ἐπιγράφω
Infl. fut. ψω
I. "to mark the surface, just pierce, graze", ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα Il.
2. "to mark, put a mark on" the lot, id=Il.—In Hom. the word has not any notion of "writing."
II. "to write upon, inscribe", Hdt.:—Pass., of the inscription, "to be inscribed upon", id=Hdt.; also, ἐπεγράφου τὴν Γοργόνα "hadst" the Gorgon "painted on thy shield", Ar.
III. in attic law phrases:
1. "to set down" the penalty or damages "in the title" of an indictment, id=Ar.; τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα "the damages claimed", Dem.:—so in Mid., Aeschin.
2. "to register", Oratt.:—Mid. "to have one's" name "registered", Thuc.; also, ἐπεγράψαντο πολίτας "had them registered" as citizens, id=Thuc.
3. προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι "to choose" a patron, "and have his name entered" in the public register, as all μέτοικοι at Athens were obliged to do, Ar.;—so, ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον Dem.
IV. ἐπιγράψαι ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι "to lend" one's name "to" a thing, "to endorse" it, Aeschin.;—so in Pass. and Mid., "to inscribe one's name" on, id=Aeschin.
V. Mid. "to assume" a name, Plut.