ἐπιδιατρίβω
From LSJ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
[ρῑ],
A spend time on, χρόνον τῇ γεύσει Thphr.Od.11; spend, ἡμέρας τρεῖς J.AJ11.5.2, cf.Hdn.2.11.1; ἐπιδιατρίψας dwelling on it, Arist.Mete.371a23.