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ἐπίδρομος

ἐπίδρομος, that may be overrun

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ἐπίδρομον masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ἐπίδρομος

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ἐπίδρομ-ος, ον,
  • that may be overrun, τεῖχος ἐ. a wall that may be scaled, Il. 6.434 (but τεῖχος ἅρμασιν ἐ. on which chariots can run, AP 9.58 (Antip.(?))); ἐ. Ζεφύροισι overrun by the W. winds, ib. 10.13 (Satyr.), cf. Opp. H. 3.635; νηυσὶν ἐ. ἐστι θάλασσα Mosch. 2.137; τὰ ἐ. καὶ ταπεινά, of countries, Plu. Eum. 9.
      • 2 metaph., intelligible, τοῖς ἀμυήτοις Them. Or. 13.162c.
      • 3 fatally easy, πρᾶγμα Just. Nov. 72.6.
    • II Act., running over, spreading, of sores, Nic. Th. 242.
      • 2 metaph., over-hasty, rash, γνώμη, ὅρκος, Paus. 9.21.6, 33.3.
      • 3 following freely or easily, A. Supp. 124 (lyr.); τὸ σὸν κατὰ χειρὸς ἐ. καὶ λεῖον Luc. Dem.Enc. 10.
    • III Subst. ἐπίδρομος, ὁ, cord which runs along the upper edge of a net, X. Cyn. 6.9, Poll. 5.29, cf. Plin. HN 19.11; so διʼ ὀργάνων ἐπιδρόμων (prob.) by running ropes, Plu. Sert. 22.
      • 2 a small sail at the stern, like the mizzen-sail of a yawl (or, acc. to Poll. 1.91, the mast of such a sail), Isid. Etym. 19.3.3.

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