ἐπισπεύδω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[urge on]], [[further]] or [[promote]] an object, opp. [[ἀποσπεύδω]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.18</span>; ἐ. τὸ δρᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>467</span>; τὴν στρατείαν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.138</span>, etc.; of persons, [[urge on]], [[hasten]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.33</span>; ὁδίταν <span class="bibl">Theoc. 16.93</span>: metaph., [[οἷς]] (attracted for [[οὓς]]) <b class="b3"> μὴ φύσις ἐπέσπευσεν</b> whom Nature [[has]] not [[matured quickly]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>810b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. intr., [[hasten onward]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 1275</span>; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>3.4</span>; ἐ. εἰς ταὐτόν τινι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>7.4</span>: part. [[ἐπισπεύδων]] [[in haste]], <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1389</span>; τὸ -σπεῦδον τῆς πορείας <span class="bibl">Hld.8.17</span>.</span>