μετεκίαθον

aor.

[μετα- 1 + κι-, κίον.]

To go in quest or pursuit of, make for : Τρῶας καὶ λυκίους Il. 16.685. Cf. Il. 18.581.

So app. : ὅτε πᾶν πεδίον μετεκίαθον Il. 11.714 (had chased or swept the plain (cf. ἔφεπε πεδίον Il. 11.496 cited under ἐφέπω1 4)).

Without expressed object : ἐφʼ ἵππων βάντες μετεκίαθον (went off to see what the matter was) Il. 18.532.

To follow after : ἱππῆες ὀλίγον μετεκίαθον (app., came up close) Il. 11.52.

To go to visit : αἰθίοπας Od. 1.22.

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