ἐπέρχομαι

ἐπέρχομαι, impf. ἐπηρχόμην Th. 4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλῠθον: 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. HF 593 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 αὐχένʼ ἐπῆλθε Il. 7.262; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th. 2.39: hence, visit, reprove, ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτʼ ἐπῆλθον E. IA 349, 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 Λακεδαιμονίοις 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, BGU 1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι PStrassb. 35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the 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 oneʼs 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 τοιαῦτʼ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. Grg. 485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν Id. Phd. 88d.
    • 4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, BGU 155.11 (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 δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. Thgn. 528, 728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi. O. 10(11).7; τὸ παρὸν τό τʼ 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. Pae. 29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τʼ 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. EN 1172b8; 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.

ἐπέρχομαι, (ἔρχομαι),
1) herzu-, herankommen, sich nahen ; absolut, μεῖναι ἐπερχόμενον Il. 7.535 ; ἐνθάδε, ὁπόσε, Il. 24.651, Od. 14.139 ; c. dat. der Person, ὄρνις γάρ σφιν ἐπῆλθε, Il. 12.200, 15.84 ; βροτοῖσιν ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ Aesch. Pers. 592 ; in Prosa gew., Her. 6.95 ; Thuc. 1.36, s. auch unten ; – mit dem acc. des Ortes, zu dem man kommt, den man besucht, ἀγρόν Od. 16.27 ; πολλὴν δʼ ἐπελήλυθα γαῖαν 4.268, wie πολλὰ δέ τʼ ἄγκεʼ ἐπῆλθε, durchstreifte viele Täler, Il. 18.321 ; ὁ Νεῖλος ἐπέρχεται τὸ Δέλτα, verbreitet sich über das Delta, überschwemmt es, Her. 2.19, wie Aesch. Suppl. 554 λειμῶνα ἐπέρχεται – ὕδωρ τὸ Νείλου ; δόμους, ναούς, Soph. El. 1289, Ant. 153 ; auch εἰς τόπον, Aj. 433, wie εἰς ποταμόν Od. 7.280 ; εἰς τὸ κενούμενον, in die leere Stelle einrücken, Xen. Oec. 8.7 ; πόλιν Eur. Herc.Fur. 593 ; χώρας ὅσην ἐπήλθομεν Xen. An. 7.8.25 ; ἅπασαν τὴν οἰκουμένην, durchwandern, Din. 1.13 ; auch τοὺς χειρωνακτικούς, Plat. Ax. 368b ; auch ὄψεσιν ἐπελθὼν τοὺς κατακειμένους, Plut. Symp. 1.2.1. – Absolut, bes. vom Auftreten des Redners, ἐπῆλθε, ἔλεξε δέ, Eur. Or. 931 ; Thuc. 1.119 ; ἐπελθὼν καὶ πείσας τὴν πόλιν Plat. Legg. VIII.850e ; ἐπελθὼν ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον Her. 5.97 ; ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους 9.7, 11, vor dem Volke, den Ephoren auftreten, wie ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Thuc. 1.90. – Von der Zeit, herankommen, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι, die Jahreszeiten kamen wieder heran, Od. 2.107, 11.295 ; νὺξ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπῆλθε 14.457 ; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pind. Ol. 11.7 ; ἐπεὰν νὺξ ἐπέλθῃ Her. 4.84 ; ἦρί τʼ ἐπερχομένῳ Ar. Nub. 311 ; ἐπῆλθεν Ὀλύμπια Thuc. 1.126, u. so oft von regelmäßig wiederkehrenden Zeitabschnitten ; dah. setzt Aesch. Prom. 98 τὸ παρὸν τό τʼ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα einander gegenüber. – Uebertr., νοῦσος ἐπήλυθέν μοι Od. 11.200, befiel mich, wie γλυκερὸς δέ μοι ὕπνος ἐπέλθῃ 5.472 ; aber auch τόσσα μιν ὁρμαίνουσαν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος, 4.793, es überraschte sie dabei der Schlaf, wie Her. 2.141 ; vgl. ἔρως ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται Soph. frg. 607 ; ἐπέρχεταί μοι u. με, es kommt mich, wandelt mich an, entweder mit dem nom. der Sache oder dem infinit., τῷ δʼ ἐπέρχεται χαίρειν Soph. Tr. 135 ; καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν Her. 6.107 ; ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτʼ ἐπέρχεται πρὸς σὲ λέγειν Plat. Gorg. 485e, wie καί μοι ἴσως οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν πάθος ἐπῆλθε Legg. VII.811c ; ἵμερος ἐπελθὼν ὑμῖν 823e. Vgl. Xen. Mem. 4.3.3 ; Dem. 1.1, Lept. 52. Aber auch ἵμερος ἐπείρεσθαί με ἐπῆλθε σέ, Her. 1.30 (v.l. μοι), wie αὐτόν με νῦν τι τοιοῦτόν τι λέγειν ἐπέρχεται Plat. Phaed. 88c ; vgl. Legg. VII.823e, wo die Lesart zwischen τὸν νοῦν u. εἰς τὸν νοῦν schwankt ; ohne Casus, ὅ, τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ λέγειν, was gerade in den Sinn kommt, sagen, Plut. stoic.rep. 28.
2) feindlich herankommen, angreifen, anfallen ; absolut, Hom. u. Folgde, od. mit dem dat., βουσὶν ἐπήλυθεν Il. 20.91 ; μόσχοις Eur. Bacch. 736 ; Thuc. 1.38 u. A.; auch τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐπελθεῖν, Thuc. 2.39 ; vgl. τμήδην δʼ αὐχένʼ ἐπῆλθε Il. 7.262, die Lanze drang an den Nacken. – Auch = tadeln, Eur. Andr. 689 ; ταῦτά σε ἐπῆλθον I.A. 349 ; τὴν παρανομίαν, bestrafen, Plut. – Auch übertr., Etwas angreifen, πάντα διὰ βραχέων Plat. Polit. 279c ; vgl. Thuc. 1.70 ; τοσάδε ἐπῆλθον πολέμῳ, = διεπράξαντο, 1.97 ; τινί τι, Einem Etwas auseinandersetzen, Ar. Eq. 618 ; in der Rede durchgehen, τὰς ξυνωμοσίας Thuc. 8.54 ; τὰ εἰρημένα Arist. Eth. Nic. 10.1.4, u. öfter περί τινος, wie Sp.; – κρύσταλλος οὐ βέβαιος ὥς τʼ ἐπελθεῖν, so daß man darauf, darüber gehen konnte, Thuc. 3.23.

ἐπέρχομαι

[ἐπ-, ἐπι- 11 14.]

Fut. infin. ἐπελεύσεσθαι Od. 9.214.

Aor. ἐπῆλθον Od. 7.280.

3 sing. -ε Il. 7.262, Il. 12.200, Il. 15.84, Il. 18.321: Od. 9.233, Od. 14.457, 475, Od. 15.256. ἐπήλυθε Il. 8.488, Il. 9.474, Il. 20.91: Od. 4.793, Od. 10.31, Od. 11.200, Od. 17.170, etc.

3 pl. -ον Od. 2.107, Od. 11.295, Od. 14.294, Od. 19.152, Od. 24.142.

Subj. ἐπέλθω Od. 14.139.

3 sing. -ῃσι Il. 24.651. -ῃ Od. 5.472, Od. 10.175.

3 pl. -ωσι Od. 24.354.

Pple. ἐπελθών Il. 4.334, Il. 10.40, Il. 15.630, Il. 24.418, etc.: Od. 1.188, Od. 5.73, Od. 16.197, Od. 23.185, etc.

Pl. -όντες Od. 19.155.

Pf. ἐπελήλυθα Od. 4.268.

• • 1

    To approach, draw near, come, come up: τοῦ υἱὸς ἐπῆλθεν Od. 15.256. Cf. Il. 1.535, Il. 10.40, Il. 23.234, etc.: Od. 2.13 = Od. 17.64, Od. 5.73, Od. 9.233, Od. 16.197, Od. 18.199, Od. 19.155, Od. 23.185.

    To approach, come up to.

    With dat.: σφιν Il. 12.200.

    In hostile sense: μίμνον ἐπερχόμενον Ἄσιον Il. 12.136. Cf. Il. 13.472, Il. 15.406, Il. 20.178, Il. 22.252.

    Applied to a weapon Il. 8.536.

    With dat.: βουσίν Il. 20.91.

    So of a disease Od. 11.200.

    Of lions Il. 10.485, Il. 15.630.

    To approach a person for a specified purpose: εἰ γέροντʼ εἴρηαι ἐπελθών Od. 1.188. Cf. Od. 17.382.

  • 2

    To come or present oneself: αὐτὸς ἐπελθών Od. 2.246, Od. 24.506. Cf. Od. 9.214.

  • 3

    To come to a specified place: μή τις ἐνθάδʼ ἐπέλθῃσιν Il. 24.651. Cf. Od. 24.354.

  • 4

    To come to, arrive at, reach, a specified or indicated place: ἧος ἐπῆλθον ἐς ποταμόν Od. 7.280. Cf. Od. 17.170.

    Of a weapon, to make its way to, reach, touch.

    With acc.: αὐχένα Il. 7.262.

  • 5

    To come to, visit.

    With acc.: ἀγρόν Od. 16.27.

  • 6

    To come upon, light upon, find.

    With dat.: ὁμηγερέεσσι θεοῖσιν Il. 15.84.

    Absol.: μή τις ἐπελθὼν δηλήσαιτο Od. 13.124. Cf. Od. 14.317.

  • 7

    Of sleep, to come upon (one).

    With dat.: κλαιόντεσσιν ἐπήλυθεν ὕπνος Od. 12.311. Cf. Od. 5.472.

    With acc.: ἐπήλυθέ μιν ὕπνος Od. 4.793. Cf. Od. 10.31 = Od. 13.282.

  • 8

    Of a period of time, to come on, come upon one: ἐπήλυθε νύξ Il. 8.488, Il. 9.474. Cf. Od. 10.175, Od. 14.457, 475, Od. 17.606, Od. 22.198.

    To come round: ὅτʼ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι Od. 2.107 = Od. 19.152 = Od. 24.142, Od. 11.295 = Od. 14.294.

  • 9

    To go over, traverse.

    With acc.: ἄγκεα Il. 18.321. Cf. Od. 4.268.

  • 10

    To go, betake oneself: ὁππόσʼ ἐπέλθω Od. 14.139.

ἐπέρχομαι (cf. ἔπειμι.)

• • a approach ἕκαθεν γὰρ ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος O. 10.7 “δαίμων ἐπῆλθεν” P. 4.28 c. acc. ὧραί τε Θεμίγονοι ἄστυ Θήβας ἐπῆλθον Ἀπόλλωνι δαῖτα φιλησιστέφανον ἄγοντες Pae. 1.7 ἐπερχόμενόν τε μαλάσσοντες (sc. Διόσκουροι) βίαιον πόντον (i. e. the rough sea that comes suddenly upon the sailor: v. l. ἐπερχόμενοι) *fr. 140c. 1*
  • b come up to met., vie with c. dat. πάτρῳ τʼ ἐπερχόμενος ἀγλαίαν ἅπασαν (Bergk: ἀγλαίαν ἔδειξεν ἅπασαν codd.: ἅπασαν del. byz.) P. 6.46

ἐπέρχομαι , fut. inf. ἐπελεύσεσθαι, aor. ἐπῆλθον, ἐπήλυθον, perf. ἐπελήλυθα: come or go to or upon, come on; of the ‘arrival’ of times and seasons, Od. 10.175, Il. 8.488; the ‘approach’ of sleep or sickness, Od. 4.793, Od. 11.200; and often in hostile sense, ‘attack,’ esp. the part., Il. 15.406, Il. 4.334; mostly w. dat., but w. acc. in the sense ‘visit,’ ‘haunt,’ ‘traverse,’ ἄγκεα, Il. 18.321; γαῖαν, Od. 4.268; ἀγρούς, Od. 16.27; τμήδην, ‘struck and grazed,’ Il. 7.262.

ἐπέρχομαι εἶμι ibo imperf. ἐπηρχόμην the Attic imperf. is ἐπῄειν and the fut. ἔπειμι aor2 ἐπῆλθον Epic -ήλυθον perf. -ελήλυθα

• Dep.,
• • Ito come upon, come near, come suddenly upon, τινι Hom., Hdt.:— to come to for advice, Lat. adire aliquem, Eur.
  • • • bin hostile sense, to go or come against, to attack, assault, absol. or c. dat., Il., Eur., etc.; c. acc., τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐπ. to invade it, Thuc.; hence, to visit, reprove, τινα Eur.
      • cto come forward to speak, Eur., Thuc.; also, ἐπ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον Hdt.
    • 2of conditions, events, etc., to come suddenly upon, ὕπνος ἐπήλυθέ τινα or τινι Od.
    • • bc. dat. pers. to come into oneʼs head, occur to one, ἵμερος ἐπῆλθέ μοι ἐπείρεσθαι Hdt.; or impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν it happened to him to sneeze, Hdt.
  • IIof Time, to come on, return, of the seasons, Od.; so, νὺξ ἐπῆλθε Od.
  • • 2to come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt.
  • IIIto go over or on a space, to traverse, Lat. obire, c. acc., Od.:— of water, to overflow, Hdt.:—so in Attic to go the round of, visit, Soph., Eur.
  • • 2to go through, treat of, recount, Eur., Ar.
    • 3to go through, execute, Thuc.