ἐπισπεύδω,
urge on, further or promote an object, opposed to ἀποσπεύδω, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; ἐ. τὸ δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 467; τὴν στρατείαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.138, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, urge on, hasten, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.33; ὁδίταν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.93: _metaphorically_, οἷς (attracted for οὓς) μὴ φύσις ἐπέσπευσεν] Refs 5th c.BC+] whom Nature has not matured quickly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II. intransitive, hasten onward, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1275; πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.4; ἐ. εἰς ταὐτόν τινι [prev. author] “Smp.” 7.4: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle ἐπισπεύδων in haste, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1389; τὸ -σπεῦδον τῆς πορείας 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.17. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]