ἔφοδος

A. approach, Th. 4.129, 6.99 (pl.); αὐτόθεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους X. An. 4.2.6; εἰς τὸν λόφον ib.3.4.41; entrance to a holy place, Jahresh. 18 Beibl. 23 (Cilicia, ii A. D.); ἔφοδον θύειν sacrifice on arrival, GDI 2501.34 (Delph.).

b. ἔφοδοι θαλάττης advance of the tides, Thphr. Metaph. 29.

c. in argument, method of reasoning, ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔ. Arist. Top. 105a14; τὰ ἀκόλουθα, τὰ ἑξῆς τῆς ἐ., Ph. 1.572, 598; ἐξ ἐναργέος ἐφόδου, i. e. from the clear teaching of experience, Hp. Praec. 1.

d. Archit., course of masonry, IG 22.244.98 (iv B. C.), 5(2).33 (Tegea, iii B. C.).

2. means of approach, Plb. 1.13.9; right of access, δίδοσθαί τινι τὴν ἔ. ἐπὶ τοὺς πολλούς Id. 4.34.5; ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὸν δῆμον SIG 278.12 (Priene, iv B. C.), cf. IG 11(4).547 (Delos, iii B. C.); access for traffic and intercourse, communication, ἔφοδοι παρ’ ἀλλήλους Th. 1.6; πρὸς ἀλλ. Id. 5.35; right of importation, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων X. HG 2.4.3.

b. pl., natural passages, e.g. nostrils, Hp. Epid. 6.2.16.

3. attempt, plan, method, ib.6.5.1, Arist. EE 1230a35, Thphr. Sens. 60; ἔ. τῆς ἐξηγήσεως Plb. 3.1.11; method of procedure, Vett. Val.24.12; σοφιστικοῖς λόγοις καὶ ἐφόδοις χρησάμενοι Id. 334.9.

II. attack, onslaught, A. Eu. 375 (lyr., pl.), Th. 1.93, etc.; τοῦ στρατεύματος X. An. 2.2.18; ἔφοδον ποιεῖσθαι Th. 2.95; δέξασθαι Id. 4.126, Pl. Phd. 95b; γνώμης μᾶλλον ἐφόδῳ ἢ ἰσχύος Th. 3.11; ἐξ ἐφόδου τρέψασθαι at the first assault, Plb. 1.36.11, cf. OGI 654.4 (Egypt, i B. C.), etc.; τῇ πρώτῃ ἐφόδῳ ἁλῶναι D.H. 4.51; αὐτῆ ἐ. τρεψόμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους Id. 3.4; of ships, εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἔφοδον dub.l. in Plb. 3.25.4 codd. (leg. ἄφ‐); νυκτιπόλοι ἔφοδοι of the haunting powers of darkness, as subject to Persephone, E. Ion 1049 (lyr.).

2. attack or access of fever, Hp. Prog. 20; afflux of heat or cold, Id. Vict. 1.32 (pl.).

3. Rhet., artful exordium, D.H. Is. 3 (pl.), Lys. 15; = insinuatio, [Cic.] ad Herenn. 1.4.6, cf. Aphth. Prog. 13, etc.

III. proceedings in a law-court, suit, PHib. 1.96.10 (iii B. C.), etc.