in the disputed category) creates problems and uncertainties of its own. The simplest and best solution is to classify the quotation as unidentifiable and regard the lexicographers' citation of Plato's Laws as applying simply to the use of this uncommon verb.

Neighbouring entries

ε2502Ἐπιωγήshelter ε2503Ἐπιώρκειwas falsely swearing, used to swear falsely ε2504Ἐπιώψατοchose, oversaw ε2505Ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳat Palladion, at Palladium ε2506Ἐπιπαρένησανthey extended the pile over

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jan 2016

29 Jan 2016more of same — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2013expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
17 Oct 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
30 Nov 2007augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Nov 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιώψατο (Adler number epsilon 2504), trans. William Hutton, 29 Nov 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2504

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗