ejpilavqetai
ejpilavqetai »a<Eth>1/4 , Dor. for -lhvqetai .
ejpilambavnw
ejpi-lambavnw
,
f.
-lhvyomai
:
aor.
2
-evla±bon
:
pf.
-eivlhfa
,
pass.
-eivlhmmai
:—
to lay hold of, seize, attack,
as a disease,
Hdt.
,
Thuc.
:—
Pass.
,
th;n ai[sqhsin ejpilhfqeiv"
Lat.
sensibus captus
,
Plut.
b.
of events,
to overtake, surprise, interrupt,
Thuc.
2.
to attain to, reach,
Xen
.;
e[th ojktw; ejp
.
to live over
eight years,
Thuc.
3.
to seize, stop,
esp.
by pressure,
Ar.
,
etc.
;
ejp. tina; th`" ojpivsw oJdou`
to stop
him
from
getting back,
Hdt.
4. metaph ., polu;n cw`ron ejp . to get over much ground, traverse it rapidly, as in Virgil corripere campum , Theocr.
II.
Med
., with
pf. pass
.,
to hold oneself
on
by, lay hold of, catch,
c. gen
.,
Hdt.
,
Thuc.
2.
to attack,
tino"
Xen.
3.
to make a seizure of,
tino"
Dem.
4.
to lay hold of, get, obtain,
prostavtew
a chief,
profavsio"
a pretext,
Hdt.
5.
of place,
to gain, reach,
tw`n ojrw`n
Plut.
6.
to attempt
a thing,
c. gen
., Id.
7.
to take up, interrupt in speaking
(
cf.
uJpolambavnw
),
Plat.
:
to object to,
Xen.
ejpilampruvnw
ejpi-lampruvnw , f. uØnw` , to make splendid, adorn, Plut.
ejpivlampto"
ejpivlampto" , on , Ion. for ejpivlhpto" .
ejpilavmpw
ejpi-lavmpw , f. yw , to shine after or thereupon, Il., etc. ; ejpilamyavsh" hJmevrh" when day had fully come, Hdt.
2. to shine upon, c. dat ., Plut. , Anth.
ejpilanqavnomai
ejpilanqavnomai , to forget, v. sub ejpilhvqw .
ejpileaivnw
ejpi-leaivnw , aor. I -elevhna , to smoothe over, ejpilehvna" th;n Xevrxew gnwvmhn , i.e. making it plausible, Hdt.
ejpilevgw
ejpi-levgw , f. xw , to choose, pick out, select, Hdt .: —Med ., tw`n Babulwnivwn ejpelevxato he chose him certain of the Babylonians, Id.; so in Att. :— Pass. , ejpilelegmevnoi or ejpeilegmevnoi chosen men, Xen.
II.
to say in addition, add further,
Hdt.
2.
to call by name,
Id.
III.
in
Ion.
Gr. also, in
Med.