ἐπέξειμι

epexeimi

go out against

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1373a6
1373a36
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

626b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπέξειμι, (εἶμι ibo) serving as Att. fut. to ἐπεξέρχομαι, to which it also supplies the impf. -ῄειν, Ion. 3pl. -ήϊσαν Hdt. 7.223:—A. go out against an enemy, l. c., Th. 2.21, etc.; τισί Id. 6.97; πρὸς πολεμίους X. Eq.Mag. 7.3; ἐ. τινὶ ἐς μάχην Th. 2.23, etc. 2. get out, escape, Arist. Pr. 937a28. II. proceed against, take vengeance on, Hdt. 8.143; esp. in legal sense, prosecute, τινί D. 21.216, Men. Epit. 140; ἐ. τινὶ φόνου for murder, Pl. Lg. 866b, Euthphr. 4e; ἐ. τινὶ ὑπὲρ φόνου ib.b, cf. e: c. acc. pers., ἐπεξῇμεν τοῦ φόνου τὸν Ἀρίσταρχον Test. ap. D. 21.107, cf. Antipho 1.11, etc.: c. dat. rei, visit, avenge, τῷ παθήματι Pl. Lg. 866b (and c. acc., τὸν τῶν πατέρων θάνατον D.S. 4.66); also ἐ. δίκῃ, γραφῇ, prosecute at law, Pl. Lg. 754e, Euthphr. 4c, Aeschin. 2.93; attack, τῷ λόγῳ μεγαλοπρεπέστερον Pl. Ly. 215e. III. c. acc., go over, traverse, δρυμούς Clearch. 37. 2. in writing, traverse, go through in detail, σμικρὰ καὶ μεγάλα ἄστεα Hdt. 1.5; πάντα Ar. Ra. 1118; πάσας τὰς ἀμφισβητήσεις Pl. R. 437a. 3. go through with, execute, παρασκευὰς λόγῳ καλῶς μεμφόμενοι ἀνομοίως ἔργῳ ἐπεξιέναι Th. 1.84; ἐ. τὰς τιμωρίας ἔτι μείζους Id. 3.82.

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