ἐπισπάω

A. draw or drag after one, Hdt. 2.121.δ/; ἦγ’ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, E. Hel. 116, cf. Tr. 882, Andr. 710:— Med., X. An. 4.7.14:—Pass., ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, Th. 4.130.

2. . metaph., bring on, cause, τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων A. Pers. 477.

3. . pull to, τὴν θύραν X. HG 6.4.36; cf. ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, D. 24.139.

4. . attract, gain, win, πέποιθα τοῦτ’ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος S. Aj. 769:—freq. in Med., ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος Hdt. 3.72; εὔνοιαν Plb. 3.98.9; χάριν SIG 685.40 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); ἔχθραν AP 11.340 (Pall.); welcome, Ph. 1.384; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, Luc. JTr. 16; induce, ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν Lib. Or. 56.26; attract, σίδηρον Phld. Sign. 1.

5. . draw on, allure, persuade, τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Cra. 420a:—Med., ὁ λόγος . . ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο Th. 3.44, cf. 5.111; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] Arist. HA 613b19; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο . . τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked, Epicur. Nat. 137 G.: c.inf., induce to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce, invite them to make the venture, dub. l. in Th. 4.9; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα X. Cyr. 5.5.10; ἐ. τοὺσπολεμίους ἐφ’ ἑαυτόν Plu. Phil. 18, cf. Mar. 11, 21, 26; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους allure, entice, Plb. 3.110.2, etc.:—Pass., ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, Pl. Lg. 863e; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες . . ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] D. 5.19; πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα OGI 223.18 (iii B.C.); ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.23F.

6. . Med., absorb, τὰ σιτία ‐σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα Arist. Pr. 868b30; τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν Thphr. CP 2.9.12; quaff, of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. Gal. 15.500, cf. Luc. DDeor. 5.4; of infants, suck, γάλα Sor. 1.88; of cupping instruments, Hp. VM 22; draw in, πνεῦμα Phld. D. 3.13:—Pass., of air, to be sucked in, Arist. Pr. 931b22.

7. . Med., draw in, call in, Πύρρον Plb. 1.6.5; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος ib.7.6; μάρτυρας ‐ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς Phld. Po. 5.1425.8:—Pass., to be called in, forced to work, εἴς τι PTeb. 27.4 (ii B.C.).

8. . in Pass., of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, Th. 3.89.

II. . overturn: hence proverb., ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', Luc. Pseudol. 32.

III. . Med., draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised, μὴ ἐπισπάσθω 1 Ep.Cor. 7.18; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν Sor. 1.113.