- ἐπιγράφω
- ἐπιγράφω fut. ἐπιγράψω; 1 aor. ἐπέγραψα LXX. Pass.: 2 aor. ἐπεγράφην; pf. ἐπιγέγραμμαι; plpf. pass. ἐπεγεγράμμην (s. prec. entry; Hom.+)① to form letters or words on any kind of surface, write on/inⓐ lit., ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα Rv 21:12 (cp. εἰς χάρτην TestSol 18:25 P and cp. Sig T). ἦν ἡ ἐπιγραφὴ … ἐπιγεγραμμένη the inscription (=identifying notice) … placed over him Mk 15:26; cp. GPt 4:11 (cp. Ael. Aristid. 50, 46 K.=26 p. 516 D.: ἐπίγραμμα ἐπιγέγραπται). Of a dedicatory ins incised on an altar βωμὸς ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο (for ἐ. ἐν cp. SIG 89, 24 ἐν τῇ στήλῃ; 27; SIG2 588, 139; POxy 886, 16) Ac 17:23 (cp. SIG 814, 48 … βωμόν, ἐπιγράφοντας …). ῥάβδους ἐπιγεγραμμένας ἑκάστης φυλῆς κατʼ ὄνομα rods marked w. the name of each tribe 1 Cl 43:2 (for the constr. ἐ. τί τινος cp. Plut., Mor. 400e; for the idea Num 17:16ff.—Diod S 13, 106, 9 a staff with an ἐπιγραφή).ⓑ fig. write in or on ἐπί τι (cp. SIG 957, 68; 82; 1168, 7) ἐπὶ καρδίας Hb 8:10 (Jer 38:33 v.l.; cp. Pr 7:3). ἐπὶ τὴν διάνοιαν 10:16.② to enter a name into a record, to record (Dem. 43, 15 ‘entered as guardian’; POxy 231, 52 [I A.D.]) fig. ἔργῳ ἐπιγράφεσθαι be engaged in a work (Socrat., Ep. 7, 2 μου εἰπόντος, ὡς οὐκ ἂν … ἔργῳ ἐπιγραφείην ἀδίκῳ; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 70 §323 ἔργοις ἐπιγράφεσθαι=take part in) οὔτε … κρείττονι ἔργῳ ἔχετε ἐπιγραφῆναι and you can (s. ἐχω 5) not be identified with any better work IRo 2:1. Enroll εἰς τὰς βίβλους τῶν ζώντων Hs 2:9.—M-M.
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