ἐπισπερχής
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ές,
A hasty, hurried, μὴ ἐ. ἀλλ' ἀγαθὸς φαινέσθω Arist. Phgn.808a7, cf.807b5. Adv.-χῶς X.Cyr.4.1.3: Comp.-εστέρως Aen. Tact.26.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 981] ές, eilig, hastig, heftig, Arist. Physiogn. 3, wo er τρίχωμα μαλακόν, τῷ σώματι συγκεκαθικὸς οὐκ ἐπισπερχές entgegengesetzt. – Adv., Xen. Cyr. 4, 1, 3; ἐπισπερχεστέρως ἐξετάζειν, strenger untersuchen, Aen. Poliorc. 26.
