οἴχομαι Dep. to be gone, to have gone, Lat. abesse (not abire), in perf. sense, and imperf. ὠιχόμην in plup. sense, directly opp. to ἥκω, to have come, while ἔρχομαι, to go or come, serves as the pres. to both, Hom., etc.;—often c. part., οἴχεται φεύγων is fled and gone, Il.; ὤιχετʼ ἀποπτάμενος he hath taken flight and gone, Il.; οἴχεται θανών (v. infr. II. 1); also with an adj., οἴχεται φροῦδος heʼs clean gone, Ar.:—c. acc. pers. to have escaped from, Il. Special usages, euphem. for θνῄσκω, to be gone hence, οἴχεται εἰς Ἀΐδαο Il.; in Attic, οἴχεται θανών Soph., etc.:—part. οἰχόμενος for θανών, departed, dead, Trag.; but in Hom. simply absent or away, Ὀδυσῆος πόθος οἰχομένοιο desire of the absent Ulysses, Od. to be undone, ruined, Soph.; esp. in ὤιχωκα or οἴχωκα, Lat. perii, Aesch., etc. of things, to denote any quick, violent motion, to rush, sweep along, Il.