II. to cut short, to abridge, Plut.
ejpiv-tex , eko", hJ , ( tivktw ) at the birth, about to bring forth, Hdt ., Luc.
ejpiterphv"
ejpi-terphv" , ev" , ( tevrpw ) pleasing, delightful, h. Hom. , Plut. :— Adv. -pw`" , Id.
II. devoted to pleasure, Id.
ejpitevrpomai
ejpi-tevrpomai , Pass. to rejoice or delight in a thing, c. dat ., Od., Hes.
ejpitevtamai
ejpitevta±mai , pf. pass. of ejpitevrpw .
ejpitevtrammai
ejpitevtrammai , pf. pass. of ejpitrevpw : ejpitetravfa±tai , Ion. 3 pl.
ejpitecnavomai
ejpi-tecnavomai , f. -hvsomai , Dep. to contrive for a purpose or to meet an emergency, to invent, Hdt.
2. to contrive against, tiv tini Luc. Hence ejpitevcnhsi"
ejpitevcnhsi"
ejpitevcnhsi" , ew", hJ , contrivance for a purpose, invention, Thuc .; and ejpitecnhtov"
ejpitecnhtov"
ejpitecnhtov" , ovn , artificially made, Luc.
ejpithvdeio"
ejpithvdeio" , a, on , Ion. -eo" , evh, eon : regul. Comp. and Sup. -eiovtero" , Ion. -ewvtero", -ewvtato" : ( ejpithdev" ):— made for an end or purpose, fit or adapted for it, suitable, convenient, e[" ti, prov" ti Hdt. , Plat. ; c. inf ., cwrivon ejp. ejnippeu`sai fit to ride in, Hdt. ; ejp. uJpexaireqh`nai convenient to be put out of the way, Thuc. ; ejp. xunei`nai a pleasant person to live with, Eur. ; ejp. paqei`n deserving to suffer, Dem. , also, ejpithvdeovn »ejstiv1/4 moi , c. inf ., Hdt.
II.
useful, serviceable, necessary,
1.
of things,
fit
or
serviceable for,
c. dat
.,
Thuc.
;
ejsto; ejp
. to their
advantage,
Id.; of treaties, omens,
favourable,
Hdt
.:
—esp.
as
Subst.
,
ta; ejpithvdeia
necessaries, provisions,
Lat.
commeatus
,
Id.,
Thuc.
,
etc.
2. of persons, serviceable, friendly, Hdt ., Thuc. ; tw`/ patriv conformable to his will, Hdt .: as Subst. , c. gen. , a close friend, Lat. necessarius , Thuc.
III.
Adv.
-eivw"
,
Ion.
-evw"
,
studiously, carefully,
Hdt.
2.
suitably, conveniently, fitly,
Id.;—
Comp.
-eiovteron
, Id. Hence
ejpithdeiovth"
ejpithdeiovth"
ejpithdeiovth" , hto", hJ , fitness, suitableness, Plat.