ἐπισείω,
Epic dialect ἐπισσ- (as always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], shake at or against, τί τινι, especially with the view of scaring, ὅτ᾽ ἂν.. Ζεὺς.. αὐτὸς ἐπισσείῃσιν ἐρεμνὴν αἰγίδα πᾶσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.167, compare 15.230 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπισείουσα τὸν λόφον ἐκπλήττει με [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 19.1, compare 2.2, etc.; τὰ δόρατα 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.13.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. πόλεμον τῇ πατρίδι stir up.. , [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.17.3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Πέρσας ἐ. hold them out as a threat, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 4 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα, in token of assent or applause, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 4, “Bis Acc.” 28; ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἔσεισεν κόμαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1276 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, τόσσον ἐπισσείει] Refs 5th c.BC+] so she seems to threaten, of a statue, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.755] Refs]:— passive, κόμαι ἐ. τοῖς κροτάφοις [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 12.27: _metaphorically_, τὸν ἐπισεισθέντα τῶν παθῶν σκηπτόν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.210. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2. urge on, [ἵππον] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 147 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινὶ τὰς δρακοντώδεις κόρας set them upon one, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 255 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πόλιν σοί[[ [prev. work] 613; μὴ 'πίσειέ μοι τὸν Μισγόλαν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; hurl at, τινὶ πέτρον [[ 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 14.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3. intransitive, assault, τοῖς τείχεσι [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.94 codices ] Refs 1st c.BC+]