ἐφέπω

A. ἐφέψω Il. 21.588: aor. 2 ἐπέσπον A. Pers. 552 (lyr.) (the only place in Trag.), inf. ἐπισπεῖν, part. ἐπισπών (v. infr. 111):—ply, wield, ἔγχος Pi. P. 6.33.

2. c. dat. pers., apply, direct towards or against, Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους Il. 16.732, cf. 724.

3. ply, belabour, lay on to, [ἵππους] μάστιγι 24.326; of warriors, belabour, harass the enemy, 11.177, 22.188; σφεδανὸν ἔφεπ’ ἔγχεϊ 21.542: c. acc. loci, ὣς ἔφεπε κλονέων πεδίον 11.496; of hunters, beat, drive, κορυφὰς ὀρέων Od. 9.121 (but ἄγρην ἐφέπεσκον, . . ἰχθῦς ὄρνιθάς τε plied (ἐνήργουν Sch.) the chase, (hunting) fish and birds, 12.330): abs. metaph., punish, παραιβασίας Hes. Th. 220.

II. ply or practise a pursuit, ἄλλοι δ’ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἕποιεν Od. 14.195; πόλεμον ἐ. Simon. 142.2 (codd. AP); τερπωλὰς καὶ θαλίας Archil. 13; συμποσίας Pi. P. 4.294; ὅσια καὶ νόμιμα Ar. Th. 675; πολλὰ ἐπέπουσι (v.l. ἐφ-) Hdt. 7.8. ά; τὰν Φιλοκτήταο δίκαν ἐ. practising his way, Pi. P. 1.50.

2. govern, administer, Θήβας A. Pers. 38 (anap.), cf. 552; πόλιας θνητῶν v.l. in Simon. 142.2; Ζεὺς ὥρην ἐφέπων Man. 3.32; face (ply, cope with) a task, οὐδέ κ’ Ἀθήνη τοσσῆσδ’ ὑσμίνης ἐφέποι στόμα Il. 20.359; τοσσούσδ’ ἀνθρώπους ἐφέπειν καὶ πᾶσι μάχεσθαι ib.357; μαιμώων ἔφεπ’ ἔγχεϊ faced (plied) them with his spear, 15.742.

3. c. acc. loci, haunt, frequent, of gods, nymphs, etc., γαῖαν καὶ βένθεα λίμνης Hes. Th. 366, cf. Pi. P. 1.30, Pae.Delph. 7; of birds, A.R. 2.384; γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν Luc. Trag. 267; visit, σῴζων ἐφέποις ἡμᾶς Aristonous 1.47.

4. molest, follow a woman, Herod. 2.47; cf. ἐφέπειν(‐έπτειν cod.)· ἐπακολουθεῖν, Hsch.

III. come upon, encounter, face, πότμον ἐπίσπῃς, etc. Il. 6.412, etc.; θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐ. Od. 24.31; θανεῖν καὶ πότμον ἐ. Il. 7.52, Od. 4.562, etc.; κακὸν οἶτον ἐ. 3.134; ὀλέθριον ἦμαρ ἐ. Il. 19.294; ἐ. αἴσιμον ἦμαρ 21.100; reversely, αἰὼν ἔφεπε μόρσιμος Pi. O. 2.10.—The Act. is rare in Att. (v. supr.).

B. Med., ἐφέπομαι (in later Poets ἐφέσπομαι Maiist. 46, Naumach. ap.Stob. 4.23.7, Nonn. D. 16.401, ἐπιέσπομαι Opp. C. 3.272): impf. ἐφειπόμην: fut. ἐφέψομαι S. Ant. 636, ἐπιέψομαι A.R. 2.18: aor. 2 ἐφεσπόμην (but 3 pl. ἐπέσποντ(ο) Pi. P. 4.133), imper. ἐπίσπου, inf. ἐπισπέσθαι: also aor. 1 imper. ἐφεψάσθω (v.l. ἐφαψ-) Theoc. 9.2:—follow, pursue, once in Hom. in hostile sense, ληϊστῆρσιν ἐπισπόμενος Ταφίοισιν Od. 16.426, cf. Hdt. 1.103, 3.54, Th. 4.96, etc.

II. follow, attend, λαῶν ἔθνος ἐπισπόμενον ἑοῖ αὐτῷ Il. 13.495; ἐπισπέσθαι ποσίν attend on foot, i. e. keep up with, 14.521, cf. Hdt. 3.14, 31, al.; εἰ μή οἱ τύχη ἐπίσποιτο if fortune attend him not, Id. 1.32, etc.; ᾧ χάρις ἐφέσπετο Ar. V. 1278: abs., opp. ἡγεῖσθαι, Th. 3.45.

2. obey, attend to, ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od. 3.215; ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ giving the reins to their passion, 14.262; τῇ γνώμῃ τινὸς ἐ. Hdt. 7.10.γ/; βουλῇ . . ἐπισπέσθαι πατρός A. Eu. 620; [γνώμαις], βουλεύμασι, τῷ δικαίῳ, S. Ant. 636, El. 967, 1037: abs., ὁ ἐπισπόμενος, opp. ὁ πείσας, Th. 3.43; also, agree, approve, εἰ δὲ . . ἐπὶ δ’ ἕσπωνται θεοὶ ἄλλοι Od. 12.349, cf. Pi. P. 4.133.

3. follow an argument, μόγις πως ἐ. Pl. Lg. 644d, cf. Tht. 192e, etc.