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ἀπαντάω

ἀπαντάω, ἀπαντάω, meet, encounter (+ dat.)

ἀπαντάω, impf. ἀπήντων Th. 4.127, Dor. 3 sg. ἀπάντη Bion Fr. 9.7: fut. ἀπαντήσω Arist. Rh.Al. 1432b35, Plb. 4.26.5, etc.; but better -ήσομαι Th. 4.77, 7.2 and 80, X. HG 1.6.3, Lys. 2.32, etc.: aor. ἀπήντησα E. Ph. 1392, Th. 2.20: pf. ἀπήντηκα Ar. Lys. 420, D. 18.15:—the Med., used in act. sense by Polyaen. 1.21.1 (impf.), al., is censured by Luc. Lex. 25; so also pf. ἀπήντημαι Plb. 2.37.6, D.H. 6.88, etc.
    • I mostly of persons, move from a place to meet a person, and generally, meet, encounter, τινί Hdt. 8.9, E. Supp. 772, etc.; ἐξ ἐναντίας ἀ. Pl. Lg. 893e; ἀ. ταῖς ὁμοίαις φύσεσι encounter, fall in with them, D. 60.20: abs., ὁ ἀεὶ ἀπαντῶν any one that meets you, any chance person, Pl. R. 563c; οἱ ἀπαντῶντες D. 36.45, Alex. 78, cf. 87.
        • b freq. with a Prep., ἀ. τινὶ εἰς τόπον come or go to a place to meet him, meet him at a place, Hdt. 2.75; ἐς τωὐτό 6.84; ἐπὶ Τριποδίσκον Th. 4.70; τὸν μὲν ἐς τὰς Σίφας ἀ., τὸν δʼ ἐπὶ τὸ Δήλιον ib. 89: without dat. pers., present oneself at a place, Id. 7.1; εἰς Κύζικον X. HG 1.3.13; ἀ. ἐνθάδε Ar. Lys. 13; δεῦρο πάλιν ἀ. Pl. Tht. 210d, etc.
        • c c. dat. loci, light upon, come to, τόπῳ LXX Ge. 28.11.
      • 2 freq. in hostile sense, meet in battle, ἀ. δορί (dat. pers. being omitted) E. Ph. 1392; ὅπλοις HF 542; τοῖς βαρβάροις Μαραθῶνάδε And. 1.107; ἀ. Ἀθηναίοις ἐς Τάραντα Th. 6.34, cf. 2.20, 3.95; ἀ. πρός τινα Isoc. 4.86,90; generally, resist, oppose in any way, νομοθέτῃ ἀ. λέγων . . Pl. Lg. 684d; διὰ λόγων νουθετικῶν ἀ. prob. ib. 740e; ἀ. τραχέως πρὸς τὰς τῶν πλησιαζόντων ὀργάς Isoc. 1.31; ἀ. τοῖς εἰρημένοις rejoin, reply, Id. 11.30; τοῖς θορύβοις Arist. Rh.Al. l.c.; πρὸς ἕκαστον D. 21.24.
        • b abs., present oneself in arms, attend the muster, E. Ba. 782.
        • c face, meet, αἰκίαις καὶ θανάτοις Hecat.Abd. ap. J. Ap. 1.22.
      • 3 freq. as a law-term, meet in open court, τῷ καλεσαμένῳ Pl. Lg. 937a, cf. D. 39.3, etc.: without dat. pers., ἀ. πρὸς τὴν δίκην present oneself at the trial, Pl. Lg. 936e; πρὸς ἣν [δίκην] οὐκ ἀπήντα did not appear to defend his cause, D. 21.90; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν διαιτητήν, etc., come before him, Id. 40.11, etc.; εἰς ἡμέραν τὴν συγκειμένην ἀ. εἰς τὸ Ἡφαιστεῖον 33.18; ἐπὶ τὰ ἱερά 42.7; ἐπὶ τὴν δίαιταν Test. ap. eund. 21.93; ἀ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγῶσι to be present at other peopleʼs suits, meddle with them, D. 21.205: abs., appear in court, 40.16, etc.
      • 4 ἀ. εἰς . . enter into a thing, attempt it, εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα Pl. Lg. 830a; ἀ. εἰς τὴν τίμησιν come to the question of rating, Aeschin. 3.198; ἀ. εἰς τὰς χρείας Arist. EN 1158a8; ἀ. πρὸς τὰς μαθήσεις Pl. Tht. 144b; πρὸς τὴν ἐρώτησιν, τὸ πρόβλημα, Arist. Metaph. 1036a14, Ph. 213b3; ἀ. πρὸς τὴν τροφήν go to seek it, Id. de An. 421b12; ἀ. ἐπί . . have recourse to . ., D. 21.151, 24.193, etc.; ἐπὶ ταύτας τὰς οἰκίας ἀ. οἱ τραγῳδοποιοί Arist. Po. 1454a12.
    • II of things, come upon one, meet or happen to one, ἀ. δάκρυά μοι E. Ion 940, cf. Bion l.c.; τοῖς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ζῶσι τοσαύτην κωφότητα . . παρʼ ὑμῶν ἀπαντᾶν D. 19.226; ἐπὶ τῶ κεφαλαίῳ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀ. [ἡ ῥᾳθυμία] ‘comes home to roost’, 10.7; ἀ. αὐτῷ κραυγὴ παρὰ τῶν δικαστῶν Aeschin. 1.163; μή τίς σοι ἐναντίος λόγος ἀ. Pl. Phd. 101a, cf. D.H. 4.33, etc.
      • 2 abs., happen, occur, turn out, Ar. Lys. 420, Pl. Ep. 358e, Arist. Pol. 1302a6, Top. 160a23, al.; τούτων ἀπαντώντων Hdt. 8.142:—Pass., Plb. 2.7.4, Phld. Herc. 1251.9.

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