ἐπιρρώννυμι

A. add strength to, strengthen or encourage in a thing, αὗται [αἱ νέες] . . σφέας ἐπέρρωσαν Hdt. 8.14; τοὺς μὲν ἐξέπληξε, τοὺς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπέρρωσεν Th. 4.36, cf. 8.89; εἰς τὸ ἐπιρρῶσαι αὐτούς X. HG 7.5.6; ἐ. τινὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Plu. Lys. 4; ἐπίρρωσον σαυτήν collect your strength, Luc. Tim. 41; ἐ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ πάθη, Plu. 2.62a,681f.

II. . Pass. (in which the pf. ἐπέρρωμαι, plpf. ἐπερρώμην serve as pres. and impf.), fut. ἐπιρρωσθήσομαι Luc. Somn. 18: aor. 1 ἐπερρώσθην (v. infr.):—recover strength, pluck up courage, Th. 6.93, 7.2; οἱ Κορίνθιοι . . πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπέρρωντο Id. 7.17; ἐς τἆλλα πολὺ ἐπέρρωντο ib.7; ἐπερρώσθη ἄν τις ἰδών X. HG 3.4.18; ἐπερρώσθησαν ταῖς ὁρμαῖς πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Plb. 1.24.1; τὰς ψυχάς Hdn. 3.3.8; κείνοις . . ἐπερρώσθη λέγειν (impers.) they took courage to speak, S. OC 661.