ἐπιχράω

ἐπιχράω (A), (χράω A)

• touch on the surface, graze, c. gen., τάων (sc. Ἁρπυιῶν) ἀκροτάτῃσιν ἐπέχραον..χερσί A.R. 2.283: c. acc., τυτθὸν ἐπέχραε δέρμα Q.S. 11.480.

ἐπιχράω (B), (χράω B), poet. word, only aor. 2 or impf. ἐπέχρᾰον,

• attack, assault, c. dat., ὡς δὲ λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν ἐπέχραον..ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρώεσσιν ἐπέχραον, Il. 16.352, 356; μητέρι μοι μνηστῆρες ἐπέχραον beset her, Od. 2.50.
• • • 2 abs., to be violent, rage, of the winds, A.R. 2.498.
    • 3 c. inf., to be urgent or eager to do, Id. 4.508: c. acc. et inf., [ἀνάγκη] με..νεῖσθαι ἐπέχραε was urgent that I should come, Id. 3.431.

*ἐπιχράω (C),

• lend besides, cf. ἐπικίχρημι.

ἐπιχράω, (χράω),
1) s. ἐπικίχρημι.
2) nur im imperf. angreifen, anfallen, ὡς δὲ λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν ἐπέχραον, Il. 16.352, 356 ; μητέρι μοι μνηστῆρες ἐπέχραον οὐκ ἐθελούσῃ Od. 2.50, sie sind auf die Mutter, in ihr Haus eingedrungen, Pind. frg. 44 u. sp.D.; ἀλλήλαισιν Qu.Sm. 8.74 ; auch c. acc., ἀνάγκης, ἥ με καὶ ἐνθάδε νεῖσθαι ἐπέχραεν, die mich zwang hierher zu kommen, Ap.Rh. 3.431 ; absolut, von heftigen Winden, losbrechen, 2.498 ; auch Κόλχοι δίζεσθαι ἐπέχραον, sie stürmten einher, zu suchen, 4.508 ; übh. berühren, anfassen, τινός, 2.283 ; τινά, Qu.Sm. 11.480.

†ἐπιχράω

[ἐπι- 5 + χράω2.]

3 pl. aor. ἐπέχραον.

With dat., to attack, assail, lay hands upon: λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν Il. 16.352, Δαναοὶ Τρώεσσιν 356.

To assail with importunities, beset: μητέρι Od. 2.50.

ἐπιχράω , aor. 2 ἐπέχραον: assail; τινί, Il. 16.352, 356; fig., of the suitors ‘besetting’ Penelope with their wooing, Od. 2.50.

ἐπιχράω χράω only in imperf. or aor2 ἐπέχραον, aor2 ἐπέχραον

• to attack, assault, c. dat., Il.; μητέρι μοι μνηστῆρες ἐπέχραον beset her, Od.

ἐπιχράω

• to lend besides, cf. ἐπικίχρημι.