Hom. , Ion. , Trag. ( A. Pr. 854 , Supp. 522 , S. OC 1206 , Tr. 595 ), in Att. Prose only in Lys. 22.11 , freq. later, D.H. 3.15 , etc.:aor., Ep. and Lyr. ἤλῠθον
Il. 1.152
, Pi. P. 3.99 , etc., used by E. (not A. or S. ) in dialogue ( Rh. 660 , El. 598 , Tr. 374 , cf. Neophr. 1.1 ); butἦλθονis more freq. even in Hom. , and is the only form used in obl. moods,ἐλθέ, ἔλθω, ἔλθοιμι, ἐλθεῖν, ἐλθών; Ep.
.—In Att. the obl. moods ofpres., as well as theimpf.andfut.were replaced by forms ofεἶμι ibo(q.v.): in LXX and Hellenistic Greek the place of the compounds, esp.ἐξ-, εἰσ-έρχομαι,is commonly taken byἐκ-, εἰσ-πορεύομαι,etc., thefut.,aor., andpf.being supplied as before byἐλυθ-(ἐλθ-):
I. start, set out, ἦ μέν μοι μάλα Πολλὰ..λυκάων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλεwhen Iwas setting out,
: rare in Att. ,ἔ. κατηγορήσων, ἀποθανούμενος, Pl. Euthphr. 2c , Thg. 129a ;ἔρχομαι ἐπιχειρῶν -σοι ἐπιδείξασθαι,forἔ. σοι ἐπιδειξόμενος,
Id. Phd. 100b ; οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι, ὡς..
X. Ages. 2.7
.
3. c.part. pres.,aor., orpf., in Hom. , to show the manner of moving,ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσαshecamerunning, Il. 11.715 , al. ;μὴ πεφοβημένος ἔλθῃςlest thoucome thitherin full flight, 10.510 ;ἦλθε φθάμενοςhecamefirst, 23.779 ; κεχαρισμένος ἔλθυι
Od. 2.54
.
4. aor,part. ἐλθώνadded to Verbs,οὐ δύναμαι..μάχεσθαι ἐλθών go andfight, Il. 16.521 ;κάθηρον ἐλθών come andcleanse, ib. 668 ; λέγοιμ' ἂν ἐλθών
A. Supp. 928
; δρᾶ νυν τάδ' ἐλθών
S. Ant. 1107
.
V. of any kind of motion,ἐξ ἁλὸς ἐλθεῖν to riseout of the sea, Od. 4.448 , al. ;ἐπὶ πόντον to goover it, 2.265 ; with qualifying phrase,πόδεσσιν ἔ. to goon foot, 6.40 (butπεζὸς εἰλήλουθα have comeas a foot-soldier, Il. 5.204 ) ; of birds, 17.755 , etc. ; of ships, 15.549 , Od. 14.334 ; of spears or javelins, freq. in Il. ; of natural phenomena, as rivers, 5.91 ; wind and storm, 9.6 , Od. 12.288 ; clouds, Il. 4.276 , 16.364 ; stars,rise,
Od. 13.94 ; time, είς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νύξ
Il. 14.77
, cf. 24.351 ; ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέρος
Od. 11.192
; ἔτος ἦλθε
1.16
; of events and conditions, είς ὅ κε γῆρας ἔλθῃ καὶ θάνατος
13.59
, cf. 11.135 ; of feelings,go,
ἦ κέ μοι αίνὸν ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἄχος ἔλθοι
Il. 22.43
; ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ' ἵμερος
24.514
; of sounds, etc., τὸν..περὶ φρένας ἤλυθ' ίωή
10.139
; Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος
Od. 9.362
; withoutφρένας, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ' ι>ωή
17.261 , cf. 16.6 ; of battle, ὁμός' ἦλθε μάχη
Il. 13.337
; of things sent or taken, ὄφρα κε δῶρα ἐκ κλισίης ἔλθῃσι
19.191
, cf. 1.120 ; so later, esp. of danger or evil, c. dat., εἰ πάλιν ἔλθοι τῇ Ἑλλάδι κίνδυνος ὑπὸ βαρβάρων
X. HG 6.5.43
; ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς βέλος
A. Pr. 360
; μηδ' ὑπ' ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοι
Id. Supp. 1032
(lyr.), cf. Pers. 436 ; of reports, commands, etc., Id. Pr. 663 , Th. 8.19 ;τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὡς ἦλθε τὰ γεγενημένα came totheirears,ib. 96 ;τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ' αὐτόνthat whichwas about to happento him, Ev.Jo. 18.4 ; of property, whichcomesorpassesto a person by bequest, conveyance, gift, etc., τὰ ἐληλυθότα εἴς με ἀπὸ κληρονομίας
BGU 919.7
(ii A. D.);ἐ. εἴς τινα ἀπὸ παραχωρήσεως, κατὰ δωρεάν,
PLond. 3.1164e6
(iii A. D.), PMasp. 96.22
(vi A. D.): —Geom.,pass, fall, ἔ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σαμεῖον passthrough the same point, Archim. Aequil. 1.15 ;ὅπου ἂν ἔρχηται τὸ ἕτερον σαμεῖονwherever the other pointfalls,ib. 2.10 .
5. παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθεῖνc.inf.,come within a little of, be neara thing, E. Heracl. 296 (anap.) ; παρ' ὀλίγον ἐλθεῖν
Plu. Pyrrh. 10
;παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνουso narrow was her escape, Th. 3.49 ; παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλθόντες τοῦ ἀποβαλεῖν
Plb. 1.45.14
; παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλθ. ἀπολέσθαι
Plu. Cam. 8
.
6. withδιάand gen., periphr. for a Verb, e.g.διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἐλθεῖνfor μάχεσθαί τινι
Hdt. 6.9
, E. Hel. 978 , Th. 4.92 ;διὰ πυρὸς ἐλθεῖν τινιrage furiously against.., E. Andr. 488 (lyr.) ; butοί διὰ πάντων τῶν καλῶν ἐληλυθότες who have gonethrough the whole circle of duties, have fulfilled them all, X. Cyr. 1.2.15 ; διὰ πολλῶν κινδύνων ἐλθόντες
