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|Full diacritics=ἐφέπομαι
|Medium diacritics=ἐφέπομαι
|Low diacritics=εφέπομαι
|Capitals=ΕΦΕΠΟΜΑΙ
|Transliteration A=ephépomai
|Transliteration B=ephepomai
|Transliteration C=efepomai
|Beta Code=e)fe/pomai
|Definition=[[ἐφέπω]] B: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Med., [[ἐφέπομαι]] (in later Poets [[ἐφέσπομαι]] <span class="bibl">Maiist. 46</span>, Naumach. ap.Stob.4.23.7, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>16.401</span>, ἐπιέσπομαι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.272</span>): impf. [[ἐφειπόμην]]: fut. ἐφέψομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>636</span>, ἐπιέψομαι <span class="bibl">A.R.2.18</span>: aor. 2 [[ἐφεσπόμην]] (but 3pl. ἐπέσποντο <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.133</span>), imper. [[ἐπίσπου]], inf. [[ἐπισπέσθαι]]: also aor. 1 imper. ἐφεψάσθω ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ἐφαψάσθω) <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.2</span>:—[[follow]], [[pursue]], once in Hom. in [[hostile]] sense, ληϊστῆρσιν ἐπισπόμενος Ταφίοισιν <span class="bibl">Od.16.426</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.103</span>, <span class="bibl">3.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.96</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[follow]], [[attend]], [[λαός|λαῶν]] [[ἔθνος]] ἐπισπόμενον ἑοῖ αὐτῷ <span class="bibl">Il.13.495</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπισπέσθαι ποσίν</b> [[attend]] on [[foot]], i. e. [[keep up with]], <span class="bibl">14.521</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl">31</span>, al.; <b class="b3">εἰ μή οἱ τύχη ἐπίσποιτο</b> if [[fortune]] [[attend]] him not, <span class="bibl">Id.1.32</span>, etc.; ᾧ χάρις ἐφέσπετο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1278</span>: abs., opp. [[ἡγεῖσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[obey]], [[attend to]], ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ <span class="bibl">Od.3.215</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ</b> giving the [[rein]]s to their [[passion]], <span class="bibl">14.262</span>; τῇ γνώμῃ τινὸς ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>.γ; βουλῇ . . ἐπισπέσθαι πατρός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>620</span>; [<b class="b3">γνώμαις], βουλεύμασι, τῷ δικαίῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 636</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>967</span>, <span class="bibl">1037</span>: abs., ὁ [[ἐπισπόμενος]], opp. ὁ [[πείσας]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.43</span>; also, [[agree]], [[approve]], εἰ δὲ . . ἐπὶ δ' ἕσπωνται θεοὶ ἄλλοι <span class="bibl">Od.12.349</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 4.133</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[follow]] an [[argument]], [[μόγις]] πως ἐ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>644d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span> 192e</span>, etc.</span>
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