ἐφοδ-εύω,
go the rounds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.24, 5.3.22, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 80.38; κώδωνι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative, visit, inspect, ἔ. φυλακάς [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.35.11; τὰ ἔργα “PTeb.” 13.3 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν πόλιν [[ “SIG” 731.16 (Tomi, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰ τείχη [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.781d ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; make a tour of, τὰ μαγειρεῖα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, make a tour of inspection, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the γυναικονόμος, [[ 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 32.2:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, ἐφοδεύεται the rounds are made, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1160. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 rarely with dative, superintend, watch over, ἀγῶσιν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 728 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 visit as a spy, spy out, [[ LXX.Deu.1.22, +others] LXX]: metaphorically, of a geographer, explore, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.4, 17.1.1 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, περιγεγραμμένων τῶν μεταρσίων ἐφοδευθήσεται καὶ τὰ πρόσγεια [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 3.8.2. ] Refs]
__4 metaphorically, of reasoning, carry on methodically, λόγον [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.25, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.222, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 103, 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus Tyr. 16.8. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]