ἐπέρχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπηρχόμην <span class="bibl">Th.4.120</span> (unless fr. [[ἐπάρχομαι]]: Att. impf. is [[ἐπῇα]] (but v. [[ἔρχομαι]]) and fut. [[ἔπειμι]]): aor. 2 [[ἐπῆλθον]], Ep. <b class="b3">-ήλῠθον</b>: pf. <b class="b3">-ελήλυθα</b>: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[come upon]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[approach]], c. dat., <span class="bibl">Il.12.200</span>,<span class="bibl">218</span>, etc.; esp. [[come suddenly upon]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.155</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.95</span>: c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>593</span> codd. (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ἐσ-</b>); [[come to for advice]], [[μάντεις]], [[μοῦσαν]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>155</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>165</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>772d</span>: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν <span class="bibl">Od.7.280</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>438</span>: metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1180</span>; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Th.3.47</span>; ἐ. ἐνθάδε <span class="bibl">Il.24.651</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> freq. in hostile sense, [[go]] or [[come against]], [[attack]], abs., <span class="bibl">12.136</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th. 1.90</span>, etc.: c. dat., <span class="bibl">Il.20.91</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>736</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.34</span>, etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχέν' ἐπῆλθε <span class="bibl">Il.7.262</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ</b>. [[invade]] it, <span class="bibl">Th.2.39</span>: hence, [[visit]], [[reprove]], ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ' ἐπῆλθον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>349</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span> 688</span>: with a Prep., [[invade]], ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>12.12</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[come forward to speak]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>931</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.119</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>850c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.97</span>, <span class="bibl">9.7</span>; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> in Law, [[proceed against]], ἐπί τινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>3.3</span> (iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.96.8</span> (iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>489.11</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πιττάκιον</b> [[impugn]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1167.14</span> (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>35.25</span> (ii B.C.), etc. ([[ἐπιπορεύομαι]] (q. v.) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of events, conditions, etc., [[come upon]], esp. [[come suddenly upon]], c. acc., μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος <span class="bibl">Od.4.793</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.141</span>; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>431</span>: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος <span class="bibl">Od.12.311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.472</span>; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν <span class="bibl">11.200</span>; <b class="b3">βροτοῖσιν .</b>. ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>600</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1256</span>; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>811d</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers., [[come into]] one's [[head]], [[occur to]] one, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.30</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ</b> Lat. [[quicquid in buccam venerit]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.24</span>: impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.107</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>134</span> (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ' ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>485e</span>, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>88d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[come in]], of revenues, etc., <b class="b3">ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>155.11</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">1049.16</span> (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of Time, [[come on]], <b class="b3">ἐπήλυθον ὧραι</b> the season [[came round again]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.107</span>, etc.; also, [[come on]], [[be at hand]], νὺξ δ' ἄρ' ἐπῆλθε <span class="bibl">14.457</span>; γῆρας ἐ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.528</span>,<span class="bibl">728</span>; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).7</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα</b> and [[that which is coming]], [[the future]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>98</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[come in after]] or [[over]] another, of a second wife, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[go over]] or [[on]] a space, [[traverse]], mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν <span class="bibl">Od.4.268</span>; ἀγρόν <span class="bibl">16.27</span>; ἄγκεα πολλά <span class="bibl">Il.18.321</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.14.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.30</span>; [[go the round of]], [[visit]], δόμους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1297</span>; ναοὺς χοροῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>153</span> (lyr.); [[πόλιν]], of a god, Maced.<span class="title">Pac.</span>29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τ' ἐπῆλθον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 699</span>; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών <span class="bibl">Th.8.54</span>; [[walk on]] ice, <span class="bibl">Id.3.23</span>; also of water, <b class="b3">ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα</b> [[overflows]] it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 559</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.89</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[go through]] or [[over]], [[discuss]], [[recount]], c. acc., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>160.4</span> codd. Str., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>618</span>; [[review]], τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1172b8</span>; also ἐ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>189b31</span>, al.; folld. by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1289b24</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1317a15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[accomplish]], πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Th.1.97</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[come up to]], [[imitate]], πάτρῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.46</span>.</span>