ἐπισεύω

ἐπισεύω, [dialect] Ep. [pref] ἐπισς- (as always in Hom.),

A put in motion against, set on,

μὴ . . μοι κῆτος ἐπισσεύῃ μέγα δαίμων Od.5.421

; δμῶας

ἐπισσεύας 14.399

: metaph.,

τόσα γάρ μοι ἐπέσσευεν κακὰ δαίμων 18.256

;

ὀνείρατ' ἐπέσσευεν κακὰ δαίμων 20.87

;

κῆρας AP7.439

(Theodorid.).

II. mostly [voice] Pass., hurry or hasten to or towards, ἐπεσσεύοντο

δὲ λαοί Il.2.86

;

ἔς τινα 13.757

; ἐπεσσεύοντο νομόνδε to pasture, 18.575; νῆάδ' (so Aristarch.)

ἐπεσσεύοντο Od.13.19

; in hostile sense, rush upon or at, c. dat.,

νηυσὶν ἐπισσεύεσθαι Il.15

347.

2. freq. in [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass. ἐπεσσύμενος, with [ per.] 3sg. [tense] plpf. ἐπέσσῠτο (used as an [tense] aor.): [ per.] 3pl. [tense] aor. 1

ἐπέσσῠθεν Opp.C.4.136

:—mostly in hostile sense, charge,

ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος Il.5.438

, al.; ἰῷ ἐπεσσύμενον βάλε τείχεος ὑψηλοῖο struck him with an arrow from the wall as he rushed on, 12.388: c. dat.,

αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο 5.459

, cf. 21.227: c. acc.,

τεῖχος ἐπεσσύμενοι 12.143

: c. gen., ἐπεσσύμενος πεδίοιο rushing, hurrying over the plain, 14.147, 22.26 (cf. διαπράσσω); also of fire, etc., ἠΰτε πῦρ, τό τ' ἐπεσσύμενον πόλιν ἀνδρῶν . .

φλεγέθει 17.737

;

κῦμα δεινὸν ἐπεσσύμενον Od.5.314

, cf. 431: also, without any hostile sense, to express rapid motion, c. dat., ὥς οἱ . .

ὄνειρον ἐπέσσυτο 4.841

: c. acc., ὡς πνοιὴ ἐπέσσυτο δέμνια swept over them, 6.20: c. inf., ἐπέσσυτο διώκειν he hasted on to follow, Il.21.601, cf. A.R.1.758: abs.,

χερσὶν ἐπεσσύμενος λάβε πέτρης Od.5.428

;

ἐπεσσύμενος λάβε γούνων 22.310

.

3. metaph., to be in excitement or agitation,

εἴ τοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται Il.1.173

;

θυμὸς ἐ. ὄφρ' ἐπαμύνω 6.361

: c. inf.,

μοι ἐπέσσυτο θυμὸς . . τέρπεσθαι 9.398

.—[dialect] Ep. word, used occasionally by Trag., only in lyr. (exc. S.Ichn.21,43),

πέδον ἐπισύμενος A.Eu.786

;

ἐπέσυτο τάνδε γᾶν . . ἄτα E.Ph.1065

; τείχεα . .

ἐπέσυτο φλόξ Id.Hel.1162

; so τίς ὄρεα . . τάδ' ἐπέσυτο; Ar.Fr.698 (parody of dithyramb).