ἐπέρχομαι

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impf.

   A ἐπηρχόμην Th.4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλῠθον: pf. -ελήλυθα:    I come upon:    1 of persons, approach, c. dat., Il.12.200,218, etc.; esp. come suddenly upon, Od.19.155, Hdt. 6.95: c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν E.HF593 codd. (nisi leg. ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Id.Supp.155, Hel.165, cf. Pl.Lg.772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν Od.7.280, cf. S.Aj.438: metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν Id.Tr.1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον Th.3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε Il.24.651.    b freq. in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il.20.91, E.Ba.736, Th.6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχέν' ἐπῆλθε Il.7.262; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th.2.39: hence, visit, reprove, ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ' ἐπῆλθον E.IA349, cf. Andr. 688: with a Prep., invade, ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν PFay.12.12 (ii B.C.).    c come forward to speak, E.Or.931, Th.1.119, Pl.Lg.850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, Hdt.5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Th.1.90; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις ib.91.    d in Law, proceed against, ἐπί τινα PEleph.3.3 (iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος PAmh.2.96.8 (iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος POxy.489.11 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι PStrassb.35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.)    2 of events, conditions, etc., come upon, esp. come suddenly upon, c. acc., μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.4.793, al., cf. Hdt.2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται E.Fr.431: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.12.311, cf. 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200; βροτοῖσιν .. ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ A.Pers.600, cf. Ag.1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Pl.Lg.811d, etc.    3 c. dat. pers., come into one's head, occur to one, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε Hdt.1.30; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Lat. quicquid in buccam venerit, Isoc.12.24: impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν Hdt.6.107, cf. S.Tr.134 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ' ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. Grg.485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν Id.Phd.88d.    4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, BGU155.11 (ii A.D.), 1049.16 (iv A.D.).    II of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Od.2.107, etc.; also, come on, be at hand, νὺξ δ' ἄρ' ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. Thgn.528,728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi.O.10(11).7; τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, A.Pr.98.    2 come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt.5.41.    III go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν Od.4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά Il.18.321, cf. Od.14.139, Hdt.1.30; go the round of, visit, δόμους S.El.1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς Id.Ant.153 (lyr.); πόλιν, of a god, Maced.Pac.29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τ' ἐπῆλθον E.Ph. 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών Th.8.54; walk on ice, Id.3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflows it, Hdt.2.19, cf. A.Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th.3.89.    2 go through or over, discuss, recount, c. acc., Hes.Fr.160.4 codd. Str., Ar.Eq.618; review, τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος Arist.EN1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος Id.Ph.189b31, al.; folld. by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . . Id.Pol.1289b24; πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως ib. 1317a15.    3 accomplish, πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων Th.1.97.    IV come up to, imitate, πάτρῳ Pi.P.6.46.