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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">press down</b>, χαλεπὸν κατὰ γῆρας ἐπείγει <span class="bibl">Il.23.623</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">press hard</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ χρῆσται κατήπειγον αὐτόν</b> his creditors <b class="b2">were pressing</b> him <b class="b2">hard</b>, <span class="bibl">D.33.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.61</span>; <b class="b3">κατεπείγει ὕδωρ ῥέον</b> the ebbing water (of the clepsydra) <b class="b2">urges</b> him <b class="b2">on</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>172e</span>; ἡ φιλοτιμία κατήπειγεν αὐτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>338e</span>: c. acc. et inf., οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς ἐστὶ τὸ κατεπεῖγον τὸ μὴ . . σκοπεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>781e</span>; οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς κ. ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">D.24.18</span>; τὸ -επεῖγον πράττειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.2</span>; τὰ ἀναλώματα τὰ -επείγοντα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>161.5</span> (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. alone, the <b class="b2">urgent symptom</b>, Gal.17(2).426; οὔτε τι κωλύει οὔτε -επείγει <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>14</span>; τὰ μάλιστα -επείγοντα <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.66.6</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐν ἐκείνῳ μὲν τῷ χρόνῳ πραχθέντων, ῥηθῆναι δὲ νῦν οὐ -επειγόντων</b> not <b class="b2">urgently requiring</b> mention, <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.192</span>; τῆς ὥρας -επειγούσης <span class="bibl">Plb.3.99.9</span>; θόρυβος φόβος μετὰ φωνῆς -επείγων <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.98:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be pressed</b>, Hyp.(?)<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1607.43, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.138 S.; περί τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>530</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">hasten, make haste</b>, ἕπου κατεπείγων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>293</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">Βοιωτοὶ οὐδέν τι κατήπειγον ξυνάψαι</b> <b class="b2">were in</b> no <b class="b2">haste</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.2.18</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδέν κω κατεπείγων αὐτὸς ἥκειν</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.126</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Med., <b class="b2">hasten</b>, ἐκ Κορίνθου Ἀθήναζε <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">to be anxious, long for</b>... <span class="bibl">Plb.5.37.10</span>, <span class="bibl">30.5.9</span>: also c. dat., <b class="b2">press for</b>, τῷ ἐφοδίῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>6.603.22</span> (iii B.C.).</span>