ἐφέπομαι

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ἐφέπω B: B Med., ἐφέπομαι (in later Poets ἐφέσπομαι Maiist. 46, Naumach. ap.Stob.4.23.7, Nonn.D.16.401, ἐπιέσπομαι Opp.C.3.272): impf. ἐφειπόμην: fut. ἐφέψομαι S.Ant.636, ἐπιέψομαι A.R.2.18: aor. 2 ἐφεσπόμην (but 3pl. ἐπέσποντο Pi.P.4.133), imper. ἐπίσπου, inf. ἐπισπέσθαι: also aor. 1 imper. ἐφεψάσθω (v.l. ἐφαψάσθω) Theoc.9.2:—follow, pursue, once in Hom. in hostile sense, ληϊστῆρσιν ἐπισπόμενος Ταφίοισιν Od.16.426, cf. Hdt.1.103, 3.54, Th.4.96, etc. II follow, attend, λαῶν ἔθνος ἐπισπόμενον ἑοῖ αὐτῷ Il.13.495; ἐπισπέσθαι ποσίν attend on foot, i. e. keep up with, 14.521, cf. Hdt.3.14, 31, al.; εἰ μή οἱ τύχη ἐπίσποιτο if fortune attend him not, Id.1.32, etc.; ᾧ χάρις ἐφέσπετο Ar.V.1278: abs., opp. ἡγεῖσθαι, Th.3.45. 2 obey, attend to, ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od.3.215; ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ giving the reins to their passion, 14.262; τῇ γνώμῃ τινὸς ἐ. Hdt.7.10.γ; βουλῇ . . ἐπισπέσθαι πατρός A.Eu.620; [γνώμαις], βουλεύμασι, τῷ δικαίῳ, S.Ant. 636, El.967, 1037: abs., ὁ ἐπισπόμενος, opp. ὁ πείσας, Th.3.43; also, agree, approve, εἰ δὲ . . ἐπὶ δ' ἕσπωνται θεοὶ ἄλλοι Od.12.349, cf. Pi.P. 4.133. 3 follow an argument, μόγις πως ἐ. Pl.Lg.644d, cf. Tht. 192e, etc.