ὀπηδέω
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
Dor. ὀπᾱδέω (v. ὀπηδός), used by Hom. only in 3sg. pres. ὀπηδεῖ, and impf. ὀπήδει (without augm.): inf.
A ὀπηδεῖν h.Ap.530 :—follow, accompany, attend, τινι Il. 2.184, 24.368, Pi.P.4.287 ; also ἅμα τινί Od.7.165, Hes.Th.80, h.Ap. l. c. ; μετά τινι, v. infr. 11. II of things (cf. ἕπομαι II), ἀνεμώλια γάρ μοι ὀπηδεῖ [τόξα] useless do they go with me, Il.5.216 ; ἀρετὴν σὴν... ἥ τοι ὀπηδεῖ Od.8.237 ; ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ Il.17.251, cf. Hes.Op.142,313, Thgn.933, etc. ; μετ' ἀνδράσι λιμὸς ὀπηδεῖ Hes. Op.230 ; μετ' ἴχνια Κύρνος ὀ. Call.Del.19.—Ep. Verb, rare in Trag., as ὀπαδεῖ A.Fr.475 ; ὀπαδοῦσ' prob. in Id.Ag.426 (lyr.), and once in a late Pap., Sammelb.4324.11 (Tab. Defix.) : ὀπαδός however is used by Trag.
