A.“ἐπηρχόμην” Th.4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλυ^θον: pf. -ελήλυθα:
I. come upon:
1. of persons, approach, c. dat., Il.12.200,218, etc.; esp. come suddenly upon, Od.19.155, Hdt. 6.95: c. acc., “ἐ. πόλιν” E.HF593 codd. (nisi leg. ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Id.Supp.155, Hel.165, cf. Pl.Lg.772d: with Preps., “ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν” Od.7.280, cf. S.Aj.438: metaph., “ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν” Id.Tr.1180; “ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον” Th.3.47; “ἐ. ἐνθάδε” Il.24.651.
b. freq. in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il.20.91, E.Ba.736, Th.6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc., “τμήδην αὐχέν᾽ ἐπῆλθε” Il.7.262; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th.2.39: hence, visit, reprove, “ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ᾽ ἐπῆλθον” E.IA349, cf. Andr. 688: with a Prep., invade, “ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν” PFay.12.12 (ii B.C.).
c. come forward to speak, E.Or.931, Th.1.119, Pl.Lg.850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, Hdt.5.97, 9.7; “ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν” Th.1.90; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις ib.91.
d. in Law, proceed against, “ἐπί τινα” PEleph.3.3 (iii B.C.); “ἐπί τινα περί τινος” PAmh.2.96.8 (iii A.D.); “τινὶ περί τινος” POxy.489.11 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 “ἐπελεύσασθαι” PStrassb.35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.)
2. of events, conditions, etc., come upon, esp. come suddenly upon, c. acc., “μιν . . ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος” Od.4.793, al., cf. Hdt.2.141; “ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται” E.Fr.431: c. dat., “τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος” Od.12.311, cf. 5.472; “μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν” 11.200; βροτοῖσιν . . “ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ” A.Pers.600, cf. Ag.1256; “ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος” Pl.Lg.811d, etc.
3. c. dat. pers., come into one's head, occur to one, “ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε” Hdt.1.30; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Lat. quicquid in buccam venerit, Isoc.12.24: impers. c. inf., “καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν” Hdt.6.107, cf. S.Tr.134 (lyr.); “ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ᾽ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν” Pl. Grg.485e, etc.; also “ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν” Id.Phd.88d.
II. of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Od.2.107, etc.; also, come on, be at hand, “νὺξ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπῆλθε” 14.457; “γῆρας ἐ.” Thgn.528,728; “ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος” Pi.O.10(11).7; τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, A.Pr.98.
2. come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt.5.41.
III. go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, c. acc., “πολλὴν γαῖαν” Od.4.268; “ἀγρόν” 16.27; “ἄγκεα πολλά” Il.18.321, cf. Od.14.139, Hdt.1.30; go the round of, visit, “δόμους” S.El.1297; “ναοὺς χοροῖς” Id.Ant.153 (lyr.); πόλιν, of a god, Maced.Pac.29; of an officer, “πύλας φυλακάς τ᾽ ἐπῆλθον” E.Ph. 699; “τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών” Th.8.54; walk on ice, Id.3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflows it, Hdt.2.19, cf. A.Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th.3.89.
2. go through or over, discuss, recount, c. acc., Hes.Fr.160.4 codd. Str., Ar.Eq.618; review, “τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος” Arist.EN1172b8; also “ἐ. περί τινος” Id.Ph.189b31, al.; folld. by an interrog., “πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες . .” Id.Pol.1289b24; πῶς δεῖ . . ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως ib. 1317a15.
3. accomplish, “πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων” Th.1.97.
