ἐποχέομαι
πάλιν δ' ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον → he took back his speech, he retracted his speech, he altered his speech
English (LSJ)
Pass. with fut. (and in Nonn.D.45.322, aor.) Med.,
A be carried upon, ride upon, οὐ μὰν ὑμῖν γε (the horses of Achilles) καὶ ἅρμασι δαιδαλέοισιν Ἕκτωρ..ἐποχήσεται Il.17.449, cf. Arr. Tact.17.1 ; ἐφ' ἵππῳ Paus.6.20.16 : abs., κάμηλον ὥστε ἐποχεῖσθαι a camel to ride on, X.Cyr.7.1.49 ; of a fractured bone, rest or ride on the adjoining one, Hp.Art.15 ; com., ἐμβάταις ὑψηλοῖς ἐ. to be mounted on high shoes, Luc.Salt.27 ; ἡ κωμῳδία ἀναπαίστοις ἐ. Id.Prom.Es6. 2 float upon, [ἡ γῆ] ἐ. τῷ ἀέρι Placit.3.15.8 ; float on the surface, Gal.7.604, Aët.5.137. 3 metaph., of a higher power, transcend the lower, [θεὸν] -ούμενον τῇ νοητῇ φύσει Plot.1.1.8 ; θεοὶ τοῖς δαίμοσιν ἄνωθεν -ούμενοι Procl.in Alc.p.69C.; θεία ἀρετὴ ἐπὶ ἀνθρωπίνην ἐ. Hierocl.in CA 20p.463M. b to be borne upon, employ as a vehicle or medium, Plot.4.5.6 ; τῇ οὐσίᾳ Dam.Pr.89, cf.5. c hover over, brood over, play about, Plot.2.2.3, 2.5.5,4.3.7.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐποχέομαι: Παθ., μετὰ μέλλ. (καὶ ἐν Νόνν. Δ. 45. 322, ἀορ.) Μέσ.: ― φέρομαι ἐπί τινος, ὀχοῦμαι, ἀκριβῶς ὡς τὸ Λατ. vehi, οὐ μὰν ὑμῖν γε καὶ ἅρμασι δαιδαλέοισιν Ἕκτωρ... ἐποχήσεται, λέγει ὁ Ζεὺς εἰς τοὺς ἵππους τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως, Ἰλ. Ρ. 449, πρβλ. Κ. 330· ἐφ’ ἵππῳ Παυσ. 6. 20, 16· ἀπολ., κάμηλον ὥστε ἐποχεῖσθαι Ξεν. Κύρ. 7. 1, 49· ἐπὶ ἐξηρθρωμένου ὀστοῦ, στηρίζομαι ἐπὶ τοῦ πλησίον, Ἱππ. π. Ἄρθρ. 792· κωμικῶς, ἐμβάταις ὑψηλοῖς, Λουκ. π. Ὀρχ. 27· ἡ κωμωδία... ἀναπαίστοις μέτροις ἐποχουμένη τὰ πολλὰ ἐπ. ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Προμηθ. εἰ ἐν Λόγ. 6· ἡ γῆ τῷ ἀέρι Πλούτ. 2. 896D.
