ἐπιρρώομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=old Ep. pres.: aor.1 Med. <b class="b3">ἐπερρώσαντο</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">apply one's</b> <b class="b2">strength to</b> a thing, <b class="b2">work lustily at</b> it, c. dat., [<b class="b3">μύλαις] δώδεκα πᾶσαι</b> <b class="b3">ἐπερρώοντο γυναῖκες</b> <b class="b2">worked with might and main at</b> the mill, <span class="bibl">Od.20.107</span>; ἐπερρώοντ' ἐλάτῃσι <span class="bibl">A.R.2.661</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b2">move nimbly</b>, ποσσὶν ἐπερρώσαντο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.385</span> (tm.): c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἐπίρρωσαι δὲ</b> <b class="b3">χορείην</b> <b class="b2">urge the rapid</b> dance, <span class="title">AP</span>9.403 (Maec.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b2">follow rapidly</b>, ἐπερρώοντο τιθήνῃ <span class="bibl">Coluth.101</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. <b class="b2">flow</b> or <b class="b2">stream upon</b> (one's head), <b class="b3">χαῖται ἐπερρώσαντο ἄνακτος κρατὸς ἀπ' ἀθανάτοιο</b> his locks <b class="b2">flowed waving</b> from his head, <span class="bibl">Il.1.529</span>; πλοχμοὶ . . ἐπερρώοντο κιόντι <span class="bibl">A.R.2.677</span>.</span>