ἐπέρχομαι

ἐπέρχομαι, impf. ἐπηρχόμην Th. 4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλῠθον: pf. -ελήλυθα: I. come upon: 1. of persons, approach, c. dat., Il. 12.200,218, etc.; esp. come suddenly upon, Od. 19.155, Hdt. 6.95: c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν E. HF 593 codd. (nisi leg. ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Id. Supp. 155, Hel. 165, cf. Pl. Lg. 772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν Od. 7.280, cf. S. Aj. 438: metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν Id. Tr. 1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον Th. 3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε Il. 24.651. b. freq. in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il. 20.91, E. Ba. 736, Th. 6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχένʼ ἐπῆλθε Il. 7.262; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th. 2.39: hence, visit, reprove, ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτʼ ἐπῆλθον E. IA 349, cf. Andr. 688: with a Prep., invade, ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν PFay. 12.12 (ii B.C.). c. come forward to speak, E. Or. 931, Th. 1.119, Pl. Lg. 850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, Hdt. 5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Th. 1.90; τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις ib.91. d. in Law, proceed against, ἐπί τινα PEleph. 3.3 (iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος PAmh. 2.96.8 (iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος POxy. 489.11 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU 1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι PStrassb. 35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.) 2. of events, conditions, etc., come upon, esp. come suddenly upon, c. acc., μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od. 4.793, al., cf. Hdt. 2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται E. Fr. 431: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od. 12.311, cf. 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200; βροτοῖσιν . . ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ A. Pers. 600, cf. Ag. 1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Pl. Lg. 811d, etc. 3. c. dat. pers., come into oneʼs head, occur to one, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε Hdt. 1.30; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Lat. quicquid in buccam venerit, Isoc. 12.24: impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν Hdt. 6.107, cf. S. Tr. 134 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτʼ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. Grg. 485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν Id. Phd. 88d. 4. come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, BGU 155.11 (ii A.D.), 1049.16 (iv A.D.). II. of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Od. 2.107, etc.; also, come on, be at hand, νὺξ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. Thgn. 528,728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi. O. 10(11).7; τὸ παρὸν τό τʼ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, A. Pr. 98. 2. come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt. 5.41. III. go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν Od. 4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά Il. 18.321, cf. Od. 14.139, Hdt. 1.30; go the round of, visit, δόμους S. El. 1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς Id. Ant. 153 (lyr.); πόλιν, of a god, Maced. Pac. 29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τʼ ἐπῆλθον E. Ph. 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών Th. 8.54; walk on ice, Id. 3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflows it, Hdt. 2.19, cf. A. Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th. 3.89. 2. go through or over, discuss, recount, c. acc., Hes. Fr. 160.4 codd. Str., Ar. Eq. 618; review, τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος Arist. EN 1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος Id. Ph. 189b31, al.; folld. by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . . Id. Pol. 1289b24; πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως ib. 1317a15. 3. accomplish, πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων Th. 1.97. IV. come up to, imitate, πάτρῳ Pi. P. 6.46.