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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσβάλλειν]] (dat.), [[εἰσβάλλειν]] ([[εἰς]] or [[πρός]], acc.), [[προσπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[εἰσπίπτειν]] ([[πρός]], acc.), [[ἐπέχειν]] ([[ἐπί]], dat.), [[ἐπέρχεσθαι]] (dat. rarely acc.), [[ἐμπίπτειν]] (dat.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]] also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]), [[ἐπεισπίπτειν]] (dat. or acc.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἐφορμᾶν]] (dat.) or pass. (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[προσφέρεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιφέρεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιγίγνεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιτίθεσθαι]] (dat.), [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.).

[[attack by sea]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιπλεῖν]] (dat.).

[[march to attack]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιστρατεύειν]] (dat.).

[[join in attacking]]: [[prose|P.]] [[συνεπιτίθεσθαι]] ([[μετά]], gen. and dat. of object attacked).

[[lay hands on]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[attack]] ([[with]] [[word]]s): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιπλήσσειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[καθάπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγκεῖσθαι]] (dat.); see [[accuse]].

[[attack a statement]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[attack]] (of [[sickness]] or [[physical]] [[sensation]]s): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἀνθάπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἐμπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[προσπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[κατασκήπτειν]] ([[εἰς]], acc.).

of a [[plague]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιπίπτειν]] (dat.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιλαμβάνειν]] (acc.).

[[be attacked]] (by [[disease]], [[misfortune]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνέχεσθαι]] (dat.).

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσβολή]], ἡ, [[εἰσβολή]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίθεσις]], ἡ, [[ἐπιχείρησις]], ἡ, [[ἔφοδος]], ἡ, [[ἐπιδρομή]], ἡ.

[[attack by sea]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίπλους]], ὁ.

of [[disease]], etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσβολή]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[καταβολή]], ἡ.

[[open to attack]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίμαχος]], [[εὐεπίθετος]].
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