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ἐπουρίζω

ἐπουρίζω, to blow favourably upon

ἐπουρ-ίζω, = foreg., of the sea,
  • waft onwards, Str. 3.2.4: metaph., ὅσῳπερ ἂν λαμπρότερον ἐπουρίσῃ τὸ τῆς τύχης the more freshly the breeze of fortune blows, Pl. Alc. 2.147a (dub. l.); ἀλλʼ οὔτι ταύτῃ σὸν φρόνημʼ ἐπούρισας hast turned thy mind to it, E. Andr. 610: c. acc. cogn., πνεῦμα αἱματηρὸν ἐ. τινί (of the Erinyes) send after him the gale of gory breath, A. Eu. 137.
    • II intr., sail with a fair wind, τρέχε κατὰ τοὺς κόρακας ἐπουρίσας Ar. Th. 1226, cf. Epicr. 10.

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