ἐπισπέρχω
epispercho
urge on
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπισπέρχω,
‹ All lexicon entries urge on, Od. 22.451; [ἵππους] κέντρῳ ἐπισπέρχων Il. 23.430; [νῆα] ἐρετμοῖς 3.346; τὸ πρᾶγμα κάρτʼ ἐπισπέρχει θεός Th. 689; τοὺς ἄλλους τοιαῦτα ἐπέσπερχε 4.12: c. inf., urge one to do, 1.525, Glor.Ath. 2.347b.
2. ἐ. ἴχνος follow close upon the track, C. 4.96: abs., Th. 144.
II. intr., rage furiously, ἐπισπέρχουσιν ἄελλαι Od. 5.304, cf. Parth. 2.18; εἴ τι ἡ πνὶξ ἐπισπέρχοι CA 1.8.
2. hasten in flight, Pers. 98.