ἐπισπέρχω

A. urge on, Od. 22.451; [ἵππους] κέντρῳ ἐπισπέρχων Il. 23.430; [νῆα] ἐρετμοῖς A.R. 3.346; τὸ πρᾶγμα κάρτ’ ἐπισπέρχει θεός A. Th. 689; τοὺς ἄλλους τοιαῦτα ἐπέσπερχε Th. 4.12: c. inf., urge one to do, A.R. 1.525, Plu. 2.347b.

2. . ἐ. ἴχνος follow close upon the track, Opp. C. 4.96: abs., Nic. Th. 144.

II. . intr., rage furiously, ἐπισπέρχουσιν ἄελλαι Od. 5.304, cf. Pi. Parth. 2.18; εἴ τι ἡ πνὶξ ἐπισπέρχοι Aret. CA 1.8.

2. . hasten in flight, Tim. Pers. 98.