ἐπιπέτομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -πτήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.15</span>: aor. [[ἐπεπτάμην]] or <b class="b3">-όμην</b> (v. infr.); later, also in act. form [[ἐπέπτην]], part. ἐπιπτάς <span class="title">AP</span>11.407 (Nicarch.), <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.25</span>:—[[fly to]] or [[towards]], <b class="b3">καθ'</b> ὅμιλον ἐπιπτέσθαι μενεαίνων <span class="bibl">Il.4.126</span>; οἱ . . ἐπέπτατο δεξιὸς ὄρνις <span class="bibl">13.821</span>; ἐ. σοὶ τωὐτὸ ὄνειρον <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.15</span>;ᾗ 'πέπτετο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>48</span>; <b class="b3">ἀετὸς ἐπιπτόμενος</b> αἴσιος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. c.acc., [[fly over]], πεδία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1486</span> (lyr.); γῆν καὶ θάλατταν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>118</span>; ἐ. ἀρούραις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>17.16</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">καινὰ καὶ θάυμαστὰ ἐ</b>. [[fly over to]], [[run eagerly after]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1471</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ λεγόμενα ὥσπερ ἐπιπτόμενοι</b> [[flitting]] from one to another, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. [[fly at]] or [[on to]], of a male bird, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>564b4</span>.</span>