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ἐπινέω

ἐπινέω, to allot by spinning

ἐπινέω2, to heap up

ἐπινέω3, to float on the top

ἐπινέω (A),
  • spin to, esp. like ἐπικλώθω, of the Fates, γιγνομένῳ ἐπένησε λίνῳ span for him with her thread at his birth, Il. 20.128, 24.210: —Pass., ὁ ἐπινησθεὶς αὐταῖς μόχθος Ael. NA 7.1, cf. Fr. 260; ἐπινενησμένα ἐς ἅπαντας Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 14.
ἐπινέω (B),
  • heap upon, γῆν πολλήν Longus 1.31: elsewhere in Ep. form ἐπινηνέω, q.v.
    • II heap up or load with, c. gen. rei, ἁμάξας . . ἐπινέουσι φρυγάνων Hdt. 4.62: pf. part. Pass., τράπεζαι ἐπινενησμέναι ἀγαθῶν ἁπάντων Ar. Ec. 838 (-νενασμέναι codd.).
ἐπινέω (C), fut. -νεύσομαι,
  • float on the top, Alex. 33.5; ἐπὶ λεκάνης Ath. 15.667e.
      • 2 swim upon, τινί Aristid. 2.94J.; swim over, Arist. HA 620b22.

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