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ἐποτρύνω 1

1.to stir up, excite, urge on, Hom., Hdt., etc.; c. inf., Il., etc.; c. dat. et inf., ἑτάροισιν ἐποτρῦναι κατακῆαι to urge them to burn, Od.
2.c. acc. rei, to stir up against, id=Od.; ἀγγελίας ἐπ. sends urgent messages, id=Od.; ξύνοδον ἐπώτρυνον τοῖς ὁπλίταις gave the signal for engagement to the men-at-arms, Thuc.:—Mid., ἐποτρυνώμεθα πομπήν let us urge on our escort, Od.:—Pass. to press on, hasten, Aesch.

1 fut. υ^νῶ

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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