A.“-ήσω” AP7.214 (Arch.): Ep. aor. ἐπτοίησα, Aeol. ἐπτόαισα (v. infr.):—Pass., Ep. aor. “ἐπτοιήθην” Call.Dian.191: pf. ἐπτόημαι, Ep. ἐπτοίημαι (v. infr.):—terrify, scare, AP l.c.:—Pass., to be scared, dismayed, “φρένες ἐπτοίηθεν” Od.22.298; “ἐξ ὕπνου κέκραγεν ἐπτοημένη” A.Ch.535; ἐπτοημένας δεινοῖς δράκουσιν by serpents, E.El. 1255 (s. v.l.); “ἔβαλλε χεῖρας ἐπτοημένας” Id.Tr.559 (lyr.); “πτοηθεὶς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοις” Plb.31.11.4, cf. LXX Ex.19.16, al., Ev.Luc.21.9, 24.37; περὶ ὃ ἂν τύχῃ Polystr.p.29 W.; of animals, Q.S.11.48, 13.457.
II. metaph., flutter, excite by any passion, “τό μοι καρδίαν . . ἐπτόαισεν” Sapph.2.6, cf. eand.Supp.14.6; “τὴν δὲ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν Κύπρις” A.R.1.1232; Κύπρις ἐπ᾽ Αἰακίδῃ κούρῃ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν Poet. ap.Parth.21.2:—Pass., to be passionately excited, Mimn.5.2 (= Thgn. 1018); “ἐπτοημένοι φρένας” A.Pr.856; “ὡς ἐπτόηται” E.Ba.214, cf. IA 1029; ἔρωτι ἐπτοάθης ib.586 (lyr.); πτοιηθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτι Call.l.c.; “τὸ περὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας μὴ ἐπτοῆσθαι” Pl.Phd.68c, cf. R.439d, Epicur.Fr. 465; “περὶ τὴν ὀχείαν” Arist.HA614a26, cf. 571b10; “περὶ τὰ ὄψα” Plu. 2.1128b; “περὶ τὸ κέρδος” Onos.1.20; “ἐς γυναῖκας” Luc.Am.5; ἐπὶ τὸ νέον ib.23; “ἐπὶ γυναικί” Parth.4.2; “πρὸς τὰς αἶγας” Plu.2.989a; “τῇ γνώμῃ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον” Id.Sull.7; to be distraught, μεθ᾽ ὁμήλικας ἐπτοίηται he gapes like one distraught after his fellows, Hes.Op.447; τὸ πτοηθέν distraction, E.Ba.1268. (πτοι- only in dactylic verse, perh. metri gr.; the -άω inflexion only in Thgn. l.c., E.IA586 (lyr.); Lesb. -αις（ε) may have -αι- for -η- as αἰμίονος, etc.)
