ἐπείγω Mid. and Pass., fut. ἐπείξομαι to press down, weigh down, Il. to press in pursuit, to press hard, press upon, absol. and c. acc., Hom. to drive on, urge forward, ἐρετμὰ χερσὶν ἔπειγον Od.; of a fair wind, Od., Soph. to urge on, hurry on a thing, Od., Soph.: —Pass., of a ship, Il.:—Mid. to urge on for oneself, τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od.; τὴν παρασκευήν Thuc.:—absol., ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων by the force of winds, Il.; ὀπὸς γάλα ἐπειγόμενος συνέπηξεν the fig-juice by its force curdled the milk, Il. Pass. to hurry oneself, haste to do, c. inf., Il.:—absol. to hasten, hurry, speed, make haste, Il., etc.: part., ἐπειγόμενος in eager haste, eagerly, Il.; c. inf., δῦναι ἐπειγόμενος eager for its setting, Od.; c. gen., ἐπειγόμενός περ ὁδοῖο longing for the journey, Od. intr. in Act., = Pass. to hasten to a place, Soph., Eur.:— τὰ ἐπείγοντα necessary matters, Plut.