A.rush eagerly at, “ὡς ἂν ἐπιθύσαντες ἑλοίμεθα” Od.16.297: c.gen., “ἐπιθύουσι βοῶν λίες” Euph.35a: c.dat., Opp.C.1.281,385.
2.. c.inf., strive vehemently to do a thing, “ἐρύσσασθαι . . Τρῶες ἐπιθύουσι” Il. 18.175; “θυμὸς ἐπιθύει κιθαρίζειν” h.Merc.475; “δεδαῆσθαι” A.R.2.1154; “κύσσαι . . στόμα” Id.1.1238:—Med., rush upon, flood, Νεῖλος ἐπεθύσατο (sic) αὔλακι γαίης Epic.Anon.in BKT5(1).119. (Prob. a compound of ἰθύω [υ^], with υ_ metri gr.: taken as ἐπι^-θύω by Epic.Anon. l.c.)
