ἐπιφοιτ-άω, Ion.
ἐπιφοιτ-έω,
A. come habituallyorin addition,
πλεῦνος αἰεὶ γινομένου τοῦ ἐπιφοιτέοντος
Hdt. 1.97
;οἱ ἐπιφοιτῶντές τε καὶ οἱ ἀρχὴν ἐλθόντεςthesubsequent arrivals,
Id. 9.28 ;ὁ ἐπιφοιτῶν κέραμοςeverynewwine-jarimported,
Id. 3.6 ;ἐ. ἐς.. to go aboutto different places, Th. 1.135 ;τὴν γῆν δῃοῦν ἐπιφοιτῶντες visiting, invadingit, ib. 81 ; τὰς πόλεις
Jul. Or. 7.221b
: c. dat., τοῖς θεάτροις
Ael. VH 2.13
.
2. c. dat. pers.,σπάνιος ἐ. σφι visitsthem rarely, of the Phoenix, Hdt. 2.73 , cf. Ph. 1.265 , Palaeph. 37 , Luc. Am. 9 , etc.
3. c. acc. pers., of visions,haunt,
Hdt. 7.16 .γ́,cf. 15 ; of a disease,recur,