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ἐπιδρομή

ἐπιδρομή, a sudden inroad, a raid, attack

ἐπιδρομ-ή, ἡ,
  • running over, inroad, κυμάτων Arist. Mu. 400a26 (pl.); onward motion, IGRom. 4.503.34 (Pergam.).
      • 2 metaph., brief notice, Phld. Rh. 2.268S.; ἐν τῇ ἐ. τῶν φιλοσόφων in his summary notice of them, D.L. 7.48; summary, προειρημένων λόγων Corn. Rh. p.389 H.; ἀποδείξεων Dam. Pr. 369; ἐπιτομὰς ἢ συνάψεις ἢ ἐπιδρομάς Gal. 9.431; ὡς ἐν ἐπιδρομῇ δεδείχθω Iamb. in Nic. p.72 P.
    • II inroad, raid, attack, Th. 4.34, 56; τῷ τειχίσματι ib. 23; ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς ἁρπαγή plundering by means of an inroad, Hdt. 1.6: hence ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς on the spur of the moment, ἐξ ἐ. αἱρέσεις ποιεῖσθαι Pl. R. 619d; εἰπεῖν Plu. Ant. 80, cf. Men. Pk. 148; cursorily, μνήμην ποιήσασθαι φαύλως καὶ ἐξ ἐ. D.H. Pomp. 3 (so κατʼ ἐπιδρομήν Aps. Rh. p.258 H.); μηδὲν ἐξ ἐ. παθεῖν by a sudden attack, D. 21.138, cf. D.H. 2.3.
    • III office of inspector, τῆς μητροπόλεως PFay. 23.2 (ii A.D.).
    • IV a place to which ships run in, landing-place, Λιβύης . . ἐρήμους ἀξένους τʼ ἐπιδρομάς E. Hel. 404; πλοῦν οὔριον . . Ἰλίου τʼ ἐπιδρομάς Id. IA 1597; τὰς ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης διαχῶσαι Phalar. Ep. 62.
    • V flow of blood (to an atrophied part), Hp. Off. 24.

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