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ἐπιφων-έω ,
A.mention by name, tell of, “ἐπιφωνεῖν..ἱερὰν θήκην” S.OC 1762 (anap.), cf. Aristaenet.1.14:—Med., Il.Parv.Fr.2.
b. add a title, Ph.1.337.
2. say with respect to, “τινὶ ἐπιφώνημα” Plu.Alex. 3 ; “εἴς τι” Id.Luc.39 ; “ἐπί τινος” Apollon.Cit.3 ; apply a phrase to, τινι Ath.5.178e: freq. of quoted sayings, “ἐ. τὸ τραγικόν κτλ.” Ph.1.127, cf. Plu.Alc.23, al.
3. call out, proclaim, exclaim, “ἐ. ὡς " εὖ ἡμῖν βεβίωται "” Epicur.Sent.Vat.47; “ἐπεφώνουν λέγοντες κτλ.” Ev.Luc.23.21, cf. PRyl.77.33 (ii A.D.); ἐ. τινὶ καλῶς λέγειν Aristeas 196, cf. Phld.Herc.1251.17,al., lG14.830 (Puteoli, ii A.D.); τῷ παρὰ δεῖπνον ἀκράτῳ προσδιδομένῳ τὸν Ἀγαθὸν ἐπιφωνοῦσι Δαίμονα Philonid.Med. ap. Ath.15.675b:—Pass., τὸ τοῖς γαμοῦσιν -φωνούμενον " ταλασίῳ " Plu. Pomp.4.
4. respond, in ritual, LXX 2 Ma.1.23.
5. subjoin, add as a finishing touch, Demetr.Eloc.107:—Pass., ib.110, Hermog.Inv.4.9.
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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