4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἔρχεσθον:
ἔρχομαι (start, set out): pres imperat mp 2nd dual
ἔρχομαι (start, set out): pres ind mp 3rd dual
ἔρχομαι (start, set out): pres ind mp 2nd dual
ἔρχομαι (start, set out): imperf ind mp 2nd dual (homeric ionic)
LSJ entry
ἔρχομαι
ἔρχομαι
Il. 13.256
,
etc.
(
Act.
ἔρχω
as
barbarism,
Tim. Pers. 167
):
impf.
ἠρχόμην
Hp. Epid. 7.59
,
Arat. 102
, (
δι-
)
Pi. O. 9.93
;
freq.
in
later
Prose,
LXXGe. 48.7
,
Ev.Marc. 1.45
,
Luc. Jud.Voc. 4
,
Paus. 5.8.5
,
etc.;
in
Att.
rare
even
in
compds.,
ἐπ-ηρχόμην
Th. 4.120
(perh.
fr.
ἐπάρχομαι
),
προσ-
ib.
121
(perh.
fr.
προσάρχομαι
),
περι-
Ar. Th. 504
cod.:
from
ἐλυθ-
(cf.
ἐλεύθω
)
come
fut.
ἐλεύσομαι,
Hom.
,
Ion.
,
Trag.
(
A. Pr. 854
,
Supp. 522
,
S. OC 1206
,
Tr. 595
),
in
Att.
Prose
only
in
Lys. 22.11
,
freq.
later,
D.H. 3.15
,
etc.:
aor.
,
Ep.
and
Lyr.
ἤλῠθον
Il. 1.152
,
Pi. P. 3.99
,
etc.,
used
by
E.
(not
A.
or
S.
)
in
dialogue
(
Rh.
660,
El.
598,
Tr.
374,
cf.
Neophr. 1.1
);
but
ἦλθον
is
more
freq.
even
in
Hom.
,
and
is
the
only
form
used
in
obl.
moods,
ἐλθέ,
ἔλθω,
ἔλθοιμι,
ἐλθεῖν,
ἐλθών
;
Ep.
inf.
ἐλθέμεναι,
-έμεν,
Il. 1.151
,
15.146
(
indic.
never
ἐλυθ-
unaugmented
unless
ἐξ-ελύθη
Il. 5.293
has
replaced
ἐξ-έλυθε
);
Dor.
ἦνθον
Epich. 180
,
Sophr. 144
,
Theoc. 2.118
;
imper.
ἐνθέ
Aristonous 1.9
;
part.
ἐνθών
IG
9(1).867
(Corc.,
vi
B.C.
), (
κατ-
)
Schwyzer
657.4 (
Arc.
,
iv
B.C.
);
subj.
ἔνθῃ
Berl.Sitzb.
1927.164 (
Cyrene
);
Lacon.
ἔλσῃ,
ἔλσοιμι,
ἐλσών,
Ar. Lys. 105
,
118
,
1081
;
later
ἦλθα
LXX2 Ki. 24.7
,
Ev.Matt. 25.36
,
BGU 530.11
(i
A.D.)
,
IG
14.1320,
etc.;
3
pl.
ἤλθοσαν
LXX Jo. 2.22
,
al.,
PTeb. 179
(ii
B.C.)
,
etc.;
ἤλυθα
IG
14.1971,
Nonn. D. 37.424
, (
ἐπ-
)
AP 14.44
:
pf.
ἐλήλῠθα
(not
in
Hom.
)
A. Pr. 943
,
etc.;
sync.
pl.
ἐλήλῠμεν,
-υτε,
Cratin. 235
,
Achae. 24
,
43
;
Ep.
εἰλήλουθα,
whence
I
pl.
εἰλήλουθμεν
Il. 9.49
,
Od. 3.81
,
part.
εἰληλουθώς
19.28
,
20.360
;
once
ἐληλουθώς
Il. 15.81
,
part.
κατ-εληλευθυῖα
Berl.Sitzb.
1927.166 (
Cyrene
);
Cret.
pf.
inf.
ἀμφ-εληλεύθεν,
v.
ἀμφέρχομαι:
Boeot.
pf.
διεσσ-είλθεικε
Schwyzer
485.2
(Thesp.,
iii
B.C.
),
part.
κατηνθηκότι
ib.657.39
(
Arc.
,
iv
B.C.
):
plpf.
ἐληλύθειν
Ar. Eq. 1306
;
Ion.
ἐληλύθεε
Hdt. 5.98
;
Ep.
εἰληλούθει
Il. 4.520
,
εἰληλούθειν
Call. Fr. 532
.—In
Att.
the
obl.
moods
of
pres.
,
as
well
as
the
impf.
and
fut.
were
replaced
by
forms
of
εἶμι
ibo
(q.v.):
in
LXX
and
Hellenistic
Greek
the
place
of
the
compounds,
esp.
ἐξ-,
εἰσέρχομαι,
is
commonly
taken
by
ἐκ-,
εἰσπορεύομαι,
etc.,
the
fut.
,
aor.
,
and
pf.
being
supplied
as
before
by
ἐλυθ-
(
ἐλθ-
):
I.
start,
set
out,
ἦ
μέν
μοι
μάλα
πολλὰ..Λυκάων
ἐρχομένῳ
ἐπέτελλε
when
I
was
setting
out,
Il. 5.198
,
cf.
150
;
τύχησε
γὰρ
ἐρχομένη
νηῦς
a
ship
was
just
starting,
Od. 14.334
;
ἐς
πλόον
ἐρχομένοις
(v.l.
ἀρχ-)
Pi. P. 1.34
.
2.
walk,
=
περιπατέω,
χαμαὶ
ἐρχομένων
ἀνθρώπων
Il. 5.442
;
σὲ
δʼ
ἐρχόμενον
ἐν
δίκᾳ
πολὺς
ὄλβος
ἀμφινέμεται
walking
in
justice,
Pi. P. 5.14
:
the
two
foreg.
rare
signfs.
belong
only
to
the
pres.
ἔρχομαι.
II.
(much
more
freq.)
come
or
go
(the
latter
esp.
in
Ep.
and
Lyr.),
ἦλθες
thou
art
come,
Od. 16.461
,
etc.;
χαίροισʼ
ἔρχεο
go
and
fare
thee
well,
Sapph. Supp. 23.7
,
cf.
Il. 9.43
,
Od. 10.320
,
1.281
;
ἀγγελίην
στρατοῦ..
ἐρχομένοιο
2.30
,
cf.
10.267
;
πάλιν
ἐλθέμεν,
αὖτε
εἰλήλουθα,
19.533
,
549
;
οἶκον
ἐλεύσεται
ib.
313
;
οἴκαδε
5.220
;
ἐς
οἴκους
A. Pers. 833
:
as
a
hortatory
exclamation,
ἀλλʼ
ἔρχευ,
λέκτρονδʼ
ἴομεν
Od. 23.254
,
cf.
17.529
.
III.
c.
acc.
cogn.,
ὁδὸν
ἐλθέμεναι
to
go
a
journey,
Il. 1.151
;
ἄλλην
ὁδόν,
ἄλλα
κέλευθα
ἤλθομεν
Od. 9.262
;
τηϋσίην
ὁδὸν
ἔλθῃς
3.316
:
freq.
in
Trag.,
A. Pr. 962
,
Th. 714
(also
κατὰ
τὴν
αὐτὴν
ὁδόν
Pl. Lg. 707d
);
νόστιμον
ἐλθεῖν
πόδα
(v.l.
δόμον)
E. Alc. 1153
;
ἀγγελίην,
ἐξεσίην
ἐλθεῖν,
go
on
an
embassy,
Il. 11.140
,
Od. 21.20
.
2.
c.
acc.
loci,
come
to,
arrive
at,
rare
in
Hom.
,
Ἀΐδαο
δόμους
ἔρχεαι
Il. 22.483
;
ἔρχεσθον
κλισίην
1.322
:
freq.
in
later
Poets,
Pi. P. 4.52
,
S. Tr. 259
,
etc.
;
traverse,
ὁ
ἥλιος
ἔρχεται
τῆς
Λιβύης
τὰ
ἄνω
Hdt. 2.24
:
c.
acc.
pers.,
αῐ
κέν
τι
νέκυς
(acc.
pl.)
ῂσχυμμένος
ἔλθῃ
Il. 18.180
;
σὲ
δʼ,
ὦ
τέκνον,
τόδʼ
ἐλήλυθεν
πᾶν
κράτος
S. Ph. 141
(lyr.).
3.
c.
gen.
loci,
ἔρχονται
πεδίοιο
through
or
across
the
plain,
Il. 2.801
;
but
also,
from
a
place,
γῆς
τινος
S. OC 572
.
4.
c.
dat.
pers.,
come
to,
i.e.
come
to
aid
or
relieve
one,
rare
in
Hom.
,
Od. 16.453
;
freq.
later,
Pi. O. 1.100
,
Th. 1.13
.
etc.
;
ἀποροῦντι
αὐτῷ
ἔρχεται
Προμηθεὺς
ἐπισκεψόμενος
τὴν
νομήν
Pl. Prt. 321c
;
also
in
hostile
sense,
ἔρχομαί
σοι
Apoc. 2.5
.
IV.
c.
fut.
part.
,
to
denote
the
object,
ἔρχομαι
ἔγχος
οίσόμενος
I
go
to
fetch..,
Il. 13.256
;
ἔρχομαι
ὀψομένη
14.301
:
freq.
in
Trag.,
μαρτυρήσων
ἦλθον
A. Eu. 576
;
ἐκσώσων
E. Med. 1303
.
2.
in
Hdt.
like
an
auxiliary
Verb,
ἔρχομαι
ἐρέων,
φράσων,
I
am
going
to
tell,
1.5
,
3.6
,
al.
;
σημανέων
4.99
;
μηκυνέων
2.35
:
rare
in
Att.
,
ἔ.
κατηγορήσων,
ἀποθανούμενος
,
Pl. Euthphr. 2c
,
Thg. 129a
;
ἔρχομαι
ἐπιχειρῶν
-σοι
ἐπιδείξασθαι,
for
ἔ.
σοι
ἐπιδειξόμενος,
Id. Phd. 100b
;
οὐ
τοῦτο
λέξων
ἔρχομαι,
ὡς..
X. Ages. 2.7
.
3.
c.
part.
pres.
,
aor.
,
or
pf.
,
in
Hom.
,
to
show
the
manner
of
moving,
ἄγγελος
ἦλθε
θέουσα
she
came
running,
Il. 11.715
,
al.
;
μὴ
πεφοβημένος
ἔλθῃς
lest
thou
come
thither
in
full
flight,
10.510
;
ἦλθε
φθάμενος
he
came
first,
23.779
;
κεχαρισμένος
ἔλθυι
Od. 2.54
.
4.
aor,
part.
ἐλθών
added
to
Verbs,
οὐ
δύναμαι..μάχεσθαι
ἐλθών
go
and
fight,
Il. 16.521
;
κάθηρον
ἐλθών
come
and
cleanse,
ib.
668
;
λέγοιμʼ
ἂν
ἐλθών
A. Supp. 928
;
δρᾶ
νυν
τάδʼ
ἐλθών
S. Ant. 1107
.
V.
of
any
kind
of
motion,
ἐξ
ἁλὸς
ἐλθεῖν
to
rise
out
of
the
sea,
Od. 4.448
,
al.
;
ἐπὶ
πόντον
to
go
over
it,
2.265
;
with
qualifying
phrase,
πόδεσσιν
ἔ.
to
go
on
foot,
6.40
(but
πεζὸς
εἰλήλουθα
have
come
as
a
foot-soldier,
Il. 5.204
) ;
of
birds,
17.755
,
etc.
;
of
ships,
15.549
,
Od. 14.334
;
of
spears
or
javelins,
freq.
in
Il.
;
of
natural
phenomena,
as
rivers,
5.91
;
wind
and
storm,
9.6
,
Od. 12.288
;
clouds,
Il. 4.276
,
16.364
;
stars,
rise,
Od. 13.94
;
time,
είς
ὅ
κεν
ἔλθῃ
νύξ
Il. 14.77
,
cf.
24.351
;
ἐπὴν
ἔλθῃσι
θέρος
Od. 11.192
;
ἔτος
ἦλθε
1.16
;
of
events
and
conditions,
είς
ὅ
κε
γῆρας
ἔλθῃ
καὶ
θάνατος
13.59
,
cf.
11.135
;
of
feelings,
go,
ἦ
κέ
μοι
αίνὸν
ἀπὸ
πραπίδων
ἄχος
ἔλθοι
Il. 22.43
;
ἀπὸ
πραπίδων
ἦλθʼ
ἵμερος
24.514
;
of
sounds,
etc.,
τὸν..περὶ
φρένας
ἤλυθʼ
ίωή
10.139
;
Κύκλωπα
περὶ
φρένας
ἤλυθεν
οἶνος
Od. 9.362
;
without
φρένας,
περὶ
δέ
σφεας
ἤλυθʼ
ι>
ωή
17.261
,
cf.
16.6
;
of
battle,
ὁμόσʼ
ἦλθε
μάχη
Il. 13.337
;
of
things
sent
or
taken,
ὄφρα
κε
δῶρα
ἐκ
κλισίης
ἔλθῃσι
19.191
,
cf.
1.120
;
so
later,
esp.
of
danger
or
evil,
c.
dat.,
εἰ
πάλιν
ἔλθοι
τῇ
Ἑλλάδι
κίνδυνος
ὑπὸ
βαρβάρων
X. HG 6.5.43
;
ἦλθεν
αὐτῷ
Ζηνὸς
βέλος
A. Pr. 360
;
μηδʼ
ὑπʼ
ἀνάγκας
γάμος
ἔλθοι
Id. Supp. 1032
(lyr.),
cf.
Pers. 436
;
of
reports,
commands,
etc.,
Id. Pr. 663
,
Th. 8.19
;
τοῖς
Ἀθηναίοις
ὡς
ἦλθε
τὰ
γεγενημένα
came
to
their
ears,
ib.
96
;
τὰ
ἐρχόμενα
ἐπʼ
αὐτόν
that
which
was
about
to
happen
to
him,
Ev.Jo. 18.4
;
of
property,
which
comes
or
passes
to
a
person
by
bequest,
conveyance,
gift,
etc.,
τὰ
ἐληλυθότα
εἴς
με
ἀπὸ
κληρονομίας
BGU 919.7
(ii
A.
D.)
;
ἐ.
εἴς
τινα
ἀπὸ
παραχωρήσεως,
κατὰ
δωρεάν,
PLond. 3.1164e6
(iii
A.
D.)
,
PMasp. 96.22
(vi
A.
D.)
:
—Geom.,
pass,
fall,
ἔ.
ἐπὶ
τὸ
αὐτὸ
σαμεῖον
pass
through
the
same
point,
Archim. Aequil. 1.15
;
ὅπου
ἂν
ἔρχηται
τὸ
ἕτερον
σαμεῖον
wherever
the
other
point
falls,
ib.
2.10
.
B.
Post-Homeric
phrases
:
1.
ἐς
λόγους
ἔρχεσθαί
τινι
come
to
speech
with,
Hdt. 6.86.αʹ
,
S. OC 1164
codd.
;
so
ἐς
ὄψιν
τινὶ
ἐλθεῖν
Hdt. 3.42
.
2.
εἰς
χεῖρας
ἐλθεῖν
τινι
(v.
χείρ
) ;
so
ἐς
μάχην
ἐλθεῖν
τινι
Id. 7.9
.
γ
;
είς
ὸργάς
τισιν
Pl. R. 572a
.
3.
ἐπὶ
μεῖζον
ἔ.
increase,
S. Ph. 259
;
ἐπὶ
μηδέν
Id. Fr. 871.8
,
El. 1000
;
ἐπὶ
πᾶν
ἐλθεῖν
try
everything,
X. An. 3.1.18
.
4.
ἐς
τὸ
δεινόν,
ἐς
τὰ
ἀλγεινὰ
ἐλθεῖν,
come
into
danger,
etc.,
Th. 3.45
,
2.39
;
είς
τοσοῦτον
αίσχύνης
ἐληλύθατον
ὥστε..
Pl. Grg. 487b
,
etc.
;
εἰς
τὸ
ἔσχατον
ἀδικίας
Id. R. 361d
;
ἐπʼ
ἔσχατον
ἐλθεῖν
ἀηδίας
Id
Phdr. 240d
;
ὅσοι
ἐνταῦθα
ἦλθον
ἡλικίας
arrived
at
that
time
of
life,
Id. R. 329b
;
ἐς
ἀσθενὲς
ἔ.
come
to
an
impotent
conclusion,
Hdt. 1.120
;
ἐς
ἀριθμὸν
ἐλθεῖν
to
be
numbered,
Th. 2.72
;
εἰς
ἔρωτά
τινος
ἐλθεῖν
Anaxil. 21.6
;
εἰς
ἔλεγχον
Philem. 93.3
,
etc.
;
εἰς
ἑαυτὸν
ἐλθεῖν
come
to
oneself,
Ev.Luc. 15.17
,
Arr. Epict. 3.1.15
.
5.
παρὰ
μικρὸν
ἐλθεῖν
c.
inf.
,
come
within
a
little
of,
be
near
a
thing,
E. Heracl. 296
(anap.)
;
παρʼ
ὀλίγον
ἐλθεῖν
Plu. Pyrrh. 10
;
παρὰ
τοσοῦτον
ἡ
Μυτιλήνη
ἦλθε
κινδύνου
so
narrow
was
her
escape,
Th. 3.49
;
παρʼ
οὐδὲν
ἐλθόντες
τοῦ
ἀποβαλεῖν
Plb. 1.45.14
;
παρʼ
οὐδὲν
ἐλθ.
ἀπολέσθαι
Plu. Cam. 8
.
6.
with
διά
and
gen.,
periphr.
for
a
Verb,
e.g.
διὰ
μάχης
τινὶ
ἐλθεῖν
for
μάχεσθαί
τινι
Hdt. 6.9
,
E. Hel. 978
,
Th. 4.92
;
διὰ
πυρὸς
ἐλθεῖν
τινι
rage
furiously
against..,
E. Andr. 488
(lyr.)
;
but
οί
διὰ
πάντων
τῶν
καλῶν
ἐληλυθότες
who
have
gone
through
the
whole
circle
of
duties,
have
fulfilled
them
all,
X. Cyr. 1.2.15
;
διὰ
πολλῶν
κινδύνων
ἐλθόντες
Pl.
Alc.
2.142a
.
7.
ἔ.
παρὰ
τὴν
γυναῖκα,
παρὰ
Ἀρίστωνα,
of
sexual
intercourse,
go
in
to
her,
to
him,
Hdt. 2.115
,
6.68
;
πρός
τινα,
of
marriage,
X. Oec. 7.5
.
8.
ἔ.
ἐπὶ
πόλιν
attack,
Th. 2.11
.
9.
ἔ.
ἐς
depend
upon
or
be
concerned
with,
τό
γʼ
εἰς
ἀνθρώπους
ἐλθόν
Aristid.
1.149
J.
;
τοῖς
λογισμοῖς
εἰς
ἑαυτοὺς
ἐρχόμενοι
D.S. 13.95
;
ὅσα
εἰς
ἀρετὴν
ἔρχεται
Lib. Or. 22.18
;
τῶν
πραττομένων
οὐκ
όλίγον
εἰς
ἐκεῖνον
ἤρχετο
ib.
14.31
.