ἐπιρρώομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=old Ep. pres.: aor.1 Med. [[ἐπερρώσαντο]]:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">apply one's</b> [[strength to]] a thing, [[work lustily at]] it, c. dat., [<b class="b3">μύλαις] δώδεκα πᾶσαι</b> <b class="b3">ἐπερρώοντο γυναῖκες</b> [[worked with might and main at]] the mill, <span class="bibl">Od.20.107</span>; ἐπερρώοντ' ἐλάτῃσι <span class="bibl">A.R.2.661</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. [[move nimbly]], ποσσὶν ἐπερρώσαντο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.385</span> (tm.): c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἐπίρρωσαι δὲ</b> [[χορείην]] [[urge the rapid]] dance, <span class="title">AP</span>9.403 (Maec.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. [[follow rapidly]], ἐπερρώοντο τιθήνῃ <span class="bibl">Coluth.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. [[flow]] or [[stream upon]] (one's head), <b class="b3">χαῖται ἐπερρώσαντο ἄνακτος κρατὸς ἀπ' ἀθανάτοιο</b> his locks [[flowed waving]] from his head, <span class="bibl">Il.1.529</span>; πλοχμοὶ . . ἐπερρώοντο κιόντι <span class="bibl">A.R.2.677</span>.</span>