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ἐπελαύνω

epelauno

drive upon

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπελαύνω, A. drive upon, τὰς ἁμάξας ἐπελαύνουσι, i.e. upon the ice, Hdt. 4.28. b. drive to a place, ἐπελάντω (non-thematic 3pl. imper.) βοῦς τρεῖς SIG 1025.11 (Cos). 2. in Hom., lay metal beaten out into plates over a surface (cf. ἐλαύνω III.1), ἐπὶ δʼ ὄγδοον ἤλασε χαλκόν Il. 7.223; πολλὸς δʼ ἐπελήλατο χαλκός 13.804, cf. 17.493. 3. metaph., ὅρκους ἐπελαύνειν τινί force an oath upon one, Hdt. 1.146, cf. 6.62. II. drive or ride against, ἱππον τινί X. Eq. 8.11; lead against, τὴν στρατιήν Hdt. 1.164; push forcibly against, στέρνα θʼ ὁμοῦ καὶ χεῖρας A.R. 1.381. 2. intr., march against, Hdt. 1.17, al.; τινί X. HG 7.1.21; ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα Hdt. 3.151, cf. 7.9.αʼ; ἐπήλασαν οἱ ἱππόται charged, Id. 9.49, cf. 18, Arr. Tact. 4.7, al.; τρεῖς [νῆες] ἐπήλασαν περὶ τὸ ἕρμα drove upon the rock, Hdt. 7.183: c. acc. loci, march over, Luc. Rh.Pr. 5. III. Pass., to be driven in after, τὸ -όμενον [τοῦ τομέως] X. Eq.Mag. 2.3. IV. Med., 3pl. aor. imper., ἐπελασάσθων οἱ ἁλιασταί let them impose a fine, IG 5(2).6.23 (Tegea): 3pl. pres. imper. (non-thematic), ἐπελάσθω (fr. *ἐπελάνσθω) τὰ ἐπιζάμια Tab.Heracl. 1.127.
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