ἐπ-οίχομαι , ipf. ἐπῴχετο: go up to, go
against, w. acc. of person or of thing; ἐποιχόμενον στίχας ἀνδρῶν, i. e. to marshall them,
Il. 15.279, Il. 16.155
; οὐρῆας μὲν πρῶτον ἐπῴχετο,
‘attacked,’ Il.
1.50
; ἐπῴχετο κῆλα θεοῖο,
‘sped’ to their mark, Il.
1.383
; ἐποιχομένη πόσιν εὗρεν, had
‘gone abroad’ to find a husband, Od. 6.282
; ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι, δόρπον,
Od. 1.358, Od. 13.34; ἱστὸν
ἐποιχομένη, ‘plying’ the loom, i. e.
going up and down before it, Il.
1.31.