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ἐπιγιγνώσκω , Ion. and laterἐπιγενν-γι_νώσκω ,
A.look upon, witness, observe, “ἵνα πάντες ἐπιγνώωσι . . μαρναμένους” Od.18.30; “τινὰ ὀργιζόμενον” X. Cyr.8.1.33, cf. S.Aj.18: rarely c. gen., Pi.P.4.279.
II.. recognize, “αἴ κέ μ᾽ ἐπιγνώῃ” Od.24.217; ὅπως μήτηρ σε μὴ 'πιγνώσεται φαιδρῷ προσώπῳ by thy glad face, S.El.1296, cf. Pl.Tht.192e (v.l.).
2.. of things, find out, discover, “ἔργον” A.Ag.1598, cf. Th.1.132, etc.; τὰ “γεγονότα” Plb.2.11.3; ἐπιγνοίης ἂν αὐτὴν [τὴν σοφίαν] . . οἰκείαν γενομένην; would you recognize when it became your own?, Pl.Euthd.301e; “ἐπιγνοὺς ἄνδρα δίκαιον” IG9(2).313（Tricca); ἐ.ὅτι . . Arist.HA631b11; “τὸν πόλεμον ἐ. τίνα φύσιν ἔχει” Plb.1.65.6, cf. POxy.930.14 (ii/iii A.D.); “ἐ. εἰ . . ” LXXGe.37.32, PFay.112.14 (i A.D.):—Pass., Phylarch.10 J.
b.. find out too late, “ἐπιγνώσῃ τί σπάνις ἐστὶ φίλων” AP12.186 (Strat.).
3.. learn to know, “θεόν” S.Ant.960 (lyr.).
4.. take notice of, LXX Ru.2.10.
b.. show favour to, πρόσωπον ib.De.16.19.
III.. come to a judgement, decide, “τι περί τινος” Th.3.57; τὰ πρόσφορα τοῖς “οἰχομένοις” Id.2.65; ἐπιγνῶναι μηδέν come to no new resolve, Id.1.70; ἐ. τι εἶναί τινος adjudicate it as his property, D.H.11.52.
IV.. recongnize, acknowledge, approve, 1 Ep.Cor.16.18; “ἐ.σε τῆς ἐπιμελείας” Chio Ep.6.
2.. recognize an obligation, undertake to discharge or deliver, PLips.22.14 (iv A.D.), etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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