A.put in motion against, set on, “μὴ . . μοι κῆτος ἐπισσεύῃ μέγα δαίμων” Od.5.421; δμῶας “ἐπισσεύας” 14.399: metaph., “τόσα γάρ μοι ἐπέσσευεν κακὰ δαίμων” 18.256; “ὀνείρατ᾽ ἐπέσσευεν κακὰ δαίμων” 20.87; “κῆρας” AP7.439 (Theodorid.).
II.. mostly Pass., hurry or hasten to or towards, ἐπεσσεύοντο “δὲ λαοί” Il.2.86; “ἔς τινα” 13.757; ἐπεσσεύοντο νομόνδε to pasture, 18.575; νῆάδ᾽ (so Aristarch.) “ἐπεσσεύοντο” Od.13.19; in hostile sense, rush upon or at, c. dat., “νηυσὶν ἐπισσεύεσθαι” Il.15 347.
2.. freq. in pf. part. Pass. ἐπεσσύμενος, with 3sg. plpf. ἐπέσσυ^το (used as an aor.): 3pl. aor. 1 “ἐπέσσυ^θεν” Opp.C.4.136:—mostly in hostile sense, charge, “ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος” Il.5.438, al.; ἰῷ ἐπεσσύμενον βάλε τείχεος ὑψηλοῖο struck him with an arrow from the wall as he rushed on, 12.388: c. dat., “αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο” 5.459, cf. 21.227: c. acc., “τεῖχος ἐπεσσύμενοι” 12.143: c. gen., ἐπεσσύμενος πεδίοιο rushing, hurrying over the plain, 14.147, 22.26 (cf. διαπράσσω); also of fire, etc., ἠΰτε πῦρ, τό τ᾽ ἐπεσσύμενον πόλιν ἀνδρῶν . . “φλεγέθει” 17.737; “κῦμα δεινὸν ἐπεσσύμενον” Od.5.314, cf. 431: also, without any hostile sense, to express rapid motion, c. dat., ὥς οἱ . . “ὄνειρον ἐπέσσυτο” 4.841: c. acc., ὡς πνοιὴ ἐπέσσυτο δέμνια swept over them, 6.20: c. inf., ἐπέσσυτο διώκειν he hasted on to follow, Il.21.601, cf. A.R.1.758: abs., “χερσὶν ἐπεσσύμενος λάβε πέτρης” Od.5.428; “ἐπεσσύμενος λάβε γούνων” 22.310.
3.. metaph., to be in excitement or agitation, “εἴ τοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται” Il.1.173; “θυμὸς ἐ. ὄφρ᾽ ἐπαμύνω” 6.361: c. inf., “μοι ἐπέσσυτο θυμὸς . . τέρπεσθαι” 9.398.—Ep. word, used occasionally by Trag., only in lyr. (exc. S.Ichn.21,43), “πέδον ἐπισύμενος” A.Eu.786; “ἐπέσυτο τάνδε γᾶν . . ἄτα” E.Ph.1065; τείχεα . . “ἐπέσυτο φλόξ” Id.Hel.1162; so τίς ὄρεα . . τάδ᾽ ἐπέσυτο; Ar.Fr.698 (parody of dithyramb).
