ἐπιφοιτάω

ἐπιφοιτ-άω, Ion. ἐπιφοιτ-έω,

• come habitually or in addition, πλεῦνος αἰεὶ γινομένου τοῦ ἐπιφοιτέοντος Hdt. 1.97; οἱ ἐπιφοιτῶντές τε καὶ οἱ ἀρχὴν ἐλθόντες the subsequent arrivals, Id. 9.28; ὁ ἐπιφοιτῶν κέραμος every new wine-jar imported, Id. 3.6; ἐ. ἐς.. to go about to different places, Th. 1.135; τὴν γῆν δῃοῦν ἐπιφοιτῶντες visiting, invading it, ib. 81; τὰς πόλεις Jul. Or. 7.221b: c. dat., τοῖς θεάτροις Ael. VH 2.13.
• • • 2 c. dat. pers., σπάνιος ἐ. σφι visits them rarely, of the Phoenix, Hdt. 2.73, cf. Ph. 1.265, Palaeph. 37, Luc. Am. 9, etc.
    • 3 c. acc. pers., of visions, haunt, Hdt. 7.16.γʹ, cf. 15; of a disease, recur, Hp. Coac. 316; spread, ἅπασι [τοῖσι νεύροισι], of rheumatic pains, Aret. SD 2.12; ἐπεφοίτα πανταχόσε he went round to every ship, Plu. Ant. 65.
    • 4 in mal. part., ταῖς θυγατράσι τινός Hdn. 5.3.10.

ἐπιφοιτάω, hinzugehen, -kommen, οἱ ἐπιφοιτῶντές τε καὶ οἱ ἀρχὴν ἐλθόντες Her. 9.28, öfter ; von Traumbildern, 7.15, 16 ; von Sachen, ὁ ἐπιφοιτέων κέραμος 3.6 ; τινί, zu Einem, 2.73 ; ἐς τὴν ἄλλην Πελοπόννησον Thuc. 1.135 ; Sp., τὰς πόλεις, besuchen, Iulian.; feindlich einfallen, Thuc. 1.81. – Häufig, zu Einem kommen, besuchen, Luc. u. a.Sp.

ἐπιφοιτάω fut. ήσω

• • • 1to come habitually to, visit again and again, τὸ ἐπιφοιτέον or οἱ ἐπιφοιτέοντες the visitors, Hdt.; ὁ ἐπιφοιτέων κέραμος the wine-jars which are regularly imported, Hdt.; ἐπ. ἐς . . to go about to different places, Thuc.
    • 2c. dat., σπάνιος ἐπ. σφι visits them rarely, of the Phoenix, Hdt.
    • 3c. acc. pers., of visions, to haunt, Hdt.