ἐπέρχομαι
Etym. εἶμι "ibo"
Infl. imperf. ἐπηρχόμην
Infl. the attic imperf. is ἐπῄειν
Infl. and the fut. ἔπειμι
Infl. aor2 ἐπῆλθον
Infl. epic -ήλυ^θον
Infl. perf. -ελήλυθα
Dep.,
I. "to come upon, come near, come suddenly upon", τινι Hom., Hdt.:— "to come to for advice", Lat. adire aliquem, Eur.
b. in hostile sense, "to go or come against, to attack, assault", absol. or c. dat., Il., Eur., etc.; c. acc., τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐπ. "to invade" it, Thuc.; hence, "to visit, reprove", τινα Eur.
c. "to come forward to speak", id=Eur., Thuc.; also, ἐπ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον Hdt.
2. of conditions, events, etc., "to come suddenly upon", ὕπνος ἐπήλυθέ τινα or τινι Od.
b. c. dat. pers. "to come into" one's "head, occur to" one, ἵμερος ἐπῆλθέ μοι ἐπείρεσθαι Hdt.; or impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν "it happened" to him to sneeze, id=Hdt.
II. of Time, "to come on, return", of the seasons, Od.; so, νὺξ ἐπῆλθε id=Od.
2. "to come in after or over" another, of a second wife, Hdt.
III. "to go over or on" a space, "to traverse", Lat. obire, c. acc., Od.:— of water, "to overflow", Hdt.:—so in attic "to go the round of, visit", Soph., Eur.
2. "to go through, treat of, recount", id=Eur., Ar.
3. "to go through, execute", Thuc.