pounce
From LSJ
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. κατασκήπτειν, Ar. and V. καταίρειν, V. καταιγίζειν; see swoop.
pounce upon: V. προσπτάσθαι (dat.), 1st aor. (προσπέτεσθαι).
Met., P. ἐφίστασθαι (dat.) (cf. Dem. 43).
