ἀπαντάω
I. "to move from" a place "to meet" a person; then, generally, "to meet, encounter", τινί Hdt., Thuc., etc.:—absol., ὁ ἀεὶ ἀπαντῶν "anyone that meets you, any chance person", Plat.:—often with a prep., ἀπ. τινι εἰς τόπον "to come or go" to a place "to meet" him, "meet" him at a place, Hdt.: —without a dat. pers., "to present oneself" at a place, Xen.
2. often in hostile sense, "to meet" in battle, Eur.; ἀπ. Ἀθηναίοις ἐς Τάραντα Thuc.: "to oppose" in any way, Plat.:—absol. "to present oneself" in arms, Eur.
3. as a law term, "to meet in open court", Plat., Dem.:— absol. "to appear in court", Dem.
4. ἀπ. εἰς or πρός τι "to enter upon" a thing, "attempt or approach" it, Plat., Aeschin.; "to have recourse" to.., Dem.
II. of things, "to come upon" one, "happen to" one, Eur., Plat., etc.