ἐφάλλομαι

ephallomai

spring upon

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 9
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Book 7 2
Chapter ?

715
7260
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11421
11489
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12404
Book 13 3
Chapter ?

13529
13531
13643
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21140
Odyssey 3
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14220
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22305
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24320

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐφάλλομαι, fut. -αλοῦμαι LXX 1 Ki. 10.6: Ep. aor. 2 ἐπᾶλτο, part. ἐπάλμενος, ἐπιάλμενος (v. infr.): regul. aor. 2 inf. -αλέσθαι IG 4.951.27 (Epid., iv B. C.):—A. spring upon, so as to attack, c. dat., Ἀστεροπαίῳ ἐπᾶλτο Il. 21.140, cf. 13.643; Τρώεσσιν ἐπάλμενος 11.489, etc.; ἐπάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρί ib.421, cf. Od. 14.220: without hostile sense, c. gen., ἵππων ἐπιάλμενος having leaped upon the chariot, Il. 7.15; κύσσε . . μιν . . ἐπιάλμενος Od. 24.320; of fame, ἐς Αἰθίοπας ἐπᾶλτο Pi. N. 6.50: rare in Prose, ἐπὶ τὸν οὐδὸν ἐ. (a Homeric reminiscence) Pl. Ion 535b; ἐπὶ τὰν χῆρα IG l.c.; ἐπί τινας Act.Ap. 19.16; ἵπποις Plu. 2.139b; θαλάττης Alciphr. 1.10; ζῴῳ, in hostile sense, Philum. Ven. 33.3; εἰς τοὐπίσω ἐ., of an exercise, Gal. 6.145: metaph., of the spirit of prophecy, LXX l. c.

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