οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
v. intrans.
P. and V. ἐφίστασθαι, P. ἐπικρέμασθαι, ἐπηρτῆσθαι (perf. pass. of ἐπαρτᾶν), Ar. and P. ἐνεστηκέναι (perf. of ἐνιστάναι). Some of the dangers were impending, others were already upon us: P. τὰ μὲν ἤμελλε τῶν δεινῶν τὰ δʼ ἤδη παρῆν (Dem. 292).
