A.drive upon, τὰς ἁμάξας ἐπελαύνουσι, i.e. upon the ice, Hdt.4.28.
2. in Hom., lay metal beaten out into plates over a surface (cf. “ἐλαύνω” 111.1), “ἐπὶ δ᾽ ὄγδοον ἤλασε χαλκόν” Il.7.223; “πολλὸς δ᾽ ἐπελήλατο χαλκός” 13.804, cf. 17.493.
II. drive or ride against, “ἱππον τινί” X.Eq.8.11; lead against, “τὴν στρατιήν” Hdt.1.164; push forcibly against, “στέρνα θ᾽ ὁμοῦ καὶ χεῖρας” A.R.1.381.
2. intr., march against, Hdt.1.17, al.; “τινί” X. HG7.1.21; “ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνα” Hdt.3.151, cf. 7.9.“α᾽; ἐπήλασαν οἱ ἱππόται” charged, Id.9.49, cf. 18, Arr.Tact.4.7, al.; τρεῖς [νῆες] ἐπήλασαν περὶ τὸ ἕρμα drove upon the rock, Hdt.7.183: c. acc. loci, march over, Luc.Rh.Pr.5.
III. Pass., to be driven in after, τὸ -όμενον [τοῦ τομέως] X.Eq.Mag.2.3.
IV. Med., 3pl. aor. imper., ἐπελασάσθων οἱ ἁλιασταί let them impose a fine, IG5(2).6.23 (Tegea): 3pl. pres. imper. (non-thematic), ἐπελάσθω (fr. Ε᾿πελάνσθω)“ τὰ ἐπιζάμια” Tab.Heracl.1.127.