ἐπιδρομ-ή,ἡ,
A. running over, inroad, κυμάτων
Arist. Mu. 400a26
(pl.);onward motion,
IGRom. 4.503.34 (Pergam.).
2. . metaph.,brief notice, Phld. Rh. 2.268S. ;ἐν τῇ ἐ. τῶν φιλοσόφωνin hissummary noticeof them, D.L. 7.48 ;summary,προειρημένων
λόγων
Corn. Rh. p.389H.
; ἀποδείξεων
Dam. Pr. 369
;ἐπιτομὰς ἢ συνάψεις
ἢ ἐπιδρομάς
Gal. 9.431
; ὡς ἐν ἐπιδρομῇ δεδείχθω
Iamb. in Nic. p.72P.
II. .inroad, raid, attack, Th. 4.34 , 56 ;τῷ τειχίσματιib. 23 ;ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς ἁρπαγήplundering by means ofan inroad, Hdt. 1.6 : henceἐξ ἐπιδρομῆςonthe spur of the moment,ἐξ ἐ. αἱρέσεις