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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[drive against]], <b class="b3">ἐπέρεισε δὲ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη [ἔγχος] νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα</b> [[drove]] it [[home]], Il.5.856, cf. 17.48; <b class="b3">ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον</b> [[put]] vast strength [[to]] it, 7.269, Od.9.538; [[thrust]] a door [[to]], [[shut]] it [[close]], Q.S.12.331; <b class="b3">ἐ. γένειόν τινι</b> [[lean]] it upon.., Ael.''NA''5.56: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. τὸν νοῦν</b> [[attend to]] a thing, A.D.''Synt.''148.20; τὴν διάνοιαν Plu.2.392b; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῷ φιλεῖν ἐμαυτόν</b> [[give]] oneself [[up to]], ib.463c; [[direct]], <b class="b3">πρὸς τὴν θεὸν τὸν λόγον</b> Sch.Pi.''N.''7.1:—Med., [[rest in]] or [[upon]], βαυκάλη ἐπὶ διαγωνίων λίθων ἐπηρεισμένη Sor.1.109: metaph., ψυχαὶ -όμεναι πνεύματι Porph.''Abst.''2.38; οὐσίᾳ Plot.6.1.3; ἄλλῳ Id.5.5.7; ἐπ' ἄλλου Iamb.''Comm.Math.''8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγά τινι</b> [[bring the whole force of]] the phalanx [[against]], Plu.''Flam.''8: abs., ἐ. τοῖς ἀντιτεταγμένοις Id.''Pyrrh.''21, cf. Arr.''Tact.''16.13:—Med., Ael. ''Tact.''14.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Med., <b class="b3">λαίφη προτόνοις ἐπερειδομένας</b> [[staying their]] sails with ropes, E.''Hec.''112:—Pass., [[lean]] or [[bear upon]], βακτηρίαις Ar.''Ec.''277, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''789e: metaph., [[lean upon]], ἡμετέρῃ ἐ. Ἑλλὰς ἐφορμῇ A.R.4.204: abs., [[resist with all one's force]], Ar.''Ra.''1102.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., to [[be leaned on]], J.''AJ''9.4.4.<br><span class="bld">b</span> to [[be subject to pressure]] or [[impact]], Chrysipp.Stoic.2.142.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr. in Act., <b class="b3">τῇ χειρὶ ἐπερείδειν</b> [[press heavily]] with the hand, Hp.''Art.''11.