ἐποχέομαι, Pass. withfut.(and in Nonn. D. 45.322 ,aor.) Med. ,
A. be carried upon, ride upon, οὐ μὰν ὑμῖν γε(the horses of Achilles) καὶ ἅρμασι δαιδαλέοισιν Ἕκτωρ..ἐποχήσεται
Il. 17.449
, cf. Arr. Tact. 17.1 ; ἐφ' ἵππῳ
Paus. 6.20.16
: abs.,κάμηλον ὥστε ἐποχεῖσθαιa camelto ride on,
X. Cyr. 7.1.49 ; of a fractured bone,restorride onthe adjoining one, Hp. Art. 15 ; com.,ἐμβάταις ὑψηλοῖς ἐ. to be mounted onhigh shoes, Luc. Salt. 27 ; ἡ κωμῳδία ἀναπαίστοις ἐ.
Id. Prom.Es 6
.
2. float upon,
[ἡ γῆ] ἐ. τῷ ἀέρι
Placit. 3.15.8
;float on the surface,
Gal. 7.604 , Aët. 5.137 .
3. metaph., of a higher power,transcendthe lower, [θεὸν] -ούμενον τῇ νοητῇ φύσει