rush at
ἐπαί̈σσω, Ep.
aor.
A.
ἐπήϊξα
Od. 10.322
, Iterat. ἐπαϊξασκε
Il. 17.462
: contr.
ἐπᾴσσω, Att.
ἐπαίσθ-ττω,fut. -ᾴξω:—rush atorupon: c. gen. (never in Od. ),ἵππων ἐπαϊξαι rush atthem, Il. 5.263 ; νεῶν
13.687
.
2. c. dat. pers.,Κίρκῃ ἐπαί̈ξαι rush uponher, Od. 10.295 : in Il. only c. dat. instrum.,ξίφει, δουρὶ ἐ.,
5.584 , 10.369 , etc.; so μοι . . ἐπήϊσσον μελίῃσιν
Od. 14.281
.
3. c. acc.,assail, assault,
Ἕκτορα
Il. 23.64
; τεῖχος
12.308
(never so in Od. ):— Med. ,ἐπαϊξασθαι ἄεθλον rush at(i.e.seize upon) the prize, Il. 23.773 .
4. abs. (so usu. in Hom. ), of a hawk,ταρφέ̓ ἐπαϊσσει makesfrequentswoops,
22.142 ; of the wind, ἐπαί̈ξας . . ἐκ νεφελάων
2.146
, etc.; σῦς ἐπαί̈σσων βίᾳ
B. 5.116
, cf. Ar. Ach. 1171 (lyr.); ἐπᾴξας ἐς δόμους
S. Aj. 305
; rare in Prose, as Pl. Tht. 190a (metaph.), Arist. HA 629b25 :—also Med. , χειμῶνος μέλλοντος ἐπαί̈σσεσθαι ὁδοῖο
Arat. 1139
.
5. τὰ νεῦρα ἐπαί̈σσεται ἀμφὶ τὰς φύσιας τῶν ἄρθρων(in the development of the embryo), dub. in Hp. Nat.Puer. 17 .
II. later, with acc. of the Instrument of motion,ἐ. πόδα move with hastystep, E. Hec. 1071 (lyr.); ἐ. ξίφος
A.R. 1.1254
: — Pass. even in Hom. ,χεῖρες ὤμων ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἐπαί̈σσονται ἐλαφραίtheymove lightly,
Il. 23.628 ( v.l. ἀπ- ). [ᾱ-
Ep. ,ᾰ-
Att. ]
