ἐπιδίδωμι
Infl. fut. -δώσω
I. "to give besides", τί τινι Il., Hdt., attic
2. "to give in dowry", Il., Xen.
3. "to give freely", Thuc., Ar.:—esp. "to contribute as a "benevolence, "" for state necessities, opp. to εἰσφέρειν (which was compulsory), Xen., Dem.; cf. ἐπίδοσις.
II. Mid. "to take as witness", θεοὺς ἐπιδώμεθα Il.; (others take it to be ἐπ-ιδώμεθα "let us look to" the gods).
III. intr. "to increase, advance", ἐς ὕψος Hdt.; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον Thuc., etc.; absol. "to grow, wax, advance, improve", id=Thuc.