κρούων Ἰ

κρούω

strike: pres part act masc nom sg

κρούω, [tense] fut. -σω E.El. 180: [tense] aor.

A

ἔκρουσα X.An.4.5.18

, Hyp.Fr. 201: [tense] pf.

κέκρουκα Diogenian.3.38

, (ἐκ-) Pl.Phdr. 228e, ( προς-) D.21.206:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐκρουσάμην Th.7.40

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐκρούσθην Eratosth. Cat.32

: [tense] pf. κέκρουμαι ( ἀπο-) X.HG7.4.26, or - ουσμαι ( ἀπο-) Ar.Ach. 459:—strike, smite,

ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν S.Fr. 501

; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων] E.Fr.779.6;

τὸν λυχνοῦχον Lys.Fr.83

;

τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν Arr.An.7.1.5

; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ. with the fingers, D.C.40.16: metaph., κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς tickles, Ephipp. 3.3.

2 strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands, E.Supp. 720;

τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα Th.3.22

;

τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα X.An.

l.c.: metaph., ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν would have knocked their heads together, Pl.Tht. 154e.

3 κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, E.El. l.c. (lyr.);

ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. Id.IA 1043

(lyr.).

4 metaph. from tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (cf.

κροῦσις 2

): examine, try, prove,

κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Pl.Hp.Ma. 301b

; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα] Plu.2.64d.

5 strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, Simon.183, Pl.Ly. 209b: generally, play any instrument (v. κροῦμα, κρουματικός)

, αὐλεῖ.. κρούων ἰαστί Com.Adesp.415

: c. dat., κ. κρεμβάλοις, = κρεμβαλίζειν, Ath.14.636d.

6 κ. τὴν θύραν knock at the door on the outside, Ar.Ec. 317, 990 (with play on signf. 8), X.Smp.1.11, Pl.Prt. 310b, 314d, etc.; κόπτειν is better [dialect] Att.acc.to Phryn.154; later

κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν LXX Jd.19.22

.

7 κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, = κρουσιμετρέω, Ps.-Phoc.15;

ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ' ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς S.Fr. 796

;

κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην Eup.184

.

8 sens. obsc., AB101, cf.Ar.Ec. 990;

κ. πέπλον E.Cyc. 328

.

9 [voice] Med., κρούεσθαι πρύμναν back water, Th.1.51, 54, 3.78;

αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες Arr.An.5.17.7

(also in [voice] Act., Plb.16.3.8);

κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν App.BC5.119

: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν fly backwards, Ael.NA3.13:—also in [voice] Act., Plot.2.9.18.

10 κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, v. πατάσσω 11.2. (Cf. Lith. krùšti 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. krausēt 'thresh'.)

συμμελής, ές,

A in time, κρότος ἐμμελὴς καὶ ς. Ael.NA5.13;

τῷ ποδὶ κρούων συμμελές Philostr.Im.1.10

: metaph.,

σ. λόγοις Ael.NA9.29

. Adv. [comp] Sup. - έστατα accurately,

διαγνῶναι Gal.18(1).297

.

ἐπέχω, [tense] fut. ἐφέξω (v. infr. IV. 1,2) and

A

ἐπισχήσω E.Andr. 160

, D. 45.88: [tense] aor. ἐπέσχον, imper. ἐπίσχες, inf. ἐπισχεῖν; poet.

ἐπισχέθοι A.Th. 453

(lyr.),

ἐπέσχεθον A.R.4.1622

: [tense] pf.

ἐπέσχηκα Supp.Epigr. 1.362.12

(Samos, iv B.C.):— have or hold upon, θρῆνυν.., τῷ κεν ἐπισχοίης (v.l. ἐπίσχοιας)

λιπαροὺς πόδας Il.14.241

, cf. Od.17.410; ποτῷ κρωσσὸν ἐ. hold it to or for.., Theoc.13.46; λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες (sc. κόσμῳ) holding it out like a torch, Ep.Phil.2.16:—[voice] Med., hold by,

χειρός A.R.4.751

.

II hold out to, present, offer,

οἶνον ἐπισχών Il. 9.489

;

ἐπέσχε τε οἶνον ἐρυθρόν Od.16.444

;

κοτύλην.. ἐπέσχε Il.22.494

; εἴ ποτέ τοι.. μαζὸν ἐπέσχον ib.83, cf. E.Andr. 225; also γάλακτι δ' οὐκ ἐπέσχον οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρός I offered not mother's food with my breast, Id. Ion 1492: c. inf.,

πιεῖν ἐπέσχον Ar.Nu. 1382

: abs., Id. Pax 1167:—[voice] Med., ἐπισχόμενος (sc. τὴν κύλικα) ἐξέπιεν having put it to his lips, Pl.Phd. 117c, cf. Stesich.7, A.R.1.472, Luc.Tox.37;

ἐπὶ χείλεσι.. μαστὸν ἐπισχομένη Euph.92

; present a sum of money, τῇ πόλει Supp.Epigr.l.c.

2 extend, spread out,

τὴν πλεκτάνην Arist. HA 550b6

.

3 simply, hold,

σκῆπτρα IPE2.37

([place name] Panticapaeum); of writings, contain, Philostr.VS2.24.2, cf. 2.9.1.

4 enjoin, impose a task, c. dat. pers., Procop.Arc.17, Vand.1.8.

III hold or direct towards,

ἔπεχε τόξον σκοπῷ Pi.O.2.89

;

ἄλλῳ ἐπεῖχε τόξα E.HF 984

:— [voice] Med., abs., ἐπισχόμενος βάλεν ἰῷ having aimed at him he hit him, Od.22.15.

b intr., aim at, attack, τί μοι ὧδ' ἐπέχεις; why thus launch out against me? 19.71; in tmesi,

ἐπὶ αὐτῷ πάντες ἔχωμεν 22.75

;

ἀλλήλοις ἐ. Hes.Th. 711

;

ἄνδρα ἐπέχοντα τῷ Πύρρῳ Plu.Pyrrh. 16

;

ἐπέχειν ἐπί τινα Hdt.9.59

;

τὰς ἐπὶ σφίσι ναῦς ἐπεχούσας Th.8.105

;

πρός τι Plu.Ant.66

: c. dat., ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον held straight for the beach, A.R.4.1766: abs., E.Ba. 1131.

2 ἐπέχειν τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπί τινι direct one's mind to a thing, Pl.Lg. 926b;

τῷ πολέμῳ τὴν γνώμην Plu.Aem.8

, etc.; also ἐ. ἑαυτόν τινι attend to him, Pl.R. 399b codd.

b abs., ἐπέχειν (sc. τὸν νοῦν) intend, purpose, c. inf.,

ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι Hdt.1.80

, cf. 153, 6.96: c. dat. rei, to be intent upon, ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, διαβάσει, etc., Ar.Lys. 490, Plb.3.43.2, etc.

3 stand facing, face in a line of battle, οὗτοι (sc. οἱ Μῆδοι)

ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους Hdt.9.31

.

IV hold back, keep in check,

ἐπέσχε δὲ καλὰ ῥέεθρα Il. 21.244

;

καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνου; S.Aj.50

; ἐπισχὼν ἡνίαν ib. 847;

ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν Id.Ph. 881

;

ὀργάς E.Hel. 1642

;

οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμα; Id.Hec. 1283

; χρησμοὺς ἐ. withhold them, Id.Ph. 866; ἐπέχειν τινὰ τῷ ξύλῳ keep him down with the stick, Ar. Pax 1121;

τὸ εὐθέως ἐπιχειρεῖν Th.7.33

; confine, as the earth a corpse, AP7.461 (Mel.);

ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ στόμα

cover,

Plu.Cat.Mi.28

;

ἐπέχομεν τὴν ἐκπνοήν Gal.6.172

;

τὰς διαχωρήσεις ἐ. Id.Vict.Att.12

:—[voice] Med.,

ἐπισχόμενος τὰ ὦτα Pl.Smp. 216a

:—[voice] Pass.,

τοῦ βάθους ἐπεσχημένου J. AJ5.1.3

; to be prevented, hindered,

ὑπό τινος PFreib.11.13

(iv A.D.); of the menses, Gal.1.184.

b stay or adjourn proceedings,

τὰ πρὸς Ἀργείους Th.5.46

; τὴν ζημίαν καὶ τὴν κατασκαφήν ib.63;

τὴν δίαιταν D.21.84

; suspend payments, in [voice] Pass., PTeb.337.4 (ii/iii A.D.), cf. PGiss.48.11 (iii A.D.).

c

ἐ. τινά τινος

stop, hinder from,

E.Andr. 160

, Ar.Lys. 742, D.S.13.87: c. inf., σε μήτε νὺξ μήτε ἡμέρα ἐπισχέτω ὥστε ἀνεῖναι.. let them not stop thee so that thou neglect.., Th.1.129;

ἐ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν τι S.El. 517

, Ph. 349;

κλαυθμυρίζον τὸ βρέφος ἐπισχεῖν μὴ δυνάμεναι Sor.1.88

:—[voice] Pass., μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου no objection being taken, PTeb.327.37 (ii A.D.).

d impers.,

ἐπέχει

there is a hindrance,

Astramps.Orac.97.3

.

2 abs., stay, pause,

Ἀντίνοος δ' ἔτ' ἐπεῖχε Od.21.186

; refrain, Hdt.1.32, 5.51, 7.139; εἰ δ' ἐφέξετον if you tarry, S.El. 1369, etc.: folld. by a Conj., esp. in imper., ἐπίσχες ἢν.. wait and see whether.., E.Supp. 397;

ἐπίσχες ἔστ' ἂν.. προσμάθῃς A.Pr. 697

;

ἐ. ἕως.. D.4.1

;

μέχρι τοσούτου ἔως.. Th.1.90

; ἐπίσχες, abs., hold! stop! A.Ch. 896, S.OC 856, etc.;

ἐπίσχετε, μηδὲ συρίξητε Timocl.2.6D.

;

ἐπίσχετον, μάθωμεν S.Ph. 539

, cf. E. Hipp. 567; in part.,

ἐπισχὼν ὀλίγον χρόνον Hdt.1.132

, al.; τὸ ἐπισχεῖν, opp. τὸ παραχρῆμα, Antipho 5.73; οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπισχὼν ἧκεν came after a short interval, Pl.Phd. 59e; μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα διεφθείροντο they very shortly died, Thphr.HP4.4.13, cf. Diocl.Fr.43; in Th.2.81 οὐκ ἐπέσχον τὸ στρατόπεδον καταλαβεῖν did not halt for the purpose of occupying a camp (unless it, = ' had no intention of occupying').

b c. gen. rei, stop or cease from,

ἐπίσχες τοῦ δρόμου Ar.Av. 1200

;

τῆς πορείας X.Cyr.4.2.12

;

τούτου Th.8.31

; also

ἐ. περί τινος Id.5.32

, cf. 8.5: so c. inf., leave off, cease to do, X.Mem.3.6.10: c. part., cease doing,

ἀναλῶν οὐκ ἐφέξεις Ar.Eq. 915

(lyr.), cf. E.Ph. 449.

c as technical term of the Sceptics, suspend judgement, doubt, Str.2.1.11, Ph.1.387, S.E.P.1.196;

ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδήλοις Plu. 2.955c

;

< πρὸς> τὰ ἄδηλα Arr. Epict.1.7.5

.

3 [voice] Med., maintain reserve,

ἐπείχετο [ἡ σύγκλητος] κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους Plb.30.19.17

(s. v.l.).

V reach or extend over a space,

ἐπτὰ δ' ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα Il. 21.407

; ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε πυρὸς μένος so far as the fire reached, 23.238, cf. Hdt.7.19, Th.2.77, f.l. in Hp.Aër.5, etc.: [tense] aor. [voice] Med., ἐπέσχετο he lay outstretched, Hes. Th. 177;

βούβρωστις ἐπέσχετο κόσμον

prevailed over..,

Epigr.Gr.793.5

([place name] Apollonia);

ἀφορία ἐ. τὸν βίον Longin.44.1

.

VI have power over, occupy a country,

οἱ Σκύθαι τὴν Ἀσίην πᾶσαν ἐπέσχον Hdt.1.104

, cf. 108, 8.32, Th.2.101, 7.62, etc.; of things, ἐπ' ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐ. occupies or engages them, Hdt.4.199;

τὴν πόλιν ἐπεῖχε κλαυθμός Plu.Oth.17

; ὧν τὰς χρόας τὸ

ἡμερινὸν φῶς ἐ.

overspreads,

Pl.R. 508c

:

κραυγῆς ἐπεχούσης τὴν ἐκκλησίαν D.S.13.87

;

πρὸ τοῦ τὰ σώματα τὰς ὠδῖνας ἐπισχεῖν Sor.2.53

: generally, occupy, τὴν κρατίστην μοῖραν ἐ. hold the foremost place, Longin.9.1, cf. 44.12;

ὕλης ἐ. τάξιν Stoic.3.27

;

τὴν γῆν κέντρου λόγον ἐπέχουσαν D.L.7.155

, cf. Placit.3.Praef.;

τὸν τέλειον ἐ. λόγον Gal.19.160

; δίκην ἐπέχειν ἡμᾶς φυτῶν we are like plants, MenoIatr. 6.18.

2 abs., prevail, predominate,

ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ Hdt.2.96

;

σεισμοὶ ἐπέσχον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μέρος γῆς Th.1.23

; πάντῃ ἐπεῖχε γαλήνη Timo 63; [

τῶν νεῶν] ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπεχουσῶν

being spread over..,

Th.1.50

;

τὴν [τύχην].., ἣ νῦν ἐπέχει D.18.253

;

ἐτησίων ἐπεχόντων Plb.5.5.6

.

b of Time, continue,

τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων Ar.Ec. 317

;

ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιείς

continuously,

Pl.Tht. 165e

;

ἐπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας ὁ σεισμὸς ἐπεῖχεν D.C.68.25

; σκότος, νὺξ ἐπέσχε, came on, Plu.Mar.20, Crass.30, etc.

VII [voice] Med., [tense] fut. ἐπιέξομαι, meet, Orac. in Michel855.39 (Magn. Mae.).

Ἰαστί [ῐ, τῐ], Adv., ([etym.] Ἰάς)

A in the Ionic mode (of music), Pratin.Lyr. 5, Pl.R. 398e; κρούων Ἰ. Com.Adesp.415;

ἡ Ἰ. ἁρμονία Heraclid.

Pont. ap. Ath.14.524f: metaph., opp. Δωριστί, Pl.La. 188d.

2 in the Ionic dialect, Call.Iamb.1.354, Str.13.4.8, A.D.Adv.134.31, Luc. Herod.2.

3 = Ἑλληνιστί, Hsch.

ἐπιμένω impf. ἐπέμενον; fut. ἐπιμενῶ; 1 aor. ἐπέμεινα (s. μένω; Hom.+)

① to remain at or in the same place for a period of time, stay, remain. Lit. ἐν Ἐφέσῳ 1 Cor 16:8 (cp. PLond III, 897, 12 p. 207 [84 A.D.] ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἐπιμένειν; PFay 296). αὐτοῦ there Ac 21:4; cp. 15:34 v.l. W. the time more definitely given (Jos., Bell. 2, 545 ἔνθα δύο ἡμέρας ἐ., Vi. 47) 21:4; ἐ. ἡμέρας τινάς stay there for several days 10:48. ἡμέρας πλείους (Jos., Ant. 16, 15) 21:10. ἡμέρας τρεῖς 28:12. ἡμέρας ἑπτά vs. 14. ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε Gal 1:18. ἐ. χρόνον τινά for some time 1 Cor 16:7. πρός τινα with someone ibid.; Gal 1:18. παρά τινι Ac 28:14. ἐπί τινι (X., An. 7, 2, 1) ibid. v.l. W. dat. (PRyl 153, 3 [II A.D.]; 239, 9) ἄσκυλτον ἐ. τῇ πυρᾷ remain unmoved on the pyre MPol 13:3. ἐν τῇ σαρκί remain in the body Phil 1:24.

② to continue in an activity or state, continue, persist (in), persevere w. dat., transf. sense of 1 (X., Oec. 14, 7 τῷ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, Hell. 3, 4, 6; Aelian, VH 10, 15; SIG 1243, 26 ἐ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ; POxy 237 VI, 18 τῇ αὐτῇ ἀπονοίᾳ; PTebt 424, 4; Jos., Vi. 143; TestLevi 4:1 τ. ἀδικίαις; cp. Just., A II, 68, 2 τῇ ἀδικίᾳ; JosAs 23:12 τῇ βουλῇ) τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ in sin Ro 6:1. τῇ πίστει Col 1:23. τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ Ro 11:23. ταῖς ἡδοναῖς Hs 8, 8, 5; 8, 9, 4. ταῖς πράξεσι Hs 9, 20, 4; τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 9, 26, 2. αὐτοῖς (w. ref. to ταῦτα, τούτοις 1 Ti 4:15; cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 190) 1 Ti 4:16. ἐ. τῇ χρηστότητι continue in the sphere of (God’s) goodness Ro 11:22. τῇ πορνείᾳ Hm 4, 1, 5; cp. 6. ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ Hv 3, 6, 2. W. ptc. foll. keep on, persist (stubbornly) in doing someth. (Pla., Meno 93d; Menand., Her. 35 J. and Kö. ἐπιμένει τὸ χρέος ἀπεργαζόμενος; Cornutus 17 p. 31, 11; POxy 237 VI, 18 [186 A.D.] ἐπιμένει ἐνυβρίζων μοι; 128, 7 ἐ. λέγων) ἐ. κρούων Ac 12:16. ἐπέμενον ἐρωτῶντες αὐτόν they persisted in questioning him J 8:7; cp. 2 Cl 10:5. ἐ. ἕως τέλους λειτουργοῦντες Hs 9, 27, 3. But ἐπιμένοντος πάλιν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγοντος when he insisted again and said MPol 10:1. Without ptc. in the same mng. 8:2. Likew. abs. persist Hs 6, 5, 7. ἐπιμενόντων τῶν ζητούντων αὐτόν when those who were looking for him did not give up (the search) MPol 6:1.—M-M.