A.“ἤπειγον” Pi.O.8.47, S.Ph.499, Ep. “Ἔπειγον” Od.12.205: aor. “ἤπειξα” Hp.Ep. 17, Plu.Pomp.21, etc.:—Med. and Pass., Hom. (v. infr.), etc.: fut. Med. “ἐπείξομαι” A.Pr.52: aor. “ἠπείχθην” Th.1.80, Pl.Lg.887c: pf. “ἤπειγμαι” J.BJ1.8.7, Aristid.Or.17(15).9, Gal.6.177: the compd. κατ-επείγω is more freq. in Att. Prose:—press by weight, ὀλίγον τέ μιν ἄχθος ἐπείγει the weight presses lightly on him, Il.12.452:— Pass., to be weighed down, “ἐπείγετο γὰρ βελέεσσι” 5.622; “θάμνοι . . ἐπειγόμενοι πυρὸς ὁρμῇ” overpowered, 11.157, cf. 21.362.
2. press hard (in pursuit), “ἀναγκαίη γὰρ ἐπείγει” 6.85, Od.19.73: c.acc., “δύω κύνε . . κεμάδ᾽ ἠὲ λαγωὸν ἐπείγετον” Il.10.361:—in a current phrase, “οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς τὸ λεγόμενον ἐπείγων διώκει” Pl.Lg.887b.
II. drive on, urge forward, “ἐρετμὰ . . χερσὶν ἔπειγον” Od.12.205; freq. of a fair wind, “ἔπειγε γὰρ οὖρος” 12.167; “ὁππότ᾽ ἐπείγῃ ἲς ἀνέμου” Il.15.382; “καιρὸς καὶ πλοῦς ὅδ᾽ ἐπείγει κατὰ πρύμναν” S.Ph.1451 (anap.).
III. generally, urge on, hasten, “ἐπείγετε δ᾽ ὦνον” Od.15.445; τὸν οἴκαδ᾽ ἤπειγον στόλον urged the homeward course, S.Ph.499; “ἐ. τινά” Id.OC1540:—Pass., of a ship, “ἐπείγετο χέρσ᾽ ἐπετάων” Od. 13.115; “Διὸς οὔρῳ” 15.297, cf. E.IT1393, Th.3.49; of persons, θορύβοις ἠπειγμένος J.l.c.
2. Med., urge on for oneself, “μίμνετ᾽ ἐπειγόμενοι τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον” Od.2.97; so τὴν παρασκευήν, τὸν πλοῦν ἐπείγεσθαι, Th.3.2,4.5, al.: abs., ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων by the force of winds, Il.5.501; ὀπὸς γάλα . . ἐπειγόμενος συνέπηξεν the fig-juice by its power curdles the milk, ib.902.
3. Pass., hurry oneself, haste to do, c. inf., “μή τις . . ἐπειγέσθω οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι” Il.2.354, cf. Hes.Sc.21, Hdt.8.68. γ́, Th.8.46, etc.: abs., make haste, “ἐπειγέσθω δὲ καὶ αὐτός” Il.6.363; “ὧραι ἐπειγόμεναι” Pi.N.4.34; “ἐπειχθῆναι πᾶν πρῆγμα τίκτει σφάλματα” Hdt.7.10.“ζ; δρόμῳ ἐπείγεσθαι” Id.6.112; “νυκτὸς ἅρμ᾽ ἐπείγεται” A.Ch.660; “δεῦρ᾽ ἐπείγονται” E. Ion 1258; “ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν ἐ.” Ar.Ach.1070; “οὐ τῶν ἐπειγομένων ἀλλὰ τῶν εὖ βουλευομένων” Antipho 5.94, cf. Th.8.82; “ἐπείγεσθαι ἐπὶ . .” Hdt.4.135; ἐς πύλας, πρὸς τὴν γέφυραν, E.Ph.1171, Th.6.101; “ἠπείγετο οἴκαδε” Pl.Tht.142c, etc.: in Hom. mostly in part., like an Adv. with Verbs, ἐπειγομένη ἀφικάνει in eager haste she comes, Il. 6.388; “ψυχὴ . . ἔσσυτ᾽ ἐπειγομένη” 14.519; “τάμνον ἐπειγόμενοι” 23.119, etc.; so in Att., “εἴσω ᾔει ἐπειγόμενος” Pl.Prt.310b.
b. Pass., also, to be eager for a thing, esp. in part.: c. inf., πρὸς ἠέλιον κεφαλὴν τρέπε . . δῦναι ἐπειγόμενος eager for its setting, Od.13.30, cf. A. Pr.52: c. gen., ἐπειγόμενός περ ὁδοῖο longing for the journey, Od.1.309, etc.; ἐ. περ Ἄρηος eager for the fray, Il.19.142; “ἐ. περὶ νίκης” 23.437, 496.
2. to be pressing, urgent, “ἐν ταῖς ἐπειγούσαις χρείαις” Ph.Bel.56.47; τὰ ἐπείγοντα pressing matters, Plu. Sert.3, Aristid.1.119 J., cf.BGU1141.4 (i B.C.), etc.; “χρείαν τινὰ ἐπείγειν λέγων” App.Mith.79; τῆς ὥρας -ούσης since time was pressing, Plu.2.108f; “τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων ἐπειγόντων” Id.Marc.24.
3. impers., οὐκ ἐπείγει διαριθμεῖν there's no pressing need to count, Longin.43.6: part. abs., “ἐπεῖξαν” the need being urgent, Aristid.Or.36(48).10.
