A.insulting treatment, abuse, “ἐχθροῦ” D.18.12, cf. Is.4.5, etc.; “περὶ τὸν χορόν” D.21.25; κελεύειν κατ᾽ ἐπήρειαν order haughtily or by way of insult, Th.1.26; κατ᾽ ἐ. τινος γεγένηταί τι is done to insult him, Amips.9; “κατ᾽ ἐπήρειαν” BGU180.8 (ii A.D.); “φθόνον τ᾽ ἐ. τε” Philem.92.2; “ἐν ἐπηρείας τάξει” D.18.13; “πολλὰ πρὸς ἐπήρειαν καὶ χάριν πράττειν” Arist.Pol.1287a38; εἰς ἐ. τὴν ἐμήν ib. 195.20 (ii A.D.); “χωρὶς ἐ.” OGI262.24 (iii A.D.): pl., Man.4.331; “λῃστρικαὶ ἐ.” Chor. in Rev.Phil.1.73; ἐ. δαίμονός τινος his capricious dealing, Luc.Laps.1, cf. Philostr.Ep.18:—later spelt ἐπήρια , BGU 340.21 (ii A.D.), Melamp.(?) in PRyl.28.139 (iv A.D.).
ἐπήρεια , ἡ, (ἐπί, ἄρος)