ἐπῴχατο
From LSJ
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
Ep.3pl. plpf. Pass., πᾶσαι γὰρ [πύλαι] ἐπῴχατο all
A were shut to, Il.12.340 (= ἐπικεκλιμέναι ἦσαν, ἐπέκειντο, Aristarch., who derived it from ἐποίγω, prob. rightly, cf. προσοίγνυμι; = ἐπωχλισμέναι ἦσαν were bolted, Apollon.Lex., reading ἐπώχατο; πάσας γὰρ ἐπῴχετο Zenod., vulg.).