ἕπομαι
ἕπομαι, only in Med., ἕπομαι, impf. εἱπόμην Il. 4.274, al., Hdt. 1.45, Th. 3.10, etc., Ep. also ἑπόμην Od. 2.413, al.: fut. ἕψομαι Il. 10.108, etc.: aor. 2 ἑσπόμην 12.398, al., in moods without ἑ- (v. infr.), imper. σπεῖο 10.285, συνεπί-σπεο Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 20, inf. σπέσθαι Il. 5.423, Od. 22.324, part. σπόμενος Call. Hec. Fr. 260.61 Pf. [updated ref.]; in Prose in compds., ἐπισπέσθαι Pl. Phdr. 248c, ἐπι-σπόμενος Th. 3.43, etc. (Cf. Skt. sacate ‘accompany’, ‘follow’, Lat. sequor, Lith. sèkti ‘followʼ; ἑσπόμην ( Ἀρίσταρχος δασύνει Sch. Il. 10.246) fr. ἐ-σπ-όμην, ἐ- (augm.) becoming ἑ- under the influence of ἕπομαι : ἑσπ- does not certainly occur in the moods in Hom.; when found (usu. with v.l. σπ-), it is preceded by an elided vowel, so that σπ- can be read (cf. Ptol.Asc. ap. Sch.Il. l.c.) ; Pi. O. 8.11, 9.83, 10(11).78, I. 5(4).36 are indecisive ( ἑσπ- only cj. in P. 10.17, I. 6(5).17); but ἑσποίμην occurs A.R. 3.35, ἑσπόμενος 1.103, 470, 3.615, 4.434, Mosch. 2.147, pres. indic. ἕσπεται A.R. 4.1607, D.P. 436, 1140, v.l. for ἔρχεται in Od. 4.826 : pres. part. ἐφεσπόμενος Maiist. 46 : Skt. has a redupl. pres. stem saśc(a)-):—