ἐπιχράω

A. attack, assault, c. dat., ὡς δὲ λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν ἐπέχραον..ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρώεσσιν ἐπέχραον, Il. 16.352,356 ; μητέρι μοι μνηστῆρες ἐπέχραον beset her, Od. 2.50.

2. abs., to be violent, rage, of the winds, A.R. 2.498.

3. c. inf., to be urgent or eager to do, Id. 4.508 : c. acc. et inf., [ἀνάγκη] με..νεῖσθαι ἐπέχραε was urgent that I should come, Id. 3.431.