ἐπήτριμος

ἐπήτρῐμος, ον, (ἤτριον) prop.

• woven to, closely woven: hence, generally, close, thronged, πυρσοί τε φλεγέθουσιν ἐπήτριμοι torch upon torch, Il. 18.211; δράγματα . . ἐ. πῖπτον ἔραζε ib. 552; λίην γὰρ πολλοὶ καὶ ἐπήτριμοι . . πίπτουσι too many one after another, 19.226, cf. A.R. 1.30, etc.: later in sg., κῦμα Q.S. 14.248; ὄχλος Opp. C. 3.382: neut. pl. as Adv., ib. 1.322, al.

ἐπήτριμος, (ἤτριον, also eigtl. angewebt), dicht an einander, πυρσοὶ ἐπήτριμοι, Fackel an Fackel gedrängt, Il. 18.211, vgl. 18.552 ; von der Zeit, ἔπιπτον ἐπ., schnell nach einander, 19.226 ; sp. Ep., wie Ap.Rh. 1.30. Nach Hesych., wie πυκνός, verständig, v.l. ἐπήτριος.

ἐπήτριμος : thick together, numerous; πίπτειν, ‘thick and fast,’ Il. 19.226, Il. 18.211, 552.

ἐπήτριμος ἐπ-ήτρῐμος, ον ἤτριον

• properly, woven upon, closely woven: then, close-thronged, one upon another, Il.