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1 ἐπιπέτομαι
A- πτήσομαι Hdt.7.15
: [tense] aor. ἐπεπτάμην or - όμην (v. infr.); later, also in act. form ἐπέπτην, part.ἐπιπτάς AP11.407
(Nicarch.), Alciphr.3.59, Porph.Abst.1.25:— fly to or towards, καθ'ὅμιλον ἐπιπτέσθαι μενεαίνων Il.4.126
;οἱ.. ἐπέπτατο δεξιὸς ὄρνις 13.821
;ἐ. σοὶ τωὐτὸ ὄνειρον Hdt.7.15
;ᾗ 'πέπτετο Ar.Av.48
; ἀετὸς ἐπιπτόμενοςαἴσιος X.Cyr.2.4.19
.2. c.acc., fly over, (lyr.);γῆν καὶ θάλατταν Ar.Av. 118
;ἐ. ἀρούραις Ael.NA17.16
: metaph., καινὰ καὶ θάυμαστὰ ἐ. fly over to, run eagerly after, Ar.Av. 1471 (lyr.); ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ λεγόμενα ὥσπερ ἐπιπτόμενοι flitting from one to another, Pl.R. 365a.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιπέτομαι
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2 ἆίσσω
ἆίσσω (ᾶ except ὑπαίξει, Il. 21.126), aor. ἤῖξα (ἆίξω, ἆῖξαι, ἆίξᾶς), ἆίξασκον, mid. aor. ἆίξασθαι, pass. ἠίχθην, άῖχθήτην: speed, dart, spring; of persons, animals, birds flying, and of inanimate things (arrows, a beam of light, ‘fluttering’ mane of horses); of the shades of the dead ‘flitting’ to and fro; freq. the part. w. another verb of motion, βῆ ἆίξᾶσα, άίξαντε πετέσθην, Il. 15.150, and conversely, ἤῖξε πέτεσθαι, ‘darted away’ in flight, Il. 21.247; often of hostile movements, ἀντίος ἆίξᾶς, φασγάνῳ, ‘with his sword,’ etc.; met., of the mind, νόος ἆνέρος, Il. 15.80 (cf. πτέρον ἠὲ νόημα, Od. 7.36).A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἆίσσω
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3 θοός
θοός ( θέω): swift, quick; of night, ‘swift - descending,’ because night in the countries of the Mediterranean follows the setting of the sun more speedily than with us (cf. Od. 2.388); θοαὶ νῆσοι, islands ‘swiftly flitting by’ and sinking in the horizon, Od. 15.299.— Adv., θοῶς.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > θοός
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