ἐπιθύω

A. rush eagerly at, ὡς ἂν ἐπιθύσαντες ἑλοίμεθα Od. 16.297: c.gen., ἐπιθύουσι βοῶν λίες Euph. 35a: c.dat., Opp. C. 1.281,385.

2. . c.inf., strive vehemently to do a thing, ἐρύσσασθαι . . Τρῶες ἐπιθύουσι Il. 18.175; θυμὸς ἐπιθύει κιθαρίζειν h.Merc. 475; δεδαῆσθαι A.R. 2.1154; κύσσαι . . στόμα Id. 1.1238:—Med., rush upon, flood, Νεῖλος ἐπεθύσατο (sic) αὔλακι γαίης Epic.Anon.in BKT 5(1).119. (Prob. a compound of ἰθύω[υ], with υ metri gr.: taken as ἐπι‐θύω by Epic.Anon. l.c.)