ἐπιθέω
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
A run upon, at or after, Hdt.9.107, X.Cyn.6.10: abs., App. Hisp.90; ἐ. πρὸς τὴν μάχην Hdn.6.7.8. 2. metaph., ἡ ἐπιθέουσα εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀπάτη Plot.2.9.6; to be diffused over, πᾶσι τοῖς ἀληθέσι Id.5.3.17, al. II. run upon the surface of water, Arist.HA551b22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 943] (s. θέω), herbei-, herzulaufen, ὁλκάς Plut. Marc. 14; bes. feindlich, Her. 9, 107; πρὸς τὴν συσταδὸν μάχην Hdn. 6, 7, 19; verfolgen, vom Jäger, Xen. Cyn. 8, 10; Folgde; τινά, App. Hisp. 27.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés. et impf. ἐπέθεον;
courir vers ou contre.
Étymologie: ἐπί, θέω.
