ἐπῴχατο

A. were shut to, Il. 12.340 (= ἐπικεκλιμέναι ἦσαν, ἐπέκειντο, Aristarch., who derived it from ἐποίγω, prob. rightly, cf. προσοίγνυμι; = ἐπωχλισμέναι ἦσαν were bolted, Apollon. Lex., reading ἐπώχατο; πάσας γὰρ ἐπῴχετο Zenod., vulg.).