ἐπι-βαίνω , fut. inf. ἐπιβησέμεν, aor. 1 ἐπέβησα, subj. ἐπιβήσετε,
imp. ἐπίβησον, aor. 2 ἐπέβην, subj. du. ἐπιβῆτον, 1 pl. ἐπιβείομεν,
mid. fut. ἐπιβήσομαι, aor. ἐπεβήσετο: set foot on, mount, go on
board; w. gen. γαίης, ἵππων, νηῶν,
εὐνῆς,
Od. 10.334;
πυρῆς, Il. 4.99; fig.,
ἀναιδείης ἐπιβῆναι, ‘tread
the path of insolence,’ Od.
22.424, Od. 23.52; w. acc.
Πιερίην, Ξ 226, Od. 5.50.—Aor. 1 and fut. act.,
causative, τινὰ ἵππων,
make one mount the car, Il. 8.129
; πυρῆς, of bringing men to their death,
Il. 9.546
; πάτρης, bringing one home, Od. 7.223; and fig., ἐυκλείης, σαοφροσύνης, Θ 285, Od. 23.13.