ἐπῴχατο
From LSJ
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
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.).
