ἐπέρχομαι

ἐπέρχομαι, [tense] impf.

A

ἐπηρχόμην Th.4.120

(unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: [dialect] Att. [tense] impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and [tense] fut. ἔπειμι): [tense] aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, [dialect] Ep. -ήλῠθον: [tense] pf. -ελήλυθα:

I come upon:

1 of persons, approach, c. dat., Il.12.200,218, etc.; esp. come suddenly upon, Od.19.155, Hdt. 6.95: c. acc.,

ἐ. πόλιν E.HF593

codd. (nisi leg. ἐς-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Id.Supp.155, Hel.165, cf. Pl.Lg.772d: with Preps.,

ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν Od.7.280

, cf. S.Aj.438: metaph.,

ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν Id.Tr.1180

;

ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον Th.3.47

;

ἐ. ἐνθάδε Il.24.651

.

b freq. in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il.20.91, E.Ba.736, Th.6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc.,

τμήδην αὐχέν' ἐπῆλθε Il.7.262

; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th.2.39: hence, visit, reprove,

ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ' ἐπῆλθον E.IA349

, cf. Andr. 688: with a Prep., invade,

ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν PFay.12.12

(ii B.C.).

c come forward to speak, E.Or.931, Th.1.119, Pl.Lg.850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, Hdt.5.97, 9.7;

ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Th.1.90

; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις ib.91.

d in Law, proceed against,

ἐπί τινα PEleph.3.3

(iii B.C.);

ἐπί τινα περί τινος PAmh.2.96.8

(iii A.D.);

τινὶ περί τινος POxy.489.11

(ii A.D.); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU1167.14 (i B.C.): also in [tense] aor. 1

ἐπελεύσασθαι PStrassb.35.25

(ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the [tense] pres. in the Hellenistic period.)

2 of events, conditions, etc., come upon, esp. come suddenly upon, c. acc.,

μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.4.793

, al., cf. Hdt.2.141;

ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται E.Fr.431

: c. dat.,

τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od.12.311

, cf. 5.472;

μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200

; βροτοῖσιν . .

ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ A.Pers.600

, cf. Ag.1256;

ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Pl.Lg.811d

, etc.

3 c. dat. pers., come into one's head, occur to one,

ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε Hdt.1.30

; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Lat. quicquid in buccam venerit, Isoc.12.24: impers. c. inf.,

καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν Hdt.6.107

, cf. S.Tr.134 (lyr.);

ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ' ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. Grg.485e

, etc.; also

ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν Id.Phd.88d

.

4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, BGU155.11 (ii A.D.), 1049.16 (iv A.D.).

II of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Od.2.107, etc.; also, come on, be at hand,

νὺξ δ' ἄρ' ἐπῆλθε 14.457

;

γῆρας ἐ. Thgn.528

,728;

ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi.O.10(11).7

; τὸ παρὸν τό τ' ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, A.Pr.98.

2 come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt.5.41.

III go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, c. acc.,

πολλὴν γαῖαν Od.4.268

;

ἀγρόν 16.27

;

ἄγκεα πολλά Il.18.321

, cf. Od.14.139, Hdt.1.30; go the round of, visit,

δόμους S.El.1297

;

ναοὺς χοροῖς Id.Ant.153

(lyr.); πόλιν, of a god, Maced.Pac.29; of an officer,

πύλας φυλακάς τ' ἐπῆλθον E.Ph. 699

;

τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών Th.8.54

; walk on ice, Id.3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflows it, Hdt.2.19, cf. A.Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th.3.89.

2 go through or over, discuss, recount, c. acc., Hes.Fr.160.4 codd. Str., Ar.Eq.618; review,

τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος Arist.EN1172b8

; also

ἐ. περί τινος Id.Ph.189b31

, al.; folld. by an interrog.,

πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . . Id.Pol.1289b24

; πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως ib. 1317a15.

3 accomplish,

πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων Th.1.97

.

IV come up to, imitate,

πάτρῳ Pi.P.6.46

.