ἔρχομαι, fut. ἐλεύσομαι, aor. ἦλθον and ἤλυθον, perf. εἰλήλουθα, εἰλήλουθμεν, part. εἰληλουθώσ and ἐληλυθώσ, plup. εἰληλούθει: come, go; the word needs no special illustration, as there is nothing peculiar in its numerous applications. The part. ἐλθών is often employed for amplification, οὐ δύναμαι.. μάχεσθαιἐλθὼν δυσμενέεσσιν, to go and fight, Il. 16.521.
ἔρχομαιIl.13.256, etc. (Act. ἔρχω as barbarism, Tim.Pers.167): impf.ἠρχόμηνHp.Epid.7.59, Arat.102, (δι-) Pi.O.9.93; freq. in later Prose, LXXGe.48.7, Ev.Marc.1.45, Luc.Jud.Voc.4, Paus.5.8.5, etc.; in Att. rare even in compds., ἐπ-ηρχόμηνTh.4.120 (perh. fr. ἐπάρχομαι), προσ- ib.121 (perh. fr. προσάρχομαι), περι-Ar.Th.504 cod.: from ἐλυθ- (cf. ἐλεύθω) come fut.ἐλεύσομαι,Hom., Ion., Trag. (A.Pr.854, Supp.522, S.OC1206, Tr.595), in Att. Prose only in Lys.22.11, freq. later, D.H.3.15, etc.: aor., Ep. and Lyr. ἤλῠθονIl.1.152, Pi.P.3.99, etc., used by E. (not A. or S.) in dialogue (Rh.660,El. 598,Tr.374, cf. Neophr.1.1); but ἦλθον is more freq. even in Hom., and is the only form used in obl. moods, ἐλθέ, ἔλθω, ἔλθοιμι, ἐλθεῖν, ἐλθών; Ep. inf.ἐλθέμεναι, -έμεν,Il.1.151, 15.146 (indic. never ἐλυθ- unaugmented unless ἐξ-ελύθηIl.5.293 has replaced ἐξ-έλυθε); Dor. ἦνθονEpich.180, Sophr.144, Theoc.2.118; imper. ἐνθέAristonous 1.9; part.ἐνθώνIG9(1).867 (Corc., vi B.C.), (κατ-) Schwyzer 657.4 (Arc., iv B.C.); subj.ἔνθῃBerl.Sitzb.1927.164 (Cyrene); Lacon. ἔλσῃ, ἔλσοιμι, ἐλσών,Ar.Lys.105, 118, 1081; later ἦλθαLXX2 Ki.24.7, Ev.Matt.25.36, BGU530.11 (i A.D.), IG14.1320, etc.; 3pl.ἤλθοσανLXXJo.2.22, al., PTeb.179 (ii B.C.), etc.; ἤλυθαIG14.1971, Nonn.D.37.424, (ἐπ-) AP14.44: pf.ἐλήλῠθα (not in Hom.) A.Pr.943, etc.; sync. pl. ἐλήλῠμεν, -υτε,Cratin.235, Achae.24,43; Ep. εἰλήλουθα, whence I pl. εἰλήλουθμενIl.9.49, Od.3.81, part.εἰληλουθώσ 19.28, 20.360; once ἐληλουθώσIl.15.81, part.κατ-εληλευθυῖαBerl.Sitzb. 1927.166 (Cyrene); Cret. pf.inf.ἀμφ-εληλεύθεν, v. ἀμφέρχομαι: Boeot. pf.διεσσ-είλθεικεSchwyzer 485.2 (Thesp., iii B.C.), part.κατηνθηκότι ib.657.39 (Arc., iv B.C.): plpf.ἐληλύθεινAr.Eq.1306; Ion. ἐληλύθεεHdt.5.98; Ep. εἰληλούθειIl.4.520, εἰληλούθεινCall.Fr. 532.— In Att. the obl. moods of pres., as well as the impf. and fut. were replaced by forms of εἶμι
ibo
(q.v.): in LXX and Hellenistic Greek the place of the compounds, esp. ἐξ-, εἰσ-έρχομαι, is commonly taken by ἐκ-, εἰσ-πορεύομαι, etc., the fut., aor., and pf. being supplied as before by ἐλυθ- (ἐλθ-): I.
start, set out,
ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ..Λυκάων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε when I
was setting out,
Il.5.198, cf. 150; τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦσ a ship
one, rare in Hom., Od.16.453; freq. later, Pi.O.1.100, Th.1.13. etc.; ἀποροῦντι αὐτῷ ἔρχεται Προμηθεὺς ἐπισκεψόμενος τὴν νομήνPl.Prt.321c; also in hostile sense, ἔρχομαί σοιApoc.2.5. IV. c. fut.part., to denote the object, ἔρχομαι ἔγχος οίσόμενοσ I
go to
fetch.., Il.13.256; ἔρχομαι ὀψομένη 14.301: freq. in Trag., μαρτυρήσων ἦλθονA.Eu.576; ἐκσώσωνE.Med.1303. 2. in Hdt. like an auxiliary Verb, ἔρχομαι ἐρέων, φράσων, I
am going to
tell, 1.5,3.6, al.; σημανέων 4.99; μηκυνέων 2.35: rare in Att., ἔ. κατηγορήσων, ἀποθανούμενοσ, Pl.Euthphr.2c, Thg.129a; ἔρχομαι ἐπιχειρῶν -σοι ἐπιδείξασθαι, for ἔ. σοι ἐπιδειξόμενος,Id.Phd.100b; οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι, ὡς..X.Ages.2.7. 3. c. part.pres., aor., or pf., in Hom., to show the manner of moving, ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσα she
cleanse, ib.668; λέγοιμ' ἂν ἐλθώνA.Supp.928; δρᾶ νυν τάδ' ἐλθώνS.Ant.1107. V. of any kind of motion, ἐξ ἁλὸς ἐλθεῖν
to rise
out of the sea, Od.4.448, al.; ἐπὶ πόντον
to go
over it, 2.265; with qualifying phrase, πόδεσσιν ἔ.
to go
on foot, 6.40 (but πεζὸς εἰλήλουθα
have come
as a foot-soldier, Il. 5.204); of birds, 17.755, etc.; of ships, 15.549, Od.14.334; of spears or javelins, freq. in Il.; of natural phenomena, as rivers, 5.91; wind and storm, 9.6, Od.12.288; clouds, Il.4.276,16.364; stars,
rise,
Od. 13.94; time, είς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νύξIl.14.77, cf. 24.351; ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέροσOd.11.192; ἔτος ἦλθε 1.16; of events and conditions, είς ὅ κε γῆρας ἔλθῃ καὶ θάνατοσ 13.59, cf. 11.135; of feelings,
go,
ἦ κέ μοι αίνὸν ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἄχος ἔλθοιIl.22.43; ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ' ἵμεροσ 24.514; of sounds, etc., τὸν..περὶ φρένας ἤλυθ' ίωή 10.139; Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνοσOd.9.362; without φρένας, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ' ι>ωή 17.261, cf. 16.6; of battle, ὁμόσ' ἦλθε μάχηIl.13.337; of things sent or taken, ὄφρα κε δῶρα ἐκ κλισίης ἔλθῃσι 19.191, cf. 1.120; so later, esp. of danger or evil, c. dat., εἰ πάλιν ἔλθοι τῇ Ἑλλάδι κίνδυνος ὑπὸ βαρβάρωνX.HG6.5.43; ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς βέλοσA.Pr.360; μηδ' ὑπ' ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοιId.Supp.1032 (lyr.), cf.Pers.436; of reports, commands, etc., Id.Pr.663, Th.8.19; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὡς ἦλθε τὰ γεγενημένα
came to
their
ears,
ib.96; τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ' αὐτόν that which
was about to happen
to him, Ev.Jo.18.4; of property, which
comes
or
passes
to a person by bequest, conveyance, gift, etc., τὰ ἐληλυθότα εἴς με ἀπὸ κληρονομίασBGU919.7(ii A. D.); ἐ. εἴς τινα ἀπὸ παραχωρήσεως, κατὰ δωρεάν,PLond.3.1164e6 (iii A. D.), PMasp.96.22 (vi A. D.): — Geom.,
pass, fall,
ἔ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σαμεῖον
pass
through the same point, Archim.Aequil.1.15; ὅπου ἂν ἔρχηται τὸ ἕτερον σαμεῖον wherever the other point