4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἐπερχόμενον:
ἐπέρχομαι (come upon): pres part mp masc acc sg
ἐπέρχομαι (come upon): pres part mp neut nom/voc/acc sg
LSJ entry
ἐπέρχομαι
ἐπέρχομαι
,
impf.
ἐπηρχόμην
Th. 4.120
(unless
fr.
ἐπάρχομαι
:
Att.
impf.
is
ἐπῇα
(but
v.
ἔρχομαι)
and
fut.
ἔπειμι
):
aor.
2
ἐπῆλθον,
Ep.
-ήλῠθον
:
pf.
-ελήλυθα
:
I.
come
upon
:
1.
of
persons,
approach,
c.
dat.,
Il. 12.200
,
218
,
etc.;
esp.
come
suddenly
upon,
Od. 19.155
,
Hdt. 6.95
:
c.
acc.,
ἐ.
πόλιν
E. HF 593
codd.
(nisi
leg.
ἐσ-
);
come
to
for
advice,
μάντεις,
μοῦσαν,
Id. Supp. 155
,
Hel. 165
,
cf.
Pl. Lg. 772d
:
with
Preps.,
ἐ.
ἐς
ποταμόν
Od. 7.280
,
cf.
S. Aj. 438
:
metaph.,
ἐ.
ἐς
λόγου
στάσιν
Id. Tr. 1180
;
ἐ.
ἐς
πόλεμον
Th. 3.47
;
ἐ.
ἐνθάδε
Il. 24.651
.
b.
freq.
in
hostile
sense,
go
or
come
against,
attack,
abs.,
12.136
,
al.,
Th. 1.90
,
etc.:
c.
dat.,
Il. 20.91
,
E. Ba. 736
,
Th. 6.34
,
etc.:
rarely
c.
acc.,
τμήδην
αὐχένʼ
ἐπῆλθε
Il. 7.262
;
τὴν
τῶν
πέλας
ἐ.
invade
it,
Th. 2.39
:
hence,
visit,
reprove,
ταῦτα
μέν
σε
πρῶτʼ
ἐπῆλθον
E. IA 349
,
cf.
Andr. 688
:
with
a
Prep.,
invade,
ἐπὶ
τὴν
οἰκίαν
PFay. 12.12
(ii
B.C.)
.
c.
come
forward
to
speak,
E. Or. 931
,
Th. 1.119
,
Pl. Lg. 850c
;
ἐ.
ἐπὶ
τὸν
δῆμον,
ἐπὶ
τοὺς
ἐφόρους,
Hdt. 5.97
,
9.7
;
ἐπὶ
τὸ
κοινόν
Th. 1.90
;
τοῖς
Λακεδαιμονίοις
ib.
91
.
d.
in
Law,
proceed
against,
ἐπί
τινα
PEleph. 3.3
(iii
B.C.)
;
ἐπί
τινα
περί
τινος
PAmh. 2.96.8
(iii
A.D.)
;
τινὶ
περί
τινος
POxy. 489.11
(ii
A.D.)
;
ἐπὶ
πιττάκιον
impugn
,
BGU 1167.14
(i
B.C.)
:
also
in
aor.
1
ἐπελεύσασθαι
PStrassb. 35.25
(ii
B.C.)
,
etc.
(
ἐπιπορεύομαι
(q.
v.)
is
more
common
in
the
pres.
in
the
Hellenistic
period.)
2.
of
events,
conditions,
etc.,
come
upon,
esp.
come
suddenly
upon,
c.
acc.,
μιν
.
.
ἐπήλυθε
νήδυμος
ὕπνος
Od. 4.793
,
al.,
cf.
Hdt. 2.141
;
ἔρως
γὰρ
ἄνδρας
οὐ
μόνους
ἐπέρχεται
E. Fr. 431
:
c.
dat.,
τοῖσιν
ἐπήλυθε
νήδυμος
ὕπνος
Od. 12.311
,
cf.
5.472
;
μοι
νοῦσος
ἐπήλυθεν
11.200
;
βροτοῖσιν
.
.
ὅταν
κλύδων
κακῶν
ἐπέλθῃ
A. Pers. 600
,
cf.
Ag. 1256
;
ἐπῆλθέ
μοι
πάθος
Pl. Lg. 811d
,
etc.
3.
c.
dat.
pers.,
come
into
oneʼs
head,
occur
to
one,
ἵμερος
ἐπειρέσθαι
μοι
ἐπῆλθε
Hdt. 1.30
;
ὅ
τι
ἂν
ἐπέλθῃ
Lat.
quicquid
in
buccam
venerit,
Isoc. 12.24
:
impers.
c.
inf.
,
καί
οἱ
ἐπῆλθε
πταρεῖν
Hdt. 6.107
,
cf.
S. Tr. 134
(lyr.);
ἐμοὶ
τοιαῦτʼ
ἄττα
ἐ.
λέγειν
Pl. Grg. 485e
,
etc.;
also
ἐπέρχεταί
με
λέγειν
Id. Phd. 88d
.
4.
come
in,
of
revenues,
etc.,
ἐπερχόμενοι
τόκοι,
ἐπιβολαί,
BGU 155.11
(ii
A.D.)
,
1049.16
(iv
A.D.)
.
II.
of
Time,
come
on,
ἐπήλυθον
ὧραι
the
season
came
round
again,
Od. 2.107
,
etc.;
also,
come
on,
be
at
hand,
νὺξ
δʼ
ἄρʼ
ἐπῆλθε
14.457
;
γῆρας
ἐ.
Thgn. 528
,
728
;
ἕκαθεν
ἐπελθὼν
ὁ
μέλλων
χρόνος
Pi. O. 10(11).7
;
τὸ
παρὸν
τό
τʼ
ἐπερχόμενον
πῆμα
and
that
which
is
coming,
the
future,
A. Pr. 98
.
2.
come
in
after
or
over
another,
of
a
second
wife,
Hdt. 5.41
.
III.
go
over
or
on
a
space,
traverse,
mostly
of
persons,
c.
acc.,
πολλὴν
γαῖαν
Od. 4.268
;
ἀγρόν
16.27
;
ἄγκεα
πολλά
Il. 18.321
,
cf.
Od. 14.139
,
Hdt. 1.30
;
go
the
round
of,
visit,
δόμους
S. El. 1297
;
ναοὺς
χοροῖς
Id. Ant. 153
(lyr.);
πόλιν,
of
a
god,
Maced.
Pac.
29;
of
an
officer,
πύλας
φυλακάς
τʼ
ἐπῆλθον
E. Ph. 699
;
τὰς
ξυνωμοσίας
ἐπελθών
Th. 8.54
;
walk
on
ice,
Id. 3.23
;
also
of
water,
ἐπέρχεται
ὁ
Νεῖλος
τὸ
Δέλτα
overflows
it,
Hdt. 2.19
,
cf.
A. Supp. 559
(lyr.),
Th. 3.89
.
2.
go
through
or
over,
discuss,
recount,
c.
acc.,
Hes. Fr. 160.4
codd.
Str.
,
Ar. Eq. 618
;
review,
τὰ
εἰρημένα
περί
τινος
Arist. EN 1172b8
;
also
ἐ.
περί
τινος
Id. Ph. 189b31
,
al.;
folld.
by
an
interrog.,
πειρατέον
ἐπελθεῖν
τίνες
.
.
Id. Pol. 1289b24
;
πῶς
δεῖ
.
.
ἐπέλθωμεν
συντόμως
ib.
1317a15
.
3.
accomplish,
πολέμῳ
καὶ
διαχειρίσει
πραγμάτων
Th. 1.97
.
IV.
come
up
to,
imitate,
πάτρῳ
Pi. P. 6.46
.