ἐφέπω imperf. Epic ἔφεπον Ionic ἐφέπεσκον fut. ἐφέψω aor2 ἐπέσπον inf. ἐπισπεῖν part. ἐπισπών mid ἐφέπομαι imperf.mid -ειπόμην fut. -έψομαι aor2 -εσπόμην imperat. ἐπί-σπου inf. ἐπι-σπέσθαι to go after, follow, pursue, c. acc., Il. to drive on, urge on, ἵππους ἐφέπων μάστιγι Il.; and c. dat. pers., Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε ἵππους drove them against him, Il. to follow a pursuit, busy oneself about it, c. acc., Hom.; ἐφ. Θήβας to administer, govern it, Aesch. c. acc. loci, to search, explore, traverse, Lat. obire, Hom., Hes. to come suddenly upon, encounter, incur, πότμον ἐπισπεῖν Hom.; ὀλέθριον ἦμαρ ἐπ. Il. Mid. to follow, pursue, c. dat., Od., Hdt., etc. to follow, accompany, attend, Il., Hdt.; ἐπισπέσθαι ποσίν to follow on foot, i. e. keep up with, Hdt.; εἴ οἱ τύχη ἐπίσποιτο if fortune attend him, Hdt.:—absol., Thuc. to obey, attend to, θεοῦ ὀμφῇ Od.; ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ giving the reins to their passion, Od.; βουλῇ ἐπισπέσθαι πατρός Aesch., etc.:—absol., ὁ ἐπισπόμενος, opp. to ὁ πείσας, Thuc.:—also to agree, approve, in tmesi, ἐπὶ δʼ ἕσπωνται θεοὶ ἄλλοι Od. to follow an argument, Plat.