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ἐπελαύνω

ἐπελαύνω, to drive upon

ἐπελαύνω,
  • drive upon, τὰς ἁμάξας ἐπελαύνουσι, i.e. upon the ice, Hdt. 4.28.
        • b drive to a place, ἐπελάντω (non-thematic 3 pl. imper.) βοῦς τρεῖς SIG 1025.11 (Cos).
      • 2 in Hom., lay metal beaten out into plates over a surface (cf. ἐλαύνω III.1), ἐπὶ δʼ ὄγδοον ἤλασε χαλκόν Il. 7.223; πολλὸς δʼ ἐπελήλατο χαλκός 13.804, cf. 17.493.
      • 3 metaph., ὅρκους ἐπελαύνειν τινί force an oath upon one, Hdt. 1.146, cf. 6.62.
    • II drive or ride against, ἵππον τινί X. Eq. 8.11; lead against, τὴν στρατιήν Hdt. 1.164; push forcibly against, στέρνα θʼ ὁμοῦ καὶ χεῖρας A.R. 1.381.
      • 2 intr., march against, Hdt. 1.17, al.; τινί X. HG 7.1.21; ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα Hdt. 3.151, cf. 7.9.αʹ; ἐπήλασαν οἱ ἱππόται charged, Id. 9.49, cf. 18, Arr. Tact. 4.7, al.; τρεῖς [νῆες] ἐπήλασαν περὶ τὸ ἕρμα drove upon the rock, Hdt. 7.183: c. acc. loci, march over, Luc. Rh.Pr. 5.
    • III Pass., to be driven in after, τὸ -όμενον [τοῦ τομέως] X. Eq.Mag. 2.3.
    • IV Med., 3 pl. aor. imper., ἐπελασάσθων οἱ ἁλιασταί let them impose a fine, IG 5(2).6.23 (Tegea): 3 pl. pres. imper. (non-thematic), ἐπελάσθω (fr. *ἐπελάνσθω) τὰ ἐπιζάμια Tab.Heracl. 1.127.

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