ibo
ἔπειμι(B), (εἶμι
A. ibo)inf. ἐπιέναι,serving in Att. asfut.ofἐπέρχομαι: Ep.
3 sg. impf.
ἐπήϊεν
Il. 17.741
;3 pl.
ἐπήϊσαν
Od. 11.233
, ἐπῇσαν
19.445
; Att.
ἐπῇα, 3 pl. ἐπῇσαν:ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη(qq. v.) belong to a different word:
I. come upon(infut.sense, though this is not so fixed in Hom. as in Att. ):
1. of persons,come upon, approach,
Od. 16.42 , etc.
b. mostly in hostile sense,come against, attack,c. dat., Il. 13.482 , etc.; τῷ λόφῳ ἐ.
Th. 4.129
; in Prose also with Preps.,ἐ. ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας,
Hdt. 7.157 , Th. 1.86 ( v.l. πρός ), etc.; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος
Id. 7.4
: abs., Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα
Il. 13.477
, cf. 5.238 ; ἐπάγοντες ἐπῇσαν
Od. 19.445
;οἱ ἐπιόντεςtheinvaders, assailants,
Hdt. 4.11 , etc.; ὡς ἐπιών by assault,
D. 1.21
; butὁ ἐπιώνin Trag., = ὁ τυχών , thefirst comer,
τό γ' αἴνιγμ' οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν
S. OT 393
, cf. OC 752 .
c. get on the βῆμαto speak, v.l. for παριέναι in Th. 1.72 ;come on,of performers, dub. l. in X. An. 6.1.11 .
d. approach, attacka question, Arist. Ph. 186a4 .
2. of events,come uponoroverone,overtake,c. acc., πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν
Il. 1.29
(but ἔπειμι γῆρας ἔς τε τὸν μόρσιμον αἰῶνα
Pi. I. 7(6).41
); οἷός σε χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ἔπεισι
A. Pr. 1016
: c. dat.,come near,
ὀρυμαγδὸς ἐπήϊεν ἐρχομένοισιν
Il. 17.741
;δεινῶν ἐπιόντων πᾶσι Ἕλλησι threateningthem, Hdt. 7.145 : abs., χειμὼν ἐπιών
Hes. Op. 675
; νὺξ ἐπῄει
A. Pers. 378
, cf. X. Mem. 4.3.14 , An. 5.7.12 ;τὸ ἐπιόνthe (madness) whichthreatensme, Pl. Phdr. 238d .
b. c. dat. pers.,come intoone'shead, occurto one,εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγεινif it so much asoccurredto him to say . ., Id. R. 388d , cf. 558a ; ὅ τι ἂν ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ἐπίῃ μοι
X. Mem. 4.2.4
; ἂν . . ὑμῖν ἐπίῃ σκοπεῖν
D. 21.185
: abs., τὸ ἐπιόν what occurs to one,
Pl. Phdr. 264b
.
II. of Time,come onorafter: mostly inpart. ἐπιών,οῦσα,όν, following, succeeding, instant, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέραthecomingday, Hdt. 3.85 , Ar. Ec. 105 , Pl. Cri. 44a ; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λαμπὰς θεοῦ
E. Med. 352
;ἡ ἐπιοῦσα(sc.ἡμέρα) Plb. 2.25.11 , LXX Pr. 27.1 , Act.Ap. 16.11 ; τῆς ἐ. νυκτός
Pl. Cri. 46a
; τῇ ἐ. νυκτί
Act.Ap. 23.11
; ὁ ἐ. βίοτος
E. Or. 1659
; τοῦ ἐ. χρόνου
Pl. Lg. 769c
; ἐν τῷ ἐ. χρόνῳ
X. Cyr. 2.1.23
; ἡ ἐ. ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους
D. 8.18
; εἰς τὴν ἐ. ἐκκλησίαν
Id. 21.162
, IG 22.717.16 ; εἰς τὴν ἐ. Πυλαίαν
D. 18.151
;τοὐπιόνthefuture,
E. Fr. 1073.6 ; τῆς ἐ. ἐλπίδος
Ar. Th. 870
; περὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων
D. Ep. 4.3
;τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκαbecause of theconsequences,
Id. 19.258 .
2. generally,come after, succeed,
κύματα . . βάντ' ἐπιόντα τε
S. Tr. 115
(lyr.);ὁ ἐπιώνthesuccessor,
Id. OC 1532 ; αὐτόματα ἔπεισιν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ἐπιτηδευμάτων
Pl. R. 427a
;τὰ ἐπιόνταthe wordswhich follow,
Id. Prt. 344a , cf. Sph. 257c .
3. rarely,pass, elapse,
ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου
Id. Ti. 44b
.
III. go overa space,traverse, visit,
ἀγρόν
Od. 23.359
; χώρους
Hdt. 5.74
; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας
E. Ph. 1164
; τὸ στράτευμα
Th. 7.78
, etc.
2. go over,i.e.count over,
φώκας . . ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν
Od. 4.411
;think over,
τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα
Luc. Herm. 1
;read,
Hld. 2.6 .
