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Morphology Lemmata ἐπισπάω (external link: ἐπισπάω )Forms: ἐπεσπασμένοι (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπάσαντο (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπάσατο (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπάσθην (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπάσμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπάσω (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπᾶτο (data provider: perseus), ἐπεσπᾶτό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπεσπῶντο (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασαμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασαμένων (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασθείσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασθεῖσ' (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασθέντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασθῆναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασθῶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασομένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπασόμεθα (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπασόμενα (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπασώμεθα (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπεύσῃ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπεῦσαι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπωμένη (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπωμένην (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπωμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπωμένου (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπωμένων (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπωμένῳ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσαιο (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσαιτο (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσαντα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσαντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσασα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσει (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσειν (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσεται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσηται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσηταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσθω (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσονται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάσωνται (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπάσωνταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπάω (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμενα (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμενον (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπώμενόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπᾶν (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπᾶσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπᾶσθε (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπᾶται (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπᾶταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπᾷ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπῶ (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπῶν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπισπῶνται (data provider: perseus), ἐπισπῷτό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐπέσπα (data provider: perseus), ἐπέσπασε (data provider: perseus), ἐπέσπασεν (data provider: perseus), ἐπίσπασαι (data provider: donatus-sup)Dictionary Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon ἐπισπάω ἐπι-σπάω , draw or drag after one, Hdt. 2.121.δ́ ; ἦγ' ἐπισπάσας κόμησ by the hair, E. Hel. 116, cf. Tr. 882, Andr. 710:— Med., X. An. 4.7.14:— Pass., ἐπισπασθῆναι τῇ χειρί with the hand, Th. 4.130.
2. . metaph., bring on, cause , τοσόνδε πλῆθος πημάτων A. Pers. 477 .
3. . pull to , τὴν θύραν X. HG 6.4.36 ; cf. ἐπισπαστήρ : ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου being drawn tight , D. 24.139.
4. . attract , gain, win , πέποιθα τοῦτ' ἐπισπάσειν κλέοσ S. Aj. 769 :— freq. in Med., ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδοσ Hdt. 3.72 ; εὔνοιαν Plb. 3.98.9 ; χάριν SIG 685.40 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C. ); ἔχθραν AP 11.340 (Pall. ); welcome , Ph. 1.384; ἐπισπᾶσθαι πώγωνα get one a beard, Luc. JTr. 16; induce , ὕπνον ἐκπώμασιν Lib. Or. 56.26 ; attract , σίδηρον Phld. Sign. 1 .
5. . draw on , allure, persuade , τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Cra. 420a :— Med., ὁ λόγος ..ἂν ἐπισπάσαιτο Th. 3.44 , cf. 5.111; ἐ. ἡ πέρδιξ [τὸν θηρεύοντα ] Arist. HA 613b19; θάτερον παρεμπῖπτον ἐπεσπάσατο ..τὸ ἕτερον ἐπινόημα induced, provoked , Epicur. Nat. 137 G.: c.inf. , induce to do, ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν ] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce, invite them to make the venture, dub. l. in Th. 4.9; ἐπισπᾶσθαί τινα ἐμπλησθῆναι δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα X. Cyr. 5.5.10 ; ἐ. τοὺσπολεμίους ἐφ' ἑαυτόν Plu. Phil. 18 , cf. Mar. 11, 21, 26; but τοὺς πολεμίους εἰς τόπουσ allure, entice , Plb. 3.110.2, etc.:— Pass., ἐπισπώμενον εἰς τἀναντία πολλάκις ἅμα though often he is being drawn in opposite directionsatonce, Pl. Lg. 863e; φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες ..ἐπισπασθῶσιν πέρα τοῦ συμφέροντος [πολεμῆσαι ] D. 5.19; πολύ τι μᾶλλον ἐπεσπάσμεθα OGI 223.18 (iii B.C.) ; ἐπεσπάσθην φιλονεικεῖν Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.23F.
6. . Med., absorb , τὰ σιτία -σπᾶται τὴν ὑγρότητα Arist. Pr. 868b30 ; τὰ ἐριναστὰ [σῦκα] ἐ. τὸν ὀπόν Thphr. CP 2.9.12 ; quaff , of a drinker, ἀπνευστὶ ἐ . Gal. 15.500, cf. Luc. DDeor. 5.4; of infants, suck , γάλα Sor. 1.88 ; of cupping instruments, Hp. VM 22; draw in , πνεῦμα Phld. D. 3.13 :— Pass., of air, to be sucked in , Arist. Pr. 931b22.
7. . Med., draw in, call in , Πύρρον Plb. 1.6.5 ; φυλακὴν καὶ βοήθειαν παρά τινοσ ib.7.6; μάρτυρας -ᾶται τοὺς μουσικούσ Phld. Po. 5.1425.8 :— Pass., to be called in, forced to work , εἴς τι PTeb. 27.4 (ii B.C.) .
8. . in Pass., of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη βιαιότερον returning with a rush after having retired, Th. 3.89.
II. . overturn : hence proverb., ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω you have `upset the apple-cart', Luc. Pseudol. 32.
III. . Med., draw the prepuce forward, become as if uncircumcised , μὴ ἐπισπάσθω 1 Ep.Cor. 7.18 ; of the nurse, ἐπισπάσθω τὴν ἀκροποσθίαν Sor. 1.113 .William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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