ἔρχομαι

ἔρχομαι Il.13.256, etc. ([voice] Act. ἔρχω as barbarism, Tim.Pers.167): [tense] impf.

A

ἠρχόμην Hp.Epid.7.59

, Arat.102, ([etym.] δι-) Pi.O.9.93 ; freq. in later Prose, LXXGe.48.7, Ev.Marc.1.45, Luc.Jud.Voc.4, Paus.5.8.5, etc.; in [dialect] Att. rare even in compds.,

ἐπ-ηρχόμην Th.4.120

(perh. fr. ἐπάρχομαι), προς- ib.121 (perh. fr. προσάρχομαι),

περι- Ar.Th.504

cod.: from ἐλυθ- (cf. ἐλεύθω) come [tense] fut. ἐλεύσομαι, Hom., [dialect] Ion., Trag. (A. Pr.854, Supp.522, S.OC1206, Tr.595), in [dialect] Att. Prose only in Lys.22.11, freq. later, D.H.3.15, etc.: [tense] aor., [dialect] Ep. and Lyr.

ἤλῠθον Il.1.152

, Pi.P.3.99, etc., used by E. (not A. or S.) in dialogue (Rh.660,El. 598,Tr.374, cf. Neophr.1.1); but ἦλθον is more freq. even in Hom., and is the only form used in obl. moods, ἐλθέ, ἔλθω, ἔλθοιμι, ἐλθεῖν, ἐλθών; [dialect] Ep. inf. ἐλθέμεναι, -έμεν, Il.1.151, 15.146 (indic. never ἐλυθ- unaugmented unless

ἐξ-ελύθη Il.5.293

has replaced ἐξ-έλυθε); [dialect] Dor.

ἦνθον Epich.180

, Sophr.144, Theoc.2.118; imper.

ἐνθέ Aristonous 1.9

; part.

ἐνθών IG9(1).867

(Corc., vi B.C.), ([etym.] κατ-) Schwyzer 657.4 (Arc., iv B.C.); subj.

ἔνθῃ Berl.Sitzb.1927.164

([place name] Cyrene); [dialect] Lacon. ἔλσῃ, ἔλσοιμι, ἐλσών, Ar.Lys.105, 118, 1081 ; later

ἦλθα LXX2 Ki.24.7

, Ev.Matt.25.36, BGU530.11 (i A.D.), IG14.1320, etc.; [ per.] 3pl.

ἤλθοσαν LXX Jo.2.22

, al., PTeb.179 (ii B.C.), etc.;

ἤλυθα IG14.1971

, Nonn.D.37.424, ([etym.] ἐπ-) AP14.44 : [tense] pf. ἐλήλῠθα (not in Hom.) A.Pr.943, etc.; sync. pl. ἐλήλῠμεν, -υτε, Cratin.235, Achae.24,43 ; [dialect] Ep. εἰλήλουθα, whence I pl.

εἰλήλουθμεν Il.9.49

, Od.3.81, part.

εἰληλουθώς 19.28

, 20.360 ; once

ἐληλουθώς Il.15.81

, part.

κατ-εληλευθυῖα Berl.Sitzb. 1927.166

([place name] Cyrene); Cret. [tense] pf. inf. ἀμφ-εληλεύθεν, v. ἀμφέρχομαι: [dialect] Boeot. [tense] pf.

διεσς-είλθεικε Schwyzer 485.2

(Thesp., iii B.C.), part. κατηνθηκότι ib.657.39 (Arc., iv B.C.): [tense] plpf.

ἐληλύθειν Ar.Eq.1306

; [dialect] Ion.

ἐληλύθεε Hdt.5.98

; [dialect] Ep.

εἰληλούθει Il.4.520

,

εἰληλούθειν Call.Fr. 532

.—In [dialect] Att. the obl. moods of [tense] pres., as well as the [tense] impf. and [tense] fut. were replaced by forms of εἶμι ibo (q.v.): in LXX and Hellenistic Greek the place of the compounds, esp. ἐξ-, εἰς-έρχομαι, is commonly taken by ἐκ-, εἰς-πορεύομαι, etc., the [tense] fut., [tense] aor., and [tense] pf. being supplied as before by ἐλυθ- ([etym.] ἐλθ-):

I start, set out, ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ..Λυκάων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε when I was setting out, Il.5.198, cf. 150 ; τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship was just starting, Od. 14.334 ; ἐς πλόον ἐρχομένοις (v.l. ἀρχ-) Pi.P.1.34.

2 walk,=

περιπατέω, χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων Il.5.442

; σὲ δ' ἐρχόμενον ἐν δίκᾳ πολὺς ὄλβος ἀμφινέμεται walking in justice, Pi.P.5.14 : the two foreg. rare signfs. belong only to the [tense] pres. ἔρχομαι.

II (much more freq.) come or go (the latter esp. in [dialect] Ep. and Lyr.), ἦλθες thou art come, Od.16.461, etc.; χαίροισ' ἔρχεο go and fare thee well, Sapph.Supp.23.7, cf. Il.9.43, Od.10.320, 1.281 ;

ἀγγελίην στρατοῦ.. ἐρχομένοιο 2.30

, cf. 10.267 ; πάλιν ἐλθέμεν, αὖτε εἰλήλουθα, 19.533, 549 ; οἶκον ἐλεύσεται ib.313 ;

οἴκαδε 5.220

;

ἐς οἴκους A.Pers.833

: as a hortatory exclamation,

ἀλλ' ἔρχευ, λέκτρονδ' ἴομεν Od.23.254

, cf. 17.529.

III c. acc. cogn., ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι to go a journey, Il.1.151 ;

ἄλλην ὁδόν, ἄλλα κέλευθα ἤλθομεν Od.9.262

;

τηϋσίην ὁδὸν ἔλθῃς 3.316

: freq. in Trag., A.Pr.962, Th.714 (also

κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδόν Pl.Lg.707d

); νόστιμον ἐλθεῖν πόδα (v.l. δόμον) E.Alc.1153 ; ἀγγε- λίην, ἐξεσίην ἐλθεῖν, go on an embassy, Il.11.140, Od.21.20.

2 c. acc. loci, come to, arrive at, rare in Hom.,

Ἀΐδαο δόμους ἔρχεαι Il. 22.483

;

ἔρχεσθον κλισίην 1.322

: freq. in later Poets, Pi.P.4.52, S. Tr.259, etc. ; traverse,

ὁ ἥλιος ἔρχεται τῆς Λιβύης τὰ ἄνω Hdt.2.24

: c. acc. pers., αῐ κέν τι νέκυς (acc. pl.)

ῂσχυμμένος ἔλθῃ Il.18.180

;

σὲ δ', ὦ τέκνον, τόδ' ἐλήλυθεν πᾶν κράτος S.Ph.141

(lyr.).

3 c. gen. loci, ἔρχονται πεδίοιο through or across the plain, Il.2.801 ; but also, from a place,

γῆς τινος S.OC572

.

4 c. dat. pers., come to, i.e. come to aid or relieve one, rare in Hom., Od.16.453 ; freq. later, Pi.O.1.100, Th.1.13. etc. ;

ἀποροῦντι αὐτῷ ἔρχεται Προμηθεὺς ἐπισκεψόμενος τὴν νομήν Pl.Prt.321c

; also in hostile sense,

ἔρχομαί σοι Apoc.2.5

.

IV c. [tense] fut. part., to denote the object, ἔρχομαι ἔγχος οίσόμενος I go to fetch.., Il.13.256 ;

ἔρχομαι ὀψομένη 14.301

: freq. in Trag.,

μαρτυρήσων ἦλθον A.Eu.576

;

ἐκσώσων E.Med.1303

.

2 in Hdt. like an auxiliary Verb, ἔρχομαι ἐρέων, φράσων, I am going to tell, 1.5,3.6, al. ;

σημανέων 4.99

;

μηκυνέων 2.35

: rare in [dialect] Att., ἔ. κατηγορήσων, ἀποθανούμενος, Pl.Euthphr.2c, Thg.129a ; ἔρχομαι ἐπιχειρῶν -σοι ἐπιδείξασθαι, for ἔ. σοι ἐπιδειξόμενος, Id.Phd.100b ;

οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι, ὡς.. X.Ages.2.7

.

3 c. part. [tense] pres., [tense] aor., or [tense] pf., in Hom., to show the manner of moving, ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσα she came running, Il.11.715, al. ; μὴ πεφοβημένος ἔλθῃς lest thou come thither in full flight,10.510 ; ἦλθε φθάμενος he came first,23.779 ;

κεχαρισμένος ἔλθυι Od.2.54

.

4 aor, part. ἐλθών added to Verbs, οὐ δύναμαι..μάχεσθαι ἐλθών go and fight, Il.16.521 ; κάθηρον ἐλθών come and cleanse, ib.668 ;

λέγοιμ' ἂν ἐλθών A.Supp.928

;

δρᾶ νυν τάδ' ἐλθών S.Ant.1107

.

V of any kind of motion, ἐξ ἁλὸς ἐλθεῖν to rise out of the sea, Od.4.448, al. ; ἐπὶ πόντον to go over it, 2.265 ; with qualifying phrase, πόδεσσιν ἔ. to go on foot, 6.40 (but πεζὸς εἰλήλουθα have come as a foot-soldier, Il. 5.204) ; of birds, 17.755, etc. ; of ships, 15.549, Od.14.334 ; of spears or javelins, freq. in Il. ; of natural phenomena, as rivers, 5.91 ; wind and storm, 9.6, Od.12.288 ; clouds, Il.4.276,16.364 ; stars, rise, Od. 13.94 ; time,

είς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νύξ Il.14.77

, cf. 24.351 ;

ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέρος Od.11.192

;

ἔτος ἦλθε 1.16

; of events and conditions,

είς ὅ κε γῆρας ἔλθῃ καὶ θάνατος 13.59

, cf. 11.135 ; of feelings, go,

ἦ κέ μοι αίνὸν ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἄχος ἔλθοι Il.22.43

;

ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ' ἵμερος 24.514

; of sounds, etc.,

τὸν..περὶ φρένας ἤλυθ' ίωή 10.139

;

Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος Od.9.362

; without φρένας, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ' ι>ωή 17.261, cf. 16.6 ; of battle,

ὁμόσ' ἦλθε μάχη Il.13.337

; of things sent or taken,

ὄφρα κε δῶρα ἐκ κλισίης ἔλθῃσι 19.191

, cf. 1.120 ; so later, esp. of danger or evil, c. dat.,

εἰ πάλιν ἔλθοι τῇ Ἑλλάδι κίνδυνος ὑπὸ βαρβάρων X.HG6.5.43

;

ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς βέλος A.Pr.360

;

μηδ' ὑπ' ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοι Id.Supp.1032

(lyr.), cf.Pers.436 ; of reports, commands, etc., Id.Pr.663, Th.8.19 ; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὡς ἦλθε τὰ γεγενημένα came to their ears, ib.96 ; τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ' αὐτόν that which was about to happen to him, Ev.Jo.18.4 ; of property, which comes or passes to a person by bequest, conveyance, gift, etc.,

τὰ ἐληλυθότα εἴς με ἀπὸ κληρονομίας BGU919.7

(ii A. D.) ; ἐ. εἴς τινα ἀπὸ παραχωρήσεως, κατὰ δωρεάν, PLond.3.1164e6 (iii A. D.), PMasp.96.22 (vi A. D.) : —Geom., pass, fall, ἔ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σαμεῖον pass through the same point, Archim.Aequil.1.15 ; ὅπου ἂν ἔρχηται τὸ ἕτερον σαμεῖον wherever the other point falls, ib.2.10.

BPost-Homeric phrases :

1 ἐς λόγους ἔρχεσθαί τινι come to speech with, Hdt.6.86.α', S.OC1164 codd. ; so

ἐς ὄψιν τινὶ ἐλθεῖν Hdt. 3.42

.

2 εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τινι (v. χείρ) ; so

ἐς μάχην ἐλθεῖν τινι Id.7.9

.

γ ; είς ὸργάς τισιν Pl.R.572a

.

3 ἐπὶ μεῖζον ἔ. increase, S.Ph. 259 ;

ἐπὶ μηδέν Id.Fr.871.8

,El.1000 ; ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐλθεῖν try everything, X.An.3.1.18.

4 ἐς τὸ δεινόν, ἐς τὰ ἀλγεινὰ ἐλθεῖν, come into danger, etc., Th.3.45,2.39 ;

είς τοσοῦτον αίσχύνης ἐληλύθατον ὥστε.. Pl.Grg.487b

, etc. ;

εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον ἀδικίας Id.R.361d

; ἐπ' ἔσχατον ἐλθεῖν ἀηδίας Id Phdr.240d ; ὅσοι ἐνταῦθα ἦλθον ἡλικίας arrived at that time of life, Id.R.329b ; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔ. come to an impotent conclusion, Hdt.1.120 ; ἐς ἀριθμὸν ἐλθεῖν to be numbered, Th.2.72 ;

εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἐλθεῖν Anaxil.21.6

;

εἰς ἔλεγχον Philem.93.3

, etc. ; εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐλθεῖν come to oneself, Ev.Luc.15.17, Arr.Epict.3.1.15.

5 παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθεῖν c. inf., come within a little of, be near a thing, E. Heracl.296 (anap.) ;

παρ' ὀλίγον ἐλθεῖν Plu.Pyrrh.10

; παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνου so narrow was her escape, Th.3.49 ;

παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλθόντες τοῦ ἀποβαλεῖν Plb.1.45.14

;

παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλθ. ἀπολέσθαι Plu. Cam.8

.

6 with διά and gen., periphr. for a Verb, e.g. διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἐλθεῖν for

μάχεσθαί τινι Hdt.6.9

, E.Hel.978, Th.4.92 ; διὰ πυρὸς ἐλθεῖν τινι rage furiously against.., E.Andr.488 (lyr.) ; but οί διὰ πάντων τῶν καλῶν ἐληλυθότες who have gone through the whole circle of duties, have fulfilled them all, X.Cyr.1.2.15 ;

διὰ πολλῶν κινδύνων ἐλθόντες Pl.Alc.2.142a

.

7 ἔ. παρὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, παρὰ Ἀρίστωνα, of sexual intercourse, go in to her, to him, Hdt.2.115,6.68 ; πρός τινα, of marriage, X.Oec.7.5.

8

ἔ. ἐπὶ πόλιν

attack,

Th.2.11

.

9 ἔ. ἐς depend upon or be concerned with,

τό γ' εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐλθόν Aristid. 1.149

J. ;

τοῖς λογισμοῖς εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἐρχόμενοι D.S.13.95

;

ὅσα εἰς ἀρετὴν ἔρχεται Lib.Or.22.18

; τῶν πραττομένων οὐκ όλίγον εἰς ἐκεῖνον ἤρχετο ib.14.31.