ἐπασσύτερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], α, ον, Ep.Adj. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one upon another]], [[one after another]], mostly in plural, ἐπασσύτεραι κίνυντο φάλαγγες <span class="bibl">Il.4.427</span>; πάντας ἐπασσυτέρους πέλασε χθονί <span class="bibl">8</span>.<span class="bibl">[277]</span>; <b class="b3">σκοποὶ ἷζον αἰὲν ἐπασσύτεροι</b> watchers sat [[one after another]], i.e. at short distances, <span class="bibl">Od.16.366</span>; τριηκοσίας πέτρας πέμπον ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>716</span>; ἐ. ποσὶν ἕρπον <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>717</span>: and in sg., <b class="b3">κῦμα . . ὄρνυτ' ἐπασσύτερον</b> wave [[upon]] wave, <span class="bibl">Il.4.423</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[frequent]], [[repeated]], λυγμοί <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>246</span>: with sg. word, <b class="b3">ἐ. οὖρος</b>, perh. [[following]] breeze or [[ever-freshening]], <span class="bibl">A.R.1.579</span>; and so <b class="b3">ἐ. βιότοιο χρησμοσύνη</b> [[ever-growing]] penury, <span class="bibl">Id.2.472</span>. (Perh. from <b class="b3">ἐπ-αν (α) -ς (ε) υ-</b>.) </span>