A.“εἱπόμην” Il.4.274, al., Hdt.1.45, Th.3.10, etc., Ep. also “ἑπόμην” Od.2.413, al.: fut. “ἕψομαι” Il.10.108, etc.: aor. 2 “ἑσπόμην” 12.398, al., in moods without ἑ- (v. infr.), imper. “σπεῖο” 10.285, “συνεπί-σπεο” Lyr.Alex.Adesp.20, inf. “σπέσθαι” Il.5.423, Od.22.324, part. “σπόμενος” Call.Hec.1.4.7; in Prose in compds., “ἐπισπέσθαι” Pl.Phdr.248c, “ἐπι-σπόμενος” Th.3.43, etc. (Cf. Skt. sacate 'accompany', 'follow', Lat. sequor, Lith. sèkti'follow'; ἑσπόμην (Ἀρίσταρχος δασύνει Sch.Il.10.246) fr. ἐ-σπ-όμην, ἐ- (augm.) becoming ἑ- under the influence of ἕπομαι : ἑσπ- does not certainly occur in the moods in Hom.; when found (usu. with v.l. σπ-), it is preceded by an elided vowel, so that σπ- can be read (cf. Ptol.Asc. ap. Sch.Il.l.c.) ; Pi.O.8.11, 9.83, 10(11).78, I.5(4).36 are indecisive (ἑσπ- only cj. in P.10.17, I.6(5).17); but ἑσποίμην occurs A.R.3.35, “ἑσπόμενος” 1.103, 470, 3.615, 4.434, Mosch.2.147, pres. indic. “ἕσπεται” A.R.4.1607, D.P.436, 1140, v.l. for ἔρχεται in Od.4.826 : pres. part. “ἐφεσπόμενος” Maiist.46 : Skt. has a redupl. pres. stem saśc(a)-):—to be or come after, follow,
I. of Persons, whether after or in company with, abs., “ὁ μὲν ἦρχ᾽, ὁ δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἕσπετο” Il.11.472 ; “ἡγήσατο, τοὶ δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἕποντο” Od.2.413:—Constr.: c. dat., “υἱέϊ σῷ” Il.3.174, cf. 9.428, 10.108, etc.: c. acc., Pi.N.10.37 (s.v.l.), Luc.Asin.51 ; “ἕ. ἅμα τινί” Il.2.534, etc.; “σοὶ γὰρ ἑψόμεσθ᾽ ἅμα” S.El.253 ; with ἅμα doubled, “οἵ τοι ἅμ᾽ αὐτῷ Ἴλιον εἰς ἅμ᾽ ἕποντο” Od.11.372, cf. 15.541 ; abs., v. infr. 11.2 ; less freq. ἐπ᾽. τινος Apollod.Ath. ap. Ath.7.281f (v. infr. 11.1); “ἐπί τινι” E.Alc.1032, X.Cyr.5.2.1, etc.; ἐπὶ βασιλέα against the king, Id.An.1.4.14; “μετά τινι” Il.18.234 ; “μετά τινα” 13.492 ; “μετά τινος” Ar.Pl. 823 ; “σύν τινι” Od.7.304, etc.; “ὄπισθε” Hdt.1.45, etc.
2. follow, as attendants, “οὐκ οἴη, ἅμα τῇ γε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι δὔ ἕποντο” Od.1.331, cf. 8.46, etc.; also, escort, attend, by way of honour, “θεοὶ δ᾽ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο” Il.1.424 ; “νέῳ ὧδε θεοὶ πομπῆες ἕπονται” Od.3.376.
3. in hostile sense, pursue, Il.11.154, etc.; ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ αὐτὸν ἕποντο they pressed upon him, ib.474 (never in Od.); “οἱ πελτασταὶ εἵποντο διώκοντες” X.An.5.4.24.
4. keep pace with, “ὃς καὶ θνητὸς ἐὼν ἕπεθ᾽ ἵπποις ἀθανάτοισι” Il.16.154, cf. Od.6.319: metaph. of a man's limbs or strength, γούναθ᾽ ἕποιτο, δύναμις καὶ χεῖρες ἕπονται, they do his bidding, Il.4.314, Od.20.237 ; “ἕπεσθαι τοῖς καιροῖς τοῦ πολέμου” Plu.Pomp.17.
5. follow the motions of another, ὁ δ᾽ ἑσπόμενος (better δὲ σπ.) πέσε δουρί, of one from whose body a spear is drawn, Il.12.395 ; τρυφάλεια ἅμ᾽ ἕσπετο χειρί the helm went with his hand, i. e. came off in his hand, 3.376 ; [ἔπαλξις] ἕσπετο, i.e. the battlement came down, 12.398.
7. follow, obey, “νόμῳ” Hdt.5.18, Th.2.35; “τῷ ξυνῷ” Heraclit.2; “μηνυτῆρος φραδαῖς” A.Eu.245 : abs., Id.Ag.1053, Hdt.0.16; accept an invitation, X.Smp.1.7 ; ἕ. κακοῖς submit to them, S.Tr.1074.
9. follow up, esp. in mind, understand, ἆρ᾽ ἕπομαί σου τῷ λόγῳ; Pl.Prt.319a ; “οὐχ ἕσπου τοῖς λεχθεῖσιν” Id.Plt.280b ; “οὐχ ἕπομαι τοῖς λεγομένοις” Id.Euthphr.12a.
10. of Time, “παραδοῦναι τοῖς ἑπομένοις” to succeeding generations, Id.Phlb.17d.
11. impers., ἕπεται διελθεῖν it follows to.., Arist.EN1111b5.
12. ἑπόμενα, τά, opp. προηγούμενα, backward points, i.e. those lying on the opposite side of the radius vector of a spiral from the direction of its motion, Archim.Spir.11 Def.6.
b. Astron., positions following in the daily movement of the heavens, eastward positions, Hipparch.1.11.5, etc.
II. of Things, as of bridal presents, ὅσσα ἔοικε φίλης ἐπὶ παιδὸς ἕπεσθαι go with her from the parent's house, Od.1.278, 2.197 (v. supr. 4 and 5).
2. of honour, glory, etc., “τούτῳ.. κῦδος ἅμ᾽ ἕψεται” Il.4.415 ; so ἄτη, τιμὴ ἕπεταί τινι, 9.512, 513, “ἕπεται παλαιὸς ὄλβος” Pi.P.5.55 ; “πειθὼ δ᾽ ἕποιτο καὶ τύχη” A.Supp.523, etc.; ἦ οὐ γιγνώσκεις ὅ τοι ἐκ Διὸς οὐχ ἕπετ᾽ ἀλκή; that no defence attendeth thee from Zeus, Il.8.140, cf. Pi.N.11.43, A.Ag.854.
3. follow upon (i.e. result from), “τῇ ἀχαριστίᾳ ἡ ἀναισχυντία ἕ.” X.Cyr. 1.2.7, etc.; τὰ ἑπόμενα τῆς τοιαύτης κατακοσμήσεως its consequences, Pl.Plt.271e, cf. R.504b; ἑπόμενος, opp. προηγούμενος, consequent (opp. antecedent), Dam.Pr.115 ; τὰ ἑ. [μεγέθη] the consequents in a proportion, opp. ἡγούμενα, Euc.5Def.11, etc.
4. follow suit, agree with, “ἕπεται ὁ λόγος..Κάδμοιο κούραις” Pi.O.2.22 ; ἕπεται ἐν ἑκάστῳ μέτρον ib.13.47 ; ἑπόμενα σωφροσύνῃ things agreeing with.., Pl.Lg. 632c ; ἔργα -όμενα τῇ γραφῇ ib.934c; τὰ τούτοις ἑ. the like to these, Id.R.406d ; ἀναγκαῖα καὶ ἑ. ἀλλήλοις interdependent, ib.486e ; “τὸ πρέπον καὶ ἑπόμενον πάσῃ τῇ πολιτείᾳ” Id.Lg.835c ; of Nymphs, οὔτε θνητοῖς οὔτ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ἕπονται they belong to.., h.Ven.259.
