ἐπι-σεύω, ἐπισσεύω , aor.
1 ἐπέσσευε, part. ἐπισσεύα_ς, mid. ipf. ἐπεσσεύοντο, perf. w. pres. signif. ἐπέσσυμαι, part. ἐπεσσύμενος, plup. ἐπέσσυτο,
ἐπεσσύμεθα: I. act., set upon, incite or
send against;
κῆτός τινι, ε 421, Od. 14.399; met., κακά, ὀνείρατα,
Od. 18.256, τ
129, Od. 20.87.—
II. mid., rush on or at, hasten on, speed
to, w. dat. of person, esp. in hostile sense; w. gen. of
thing aimed at, τείχεος, Μ 388, Il. 16.511, cf. Od. 22.310; acc., δέμνια, Od. 6.20; also foll. by inf.; met., θυ_μὸς ἐπέσσυται, ‘is so
moved,’ Il.
1.173.