ἐπι-σπάω,
draw or drag after one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦγ᾽ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 116, compare “Tr.” 882, “Andr.” 710 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.14:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2. metaphorically, bring on, cause, τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 477. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3. pull to, τὴν θύραν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.139. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4. attract, gain, win, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—frequently in middle, ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; εὔνοιαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.98.9; χάριν “SIG” 685.40 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχθραν [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; welcome, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.384 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; induce, ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.26 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; attract, σίδηρον [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]