ἐπέρχομαι , impf. ἐπηρχόμην Th. 4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι : Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι ) and fut. ἔπειμι ): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλῠθον : pf. -ελήλυθα : come upon : of persons, approach, c.
ἐπέρχομαι,impf.
A.
ἐπηρχόμην
Th. 4.120
(unless fr.ἐπάρχομαι: Att.
impf.isἐπῇα(but v. ἔρχομαι ) andfut. ἔπειμι):aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον,
Ep.
-ήλῠθον:pf. -ελήλυθα:
I. come upon:
1. of persons,approach,c. dat., Il. 12.200 , 218 , etc.; esp.come suddenly upon,
Od. 19.155 , Hdt. 6.95 : c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν
E. HF 593
codd. (nisi leg.ἐσ-);come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν,
Id. Supp. 155 , Hel. 165 , cf. Pl. Lg. 772d : with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν
Od. 7.280
, cf. S. Aj. 438 : metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν
Id. Tr. 1180
; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον
Th. 3.47
; ἐ. ἐνθάδε
Il. 24.651
.
b. freq. in hostile sense,goorcome against, attack,abs., 12.136 , al., Th. 1.90 , etc.: c. dat., Il. 20.91 , E. Ba. 736 , Th. 6.34 , etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχέν' ἐπῆλθε
Il. 7.262
;τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invadeit, Th. 2.39 : hence,visit, reprove,
ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ' ἐπῆλθον
E. IA 349
, cf. Andr. 688 : with a Prep.,invade,
ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν
PFay. 12.12
(ii B.C.).
c. come forward to speak,
E. Or. 931 , Th. 1.119 , Pl. Lg. 850c ;ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους,
Hdt. 5.97 , 9.7 ; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν
Th. 1.90
;τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοιςib. 91 .
d. in Law,proceed against,
ἐπί τινα
PEleph. 3.3
(iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος
PAmh. 2.96.8
(iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος
POxy. 489.11
(ii A.D.);ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU 1167.14
(i B.C.): also inaor. 1
ἐπελεύσασθαι
PStrassb. 35.25
(ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι(q. v.) is more common in thepres.in the Hellenistic period.)
2. of events, conditions, etc.,come upon,esp.come suddenly upon,c. acc., μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος
Od. 4.793
, al., cf. Hdt. 2.141 ; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται
E. Fr. 431
: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος
Od. 12.311
, cf. 5.472 ; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν
11.200
;βροτοῖσιν . .
ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ
A. Pers. 600
, cf. Ag. 1256 ; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος
Pl. Lg. 811d
, etc.
3. c. dat. pers.,come intoone'shead, occur toone, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε
Hdt. 1.30
;ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃLat.quicquid in buccam venerit,
Isoc. 12.24 : impers. c.inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν
Hdt. 6.107
, cf. S. Tr. 134 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ' ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν
Pl. Grg. 485e
, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν
Id. Phd. 88d
.
4. come in,of revenues, etc.,ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί,
BGU 155.11
(ii A.D.), 1049.16
(iv A.D.).
II. of Time,come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραιthe seasoncame round again,
Od. 2.107 , etc.; also,come on, be at hand,
νὺξ δ' ἄρ' ἐπῆλθε
14.457
; γῆρας ἐ.
Thgn. 528
, 728 ; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος
Pi. O. 10(11).7
;τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον πῆμαandthat which is coming, the future,
A. Pr. 98 .
2. come in afteroroveranother, of a second wife, Hdt. 5.41 .
III. go overorona space,traverse,mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν
Od. 4.268
; ἀγρόν
16.27
; ἄγκεα πολλά
Il. 18.321
, cf. Od. 14.139 , Hdt. 1.30 ;go the round of, visit,
δόμους
S. El. 1297
; ναοὺς χοροῖς
Id. Ant. 153
(lyr.);πόλιν,of a god, Maced. Pac. 29 ; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τ' ἐπῆλθον
E. Ph. 699
; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών
Th. 8.54
;walk onice, Id. 3.23 ; also of water,ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflowsit, Hdt. 2.19 , cf. A. Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th. 3.89 .
2. go throughorover, discuss, recount,c. acc., Hes. Fr. 160.4 codd. Str. , Ar. Eq. 618 ;review,
τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος
Arist. EN 1172b8
; also ἐ. περί τινος
Id. Ph. 189b31
, al.; folld. by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . .
Id. Pol. 1289b24
;πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμωςib. 1317a15 .
3. accomplish,
πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων
Th. 1.97
.
IV. come up to, imitate,
πάτρῳ
Pi. P. 6.46
.
