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φοιτ-άω , Il.2.779, etc.; Ion. φοιτ-έω Hdt.1.37, 7.126 (also late,
A.ἐπεφοίτεεNonn.D.1.321); Dor. inf. “φοιτῆνBion Fr.2; impf.Dor. 3sg. “ἐφοίτηTheoc.2.155; Ep. 3dual “φοιτήτηνIl.12.266; Ion. “φοίτεσκονAsius 13.1: Aeol. aor. subj. 2sg. “-άσῃςSapph.68:—go to and fro, backwards and forwards, and generally, with notion of repeated motion, stalk;ἀν᾽ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα θηρὶ ἐοικώςIl.3.449, cf. 13.760; “φοίτα δ᾽ ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσθ᾽ Ἕκτορος, ἄλλοτ᾽ ὄπισθε5.595; “φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατόν2.779; “ἐφοίτων ἄλλοθεν ἄλλοςOd.9.401., cf.10.119; “πάντῃ φοιτήσασαIl.20.6; “φοίτα μακρὰ βιβάς15.686, cf. Od.11.539; διὰ νηὸς φ. keep going from one part to another, 12.420; “ἀφάνης κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃςSapph. l.c.; of birds on the wing, Od.2.182, E.Hipp. 1059, Ion 154 (lyr.); of horses going to feed, Hdt.1.78; of hounds casting about for the scent, X.Cyn.4.4, 6.19; φοιτᾷς ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τ᾽ ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς, of love frequenting both sea and land, S.Ant. 785 (lyr.), cf. E.Hipp.447; of young men strutting about to show their persons, “λαμπροί τ᾽ ἐν ἥβῃ καὶ πόλεως ἀγάλματα φοιτῶσ᾽Id.Fr. 282.11.
2. roam wildly about, Il.24.533; “οἱ δὲ μεγάλα στενάχοντες φοίτωνOd.14.355; “φοιτῶν μανιάσιν νόσοιςS.Aj.59, cf. OT476 (lyr.), 1255: hence, roam about in frenzy or ecstacy, ἐς Διόνυσον, of a Bacchant, AP6.172.
6. of a physician, practise, Hp.Lex4.
II. of things, esp. of objects of commerce, to come in constantly or regularly, be imported, ἐξ ἐσχάτης (sc. Εὐρώπης)“ τε κασσίτερος ἡμῖν φοιτᾷ καὶ τὸ ἤλεκτρονHdt.3.115; κέρεα τὰ ἐς Ἔλληνας φοιτέοντα which are imported into Greece, Id.7.126; σῖτος δέ σφι πολλὸς ἐφοίτα corn came in to them in plenty, ib.23, cf. Lys. 32.15, X.HG1.1.35; come in, of tribute or taxes, “τάλαντον ἀργυρίου Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ἡμέρης ἑκάστης ἐφοίταHdt.5.17, cf. 3.90: generally, “ἀκάμας χρόνος . . ἀενάῳ ῥεύματι φ.E.Fr.594.2 (anap.); “ μία τις πήρα, μία διπλοΐς, εἷς ἅμ᾽ ἐφοίτασκίπωνtravelled, AP7.65 (Antip.); of reports, “λόγος ἐφοίταwas current, Plu.Fab.21; “τὸ Σερτωρίου κλέος ἐφοίτα πανταχόσεId.Sert.23; “ἀρεταὶ πάντῃ φ. διὰ τῆς φήμηςD.S.10.12; of fits of pain, “ἥδε [νόσος] ὀξεῖα φοιτᾷ καὶ ταχεῖ, ἀπέρχεταιS.Ph.808, cf. Hes. Op.103; of the καταμήνια, Arist.HA582b4, GA727b27; of recurrent καθάρσεις, Id.HA583a26; τὰ οὖρα καθαρὰ ἐφοίτα came clear, Hp. Epid.7.115; “ἄνω φοιτᾷ ὀδύνηId.Mul.1.63; of recurrent phenomena, such as rain, snow, hail, Arist.Mete.347b12, Pr.931a38.
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