ἐπιβρῑθ-ω,
fall heavy upon, fall heavily, of rain, [[ ὅτ᾽ ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄμβρος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.91, 12.286 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in good sense, ὁππότε δὴ Διὸς ὧραι ἐπιβρίσειαν ὕπερθεν when the seasons weigh down [the vines], i.e. make the clusters heavy, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.344 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; press down, [[ μέοος τῆς πορθμίδος Aelianus [{2-3rd c.AD}] “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of winds, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Vent.” 34; ἐπ᾽ ἄλσεα 4th c.AD: Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 3.326 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: c.dative, [[ ἐλάτῃσι [prev\. author] 12.124, compare 2.371, +others: _metaphorically_, μή ποτ᾽ ἐπιβρίσῃ πόλεμος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.343 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons, ἐπέβρισαν.. ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα pressed closely, thronged around him, [[ 12.414, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.93, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “BC” 4.25 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially in Tactics, exert pressure, τοῖς [[ σώμασι 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 5.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tact.” 12.10; τοῖς πεζοῖς 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.36d: generally, ᾗ ἂν ἐπιβρίσῃ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.43 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of wealth, ὄλβος εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἐπιβρίσαις ἕπηται follows in full weight, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “C.” 1.392 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of wine, [[[prev. work] 4.351 ] Refs]; of sleep, [[“AP” 9.481 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II. transitive, press on, [[ τὸν κριὸν ἐπὶ τὰ γέρρα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 3.7.23 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; press home, ἀκωκὴν ἐ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “H.” 2.467. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]