ἐπιχράω(B), (χράωB), poet. word, onlyaor. 2orimpf. ἐπέχρᾰον,
A. attack, assault,c. dat.,ὡς δὲ λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν ἐπέχραον..ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρώεσσιν ἐπέχραον,
Il. 16.352 , 356 ;μητέρι μοι μνηστῆρες ἐπέχραον besether, Od. 2.50 .
2. abs.,to be violent, rage,of the winds, A.R. 2.498 .
3. c.inf.,to be urgentoreagerto do, Id. 4.508 : c. acc. etinf., [ἀνάγκη]με..νεῖσθαι ἐπέχραε was urgentthat I should come, Id. 3.431 .