ἐπιβάλλω
Infl. fut. -βα^λῶ
Infl. aor2 ἐπέβα^λον
I. trans. "to throw or cast upon", Lat. injicere, τρίχας ἐπ. (sc. πυρί) Il.; ἐπ. ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ Hdt.
2. "to lay on", Lat. applicare, [ἵπποις] ἐπέβαλλεν ἱμάσθλην Od.; ἐπιβ. πληγάς τινι Xen.:— "to lay on" as a tax, tribute, fine or penalty, τί τινι Hdt., attic
3. ἐπιβ. σφραγῖδα "to affix" a seal, Hdt.
4. "to add", ἐπ. (sc. χοῦν) "to throw on more and more" earth, Thuc.:—metaph. "to mention", Lat. mentionem injicere rei, τι Soph.
II. intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν), "to throw oneself upon, go straight towards", c. acc., Od.
2. "to fall upon or against", τινί Plat.
3. (sub. τὸν νοῦν) "to apply oneself to" a thing, "devote oneself to" it, c. dat., Plut.: "to give one's attention to, think on", NTest.
4. "to follow, come next", Plut.
5. "to belong to, fall to", τινί Hdt., Dem.:—also impers. c. acc. et inf. "it falls to one's very lot, it concerns one" to do a thing, Hdt.:— τὸ ἐπιβάλλον (sc. μέρος) "the portion that falls to one", id=Hdt., NTest.
III. Mid., c. gen., "to throw oneself upon, desire eagerly", Il.
2. c. acc. "to put upon oneself", Eur.: metaph. "to take possession of, take upon oneself", Thuc.
IV. in Pass. "to be put upon", ἐπιβεβλημένοι τοξόται archers "with their arrows on the string", Xen.