A.go back, return, “ἐκ ποταμοῦ” Anacr.23; “ἐκ Πειραιέως” And. 1.81, cf. Th.4.16; ἐς τὴν Κόρινθον ib.74; “θάλασσα-ελθοῦσα ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς” Id.3.89; in writing or speaking, go back or return to a point, “ἐκεῖσε δὴ᾽ πάνελθε, πῶς . .” E.IT256; “ἐπί τι” X.HG1.7.29; “ἐπανελθεῖν ὁπόθεν . . ἐξέβην βούλομαι” D.18.211; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖσε ἐπανέρχομαι ib.66; “εἰς τὰ γράμματα ταῦτα ἐπανελθεῖν” refer to . ., Id.28.5.
b. recur, of intermittent fevers, etc., Gal.7.412, 16.711.