Meaning bringing on.[1] "The companions of Gezerich send to Basiliscus two thousand pounds of gold and very beautiful treasures, [re]lying on the excuse of the Arians."[2]
[1] Present participle of the verb
ἐπίκειμαι (cf.
epsilon 2370,
epsilon 2371), neuter plural nominative/accusative; presumably extracted from the quotation which follows.
[2] Bernhardy attributed this quotation -- where
ἐπικείμενα agrees grammatically with 'treasures' -- to
Malchus. For Gezerich and the Arians see the quotation (attributed by Toup to
Priscus) under
pi 307. For the emperor Basiliscus see
beta 164.
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