ἐπῴχατο
epochato
were shut to
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπῴχατο, Ep. 3 pl. plpf. Pass., πᾶσαι γὰρ [πύλαι] ἐπῴχατο all
‹ All lexicon entries were shut to, Il. 12.340 (= ἐπικεκλιμέναι ἦσαν, ἐπέκειντο, , who derived it from ἐποίγω, prob. rightly, cf. προσοίγνυμι; = ἐπωχλισμέναι ἦσαν were bolted, Lex., reading ἐπώχατο; πάσας γὰρ ἐπῴχετο , vulg.).