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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπηρχόμην Th.4.120 (unless fr. [[ἐπάρχομαι]]: Att. impf. is [[ἐπῇα]] (but v. [[ἔρχομαι]]) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 [[ἐπῆλθον]], Ep. -ήλῠθον: pf. -ελήλυθα:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[come upon]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[approach]], c. dat., Il.12.200,218, etc.; esp. [[come suddenly upon]], Od.19.155, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.95: c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν E.''HF''593 codd. ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] <b class="b3">ἐσ-</b>); [[come to for advice]], [[μάντεις]], [[μοῦσαν]], Id.''Supp.''155, ''Hel.''165, cf. Pl.''Lg.''772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν Od.7.280, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''438: metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν Id.''Tr.''1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον Th.3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε Il.24.651.<br><span class="bld">b</span> freq. in hostile sense, [[go]] or [[come against]], [[attack]], abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il.20.91, E.''Ba.''736, Th.6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχέν' ἐπῆλθε Il.7.262; <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ.</b> [[invade]] it, Th.2.39: hence, [[visit]], [[reprove]], ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ' ἐπῆλθον E.''IA''349, cf. ''Andr.'' 688: with a Prep., [[invade]], ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ''PFay.''12.12 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[come forward to speak]], E.''Or.''931, Th.1.119, Pl.''Lg.''850c; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Th.1.90; <b class="b3">τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις</b> ib.91.<br><span class="bld">d</span> in Law, [[proceed against]], ἐπί τινα ''PEleph.''3.3 (iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος ''PAmh.''2.96.8 (iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''489.11 (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πιττάκιον</b> [[impugn]], ''BGU''1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι ''PStrassb.''35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. ([[ἐπιπορεύομαι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.)<br><span class="bld">2</span> of events, conditions, etc., [[come upon]], esp. [[come suddenly upon]], c. acc., μιν.. ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.4.793, al., cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται E.''Fr.''431: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.12.311, cf. 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200; <b class="b3">βροτοῖσιν.</b>. ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ A.''Pers.''600, cf. ''Ag.''1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Pl.''Lg.''811d, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers., [[come into]] one's [[head]], [[occur to]] one, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.30; <b class="b3">ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ</b> Lat. [[quicquid in buccam venerit]], Isoc.12.24: impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.107, cf. S.''Tr.''134 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ' ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. ''Grg.''485e, etc.; also [[ἐπέρχεταί]] με λέγειν Id.''Phd.''88d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[come in]], of revenues, etc., <b class="b3">ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί</b>, ''BGU''155.11 (ii A.D.), 1049.16 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[come on]], <b class="b3">ἐπήλυθον ὧραι</b> the season [[came round again]], Od.2.107, etc.; also, [[come on]], [[be at hand]], νὺξ δ' ἄρ' ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. Thgn.528,728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi.''O.''10(11).7; <b class="b3">τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα</b> and [[that which is coming]], [[the future]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''98.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[come in after]] or [[over]] another, of a second wife, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.41.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[go over]] or [[on]] a space, [[traverse]], mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν Od.4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά Il.18.321, cf. Od.14.139, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.30; [[go the round of]], [[visit]], δόμους S.''El.''1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς Id.''Ant.''153 (lyr.); [[πόλιν]], of a god, Maced.''Pac.''29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τ' ἐπῆλθον E.''Ph.'' 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών Th.8.54; [[walk on]] ice, Id.3.23; also of water, <b class="b3">ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα</b> [[overflows]] it, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.19, cf. A.''Supp.'' 559 (lyr.), Th.3.89.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[go through]] or [[over]], [[discuss]], [[recount]], c. acc., Hes.''Fr.''160.4 codd. Str., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''618; [[review]], τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος Id.''Ph.''189b31, al.; followed by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες.. Id.''Pol.''1289b24; <b class="b3">πῶς δεῖ.. ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως</b> ib. 1317a15.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[accomplish]], πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων Th.1.97.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[come up to]], [[imitate]], πάτρῳ Pi.''P.''6.46.