A.draw or drag after one, Hdt.2.121.δ́; ἦγ᾽ ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, E.Hel.116, cf. Tr.882, Andr.710:— Med., X.An.4.7.14:—Pass., ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, Th.4.130.
2.. metaph., bring on, cause, “τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων” A.Pers.477.
3.. pull to, “τὴν θύραν” X.HG6.4.36; cf. ἐπισπαστήρ: ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight, D.24.139.
4.. attract, gain, win, “πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος” S.Aj.769:—freq. in Med., “ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος” Hdt.3.72; “εὔνοιαν” Plb.3.98.9; “χάριν” SIG685.40 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); “ἔχθραν” AP11.340 (Pall.); welcome, Ph.1.384; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, Luc.JTr.16; induce, “ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν” Lib.Or.56.26; attract, “σίδηρον” Phld.Sign.1.
5.. draw on, allure, persuade, “τὴν ψυχήν” Pl.Cra.420a:—Med., “ὁ λόγος . . ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο” Th.3.44, cf. 5.111; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα] Arist.HA613b19; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο . . τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked, Epicur.Nat.137 G.: c.inf., induce to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce, invite them to make the venture, dub. l. in Th.4.9; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι “δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα” X.Cyr.5.5.10; “ἐ. τοὺσπολεμίους ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν” Plu.Phil. 18, cf. Mar.11, 21, 26; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπους allure, entice, Plb. 3.110.2, etc.:—Pass., ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, Pl.Lg.863e; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες . . ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι] D. 5.19; “πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα” OGI223.18 (iii B.C.); ἐπεσπάσθην “φιλονεικεῖν” Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.23F.
6.. Med., absorb, τὰ σιτία “-σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα” Arist.Pr.868b30; “τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν” Thphr.CP2.9.12; quaff, of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ. Gal.15.500, cf. Luc. DDeor.5.4; of infants, suck, “γάλα” Sor.1.88; of cupping instruments, Hp.VM22; draw in, “πνεῦμα” Phld.D.3.13:—Pass., of air, to be sucked in, Arist.Pr.931b22.
7.. Med., draw in, call in, “Πύρρον” Plb.1.6.5; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινος ib.7.6; “μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούς” Phld.Po.5.1425.8:—Pass., to be called in, forced to work, “εἴς τι” PTeb. 27.4 (ii B.C.).
8.. in Pass., of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, Th.3.89.
II.. overturn: hence proverb., ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', Luc.Pseudol.32.
III.. Med., draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised, “μὴ ἐπισπάσθω” 1 Ep.Cor.7.18; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω “τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν” Sor.1.113.
