ἐπι-μαίομαι , imp. ἐπιμαίεο, ipf. ἐπεμαίετο, fut. ἐπιμάσσεται, aor. ἐπεμάσσατο,
part. ἐπιμασσάμενος: (1) feel
over, feel for, touch up; of the blind Polyphēmus
feeling over the backs of his sheep, hoping to catch Odysseus, ὀίων ἐπεμαίετο νῶτα, Od. 9.441; Odysseus feeling for the right
place to stab the sleeping Polyphēmus, χείῤ (dat.) ἐπιμασσάμενος,
Od. 9.302; the surgeon probing a
wound, ἕλκος δ᾽ ι?ητὴρ ἐπιμάσσεται,
Il. 4.190; of touching one with the
magic wand, ῥάβδῳ, Il. 13.429; horses with the whip, Il. 5.748.—(2) make for,
strive for;
τινός,
Od. 12.220, ε
344, Il.
10.401.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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