ἐπιδρομή

A. running over, inroad, κυμάτων Arist. Mu. 400a26 (pl.); onward motion, IGRom. 4.503.34 (Pergam.).

2. . metaph., brief notice, Phld. Rh. 2.268S.; ἐν τῇ ἐ. τῶν φιλοσόφων in his summary notice of them, D.L. 7.48; summary, προειρημένων λόγων Corn. Rh. p.389H.; ἀποδείξεων Dam. Pr. 369; ἐπιτομὰς ἢ συνάψεις ἢ ἐπιδρομάς Gal. 9.431; ὡς ἐν ἐπιδρομῇ δεδείχθω Iamb. in Nic. p.72P.

II. . inroad, raid, attack, Th. 4.34, 56; τῷ τειχίσματι ib. 23; ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς ἁρπαγή plundering by means of an inroad, Hdt. 1.6: hence ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς on the spur of the moment, ἐξ ἐ. αἱρέσεις ποιεῖσθαι Pl. R. 619d; εἰπεῖν Plu. Ant. 80, cf. Men. Pk. 148; cursorily, μνήμην ποιήσασθαι φαύλως καὶ ἐξ ἐ. D.H. Pomp. 3 (so κατ’ ἐπιδρομήν Aps. Rh. p.258H.); μηδὲν ἐξ ἐ. παθεῖν by a sudden attack, D. 21.138, cf. D.H. 2.3.

III. . office of inspector, τῆς μητροπόλεως PFay. 23.2 (ii A.D.).

IV. . a place to which ships run in, landing-place, Λιβύης . . ἐρήμους ἀξένους τ’ ἐπιδρομάς E. Hel. 404; πλοῦν οὔριον . . Ἰλίου τ’ ἐπιδρομάς Id. IA 1597; τὰς ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης διαχῶσαι Phalar. Ep. 62.

V. . flow of blood (to an atrophied part), Hp. Off. 24.