ply, wield
ἐφέπω, Ep.
impf. ἔφεπον, iterat.ἐφέπεσκον, Il. 16.732 , Od. 12.330 :fut.
A.
ἐφέψω
Il. 21.588
:aor. 2
ἐπέσπον
A. Pers. 552
(lyr.) (the only place in Trag.),inf. ἐπισπεῖν,part. ἐπισπών(v. infr. 111 ):—ply, wield, ἔγχος
Pi. P. 6.33
.
2. c. dat. pers.,apply, direct towardsoragainst, Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους
Il. 16.732
, cf. 724 .
3. ply, belabour, lay on to, [ ἵππους] μάστιγι
24.326
; of warriors,belabour, harassthe enemy, 11.177 , 22.188 ; σφεδανὸν ἔφεπ' ἔγχεϊ
21.542
: c. acc. loci, ὣς ἔφεπε κλονέων πεδίον
11.496
; of hunters,beat, drive, κορυφὰς ὀρέων
Od. 9.121
(butἄγρην ἐφέπεσκον, . . ἰχθῦς ὄρνιθάς τε plied(ἐνήργουνSch.) the chase, (hunting) fish and birds, 12.330 ): abs. metaph.,punish, παραιβασίας
Hes. Th. 220
.
II. plyorpractisea pursuit, ἄλλοι δ' ἐπὶ ἔργον ἕποιεν
Od. 14.195
; πόλεμον ἐ.
Simon. 142.2
(codd.AP); τερπωλὰς καὶ θαλίας
Archil. 13
; συμποσίας
Pi. P. 4.294
; ὅσια καὶ νόμιμα
Ar. Th. 675
;πολλὰ ἐπέπουσι( v.l. ἐφ -) Hdt. 7.8 .ά; τὰν Φιλοκτήταο δίκαν ἐ. practisinghis way, Pi. P. 1.50 .
2. govern, administer, Θήβας
A. Pers. 38
(anap.), cf. 552 ;πόλιας θνητῶν v.l. in
Simon. 142.2 ; Ζεὺς ὥρην ἐφέπων
Man. 3.32
;face (ply, cope with) a task, οὐδέ κ' Ἀθήνη τοσσῆσδ' ὑσμίνης ἐφέποι στόμα
Il. 20.359
;τοσσούσδ' ἀνθρώπους ἐφέπειν καὶ πᾶσι μάχεσθαιib. 357 ;μαιμώων ἔφεπ' ἔγχεϊ faced (plied) them with his spear, 15.742 .
3. c. acc. loci,haunt, frequent, of gods, nymphs, etc., γαῖαν καὶ βένθεα λίμνης
Hes. Th. 366
, cf. Pi. P. 1.30 , Pae.Delph. 7 ; of birds, A.R. 2.384 ; γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν
Luc. Trag. 267
;visit, σῴζων ἐφέποις ἡμᾶς
Aristonous 1.47
.
4. molest, followa woman, Herod. 2.47 ; cf.ἐφέπειν(-έπτεινcod.): ἐπακολουθεῖν, Hsch.
III. come upon, encounter, face,πότμον ἐπίσπῃς, etc. Il. 6.412 , etc.; θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐ.
Od. 24.31
; θανεῖν καὶ πότμον ἐ.
Il. 7.52
, Od. 4.562 , etc.; κακὸν οἶτον ἐ.
3.134
; ὀλέθριον ἦμαρ ἐ.
Il. 19.294
; ἐ. αἴσιμον ἦμαρ
21.100
; reversely, αἰὼν ἔφεπε μόρσιμος
Pi. O. 2.10
.—The Act. is rare in Att. (v. supr.).
B.
Med. ,ἐφέπομαι(in later Poets ἐφέσπομαι
Maiist. 46
, Naumach. ap. Stob. 4.23.7 , Nonn. D. 16.401 , ἐπιέσπομαι
Opp. C. 3.272
):impf. ἐφειπόμην:fut.
ἐφέψομαι
S. Ant. 636
, ἐπιέψομαι
A.R. 2.18
:aor. 2 ἐφεσπόμην(but3 pl. ἐπέσποντ(ο) Pi. P. 4.133 ), imper.ἐπίσπου,inf. ἐπισπέσθαι: alsoaor. 1imper.ἐφεψάσθω( v.l. ἐφαψ -) Theoc. 9.2 :—follow, pursue, once in Hom. in hostile sense, ληϊστῆρσιν ἐπισπόμενος Ταφίοισιν
Od. 16.426
, cf. Hdt. 1.103 , 3.54 , Th. 4.96 , etc.
II. follow, attend, λαῶν ἔθνος ἐπισπόμενον ἑοῖ αὐτῷ
Il. 13.495
;ἐπισπέσθαι ποσίν attendon foot, i. e. keep up with, 14.521 , cf. Hdt. 3.14 , 31 , al.;εἰ μή οἱ τύχη ἐπίσποιτοif fortuneattendhim not, Id. 1.32 , etc.; ᾧ χάρις ἐφέσπετο
Ar. V. 1278
: abs., opp.ἡγεῖσθαι, Th. 3.45 .
2. obey, attend to, ἐπισπόμενοι θεοῦ ὀμφῇ
Od. 3.215
;ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ giving the reins totheir passion, 14.262 ; τῇ γνώμῃ τινὸς ἐ.
Hdt. 7.10
. γ́; βουλῇ . . ἐπισπέσθαι πατρός
A. Eu. 620
; [γνώμαις], βουλεύμασι, τῷ δικαίῳ, S. Ant. 636 , El. 967 , 1037 : abs.,ὁ ἐπισπόμενος, opp.ὁ πείσας, Th. 3.43 ; also,agree, approve, εἰ δὲ . . ἐπὶ δ' ἕσπωνται θεοὶ ἄλλοι
Od. 12.349
, cf. Pi. P. 4.133 .
3. followan argument, μόγις πως ἐ.
Pl. Lg. 644d
, cf. Tht. 192e , etc.
