ἕπω2 [seq- σεπ-. Cf. L. sequor.] Only in mid. Imp. ἕπευ Il. 13.465, Il. 15.556: Od. 15.281, Od. 23.52, 78. Fut. ἕψομαι Il. 10.108: Od. 2.287, Od. 6.32. 2 sing. -εαι Il. 24.733. 3 sing. -εται Il. 4.415, Il. 24.182: Od. 3.359. 1 pl. -όμεθα Il. 13.785: Od. 23.127. 3 pl. -ονται Il. 4.63. Infin. ἕψεσθαι Od. 21.104. 2 sing. aor. ἕσπεο (σέσπεο) Il. 10.285. 3 sing. -ετο Il. 3.376, Il. 4.476, Il. 11.472, Il. 12.398, Il. 13.300, 492, Il. 15.559, Il. 16.632: Od. 1.125, Od. 4.276, Od. 6.164, Od. 8.109, Od. 17.53. 3 dual -έσθην Il. 3.239. 1 pl. -όμεθα Il. 1.158. 3 pl. subj. ἕσπωνται Od. 12.349. Opt. ἑσποίμην Od. 19.579, Od. 21.77. Pple. ἑσπόμενος -ου Il. 10.246, Il. 12.395, Il. 13.570. Without reduplication, imp. σπεῖο Il. 10.285 (app. for σπέο, the lengthening being due to the first arsis). 3 sing. σπέσθω Il. 12.350, 363. Infin. σπέσθαι Il. 5.423: Od. 4.38, Od. 22.324. (ἐφ-, μεθ-.) 1 a To follow in company with, go or come with, accompany, a person or persons or something: ἀλλʼ ἕπεο Il. 10.146. Cf. Il. 10.246, Il. 13.381, 465, Il. 15.556, Il. 18.387, 572: ἡ δʼ ἕσπετʼ Ἀθήνη Od. 1.125. Cf. Od. 5.91, Od. 10.313, 448, Od. 14.45, 482, Od. 15.162, 281, 470, Od. 23.52, 78, Od. 24.5. b With dat.: υἱέϊ σῷ Il. 3.174. Cf. Il. 9.428, Il. 10.108, Il. 12.91, Il. 13.300, Il. 22.450, etc.: Od. 3.376, Od. 4.276, Od. 6.276, Od. 14.298, Od. 15.81, Od. 19.245. c With ἅμα: θεοὶ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο Il. 1.424. Cf. Il. 3.447, Il. 9.170, Il. 10.194, Il. 11.472 = Il. 15.559 = Il. 16.632, Il. 11.781, Il. 24.327: Od. 2.287, 413 = Od. 8.46 = 104, Od. 6.319, Od. 8.109, Od. 10.231 = 257. With ἅμα and dat.: τοκεῦσιν ἅμʼ ἕσπετο Il. 4.476. Cf. Il. 3.143, Il. 5.423, Il. 9.512, Il. 10.222, Il. 12.350, etc.: Od. 2.11, Od. 3.359, Od. 4.38, Od. 6.32, Od. 10.425, etc. d With μετά: μετὰ νέφος εἵπετο πεζῶν Il. 23.133. With μετά and dat.: μετά σφιν εἵπετο Il. 18.234. e With σύν: σὺν δʼ εἵπετʼ Ὀδυσσεύς Od. 10.436. With σύν and dat.: σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕπεσθαι Od. 7.304. 2 Of herdsmen accompanying their herd. With ἅμα: δύω ἅμʼ ἕποντο νομῆες Il. 18.525: Od. 17.214 = Od. 20.175. With ἅμα and dat.: ἅμʼ ὕεσσιν ἑπέσθω Od. 15.397. Of their dogs following with them. With dat.: ἐννέα σφι κύνες ἕποντο Il. 18.578. Of sheep. With μετά and acc.: ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα Il. 13.492. 3 To go with as one's wife. With dat.: σοὶ ἄλοχον σπέσθαι Od. 22.324. With ἅμα and dat.: ἦ ἅμʼ ἕπηται (ἕπωμαι) Ἀχαιῶν [κείνῳ] ὅς τις ἄριστος Od. 16.76, Od. 19.528, τῷ κεν ἅμʼ ἑσποίμην Od. 19.579 = Od. 21.77. Cf. Od. 21.104. 4 To go with, fall to the lot of. With dat.: τῷ κε νικήσαντι γυνὴ ἕποιτο Il. 3.255. 5 a To follow a person as one's chief or leader: λαοὶ ἕποντο Il. 13.492. Cf. Il. 4.430: Od. 3.363. To form part of an expedition, follow with the rest Il. 3.239, 240, Il. 24.400: Od. 11.493. b With dat.: παῦρός οἱ εἵπετο λαός Il. 2.675. Cf. Il. 2.619, Il. 4.91, Il. 9.44, Il. 11.228, Il. 12.78, etc.: Od. 3.165, Od. 4.536, Od. 6.164, Od. 9.159, Od. 11.168, etc. c With ἅμα: ἅμα νέφος εἵπετο πεζῶν Il. 4.274. Cf. Il. 5.591, Il. 11.796, Il. 12.124, Il. 13.690, 717, etc.: Od. 23.127, Od. 24.117. With ἅμα and dat.: σοὶ ἅμʼ ἑσπόμεθα Il. 1.158. Cf. Il. 2.524, 534, 542, 762, Il. 12.87, etc.: Od. 11.372, Od. 15.541, Od. 19.196. 6 a To follow up, hang upon, the foe: αἰὲν ἀποκτείνων ἕπετο Il. 11.154. Cf. Il. 11.165, 168, 565, 754, Il. 15.277, Il. 16.372, Il. 17.730. Of flowing water Il. 21.256. b With ἅμα: Τρῶες ἅμʼ ἕποντο Il. 17.753. c App., with ἀμφί, to beset: ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσσῆα Τρῶες ἕποντο Il. 11.474 (prob. ἕπον should be read. See 483 under ἕπω1 2.a.α). 7 To be in a person's service: ἓξ δρηστῆρες ἕπονται Od. 16.248. To be at the service of, fulfil the benests of. With dat.: πρεσβυτέροισιν Ἐρινύες αἰὲν ἕπονται Il. 15.204. 8 To keep up with, play one's part with. With dat.: ἕπεθʼ ἵπποις ἀθανάτοισιν Il. 16.154. Sim. of the limbs, to keep up with one's spirit or strength, play their part: εἴθʼ ὡς . . . ὥς τοι γούναθʼ ἕποιτο Il. 4.314. Cf. Od. 20.237 = Od. 21.202. 9 To follow the motion of, fall forward following. With dat.: ἑσπόμενος πέσε δουρί (i. e. as it was drawn back) Il. 12.395, ἑσπόμενος περὶ δουρί (transfixed by it and giving way before the blow; περί advbl.) Il. 13.570. 10 Of an inanimate object, to follow the motion of, come away with, something: ἔπαλξις ἕσπετο πᾶσα (came away, gave way) Il. 12.398. With dat.: προτὶ φρένες δουρὶ ἕποντο (came away with it; προτί advbl.) Il. 16.504. With ἅμα and dat.: τρυφάλεια ἅμʼ ἕσπετο χειρί Il. 3.376. 11 To fall in with something proposed, agree, concur: ἐπὶ δʼ ἕψονται θεοὶ ἄλλοι Il. 4.63. Cf. Od. 12.349. 12 Of a dowry, to go with, accompany. With ἐπί and genit.: ἔεδνα ὅσσα ἔοικε φίλης ἐπὶ παιδὸς ἕπεσθαι Od. 1.278 = Od. 2.197. 13 Of honour, to accompany, attend, come to. With dat.: Διὸς κούρῃσιν ἕπεσθαι τιμήν Il. 9.513. With ἅμα and dat.: τούτῳ κῦδος ἅμʼ ἕψεται Il. 4.415. 14 Of a quality, to go with, be shown in (a person). With dat.: ὅ τοι οὐκ ἕπετʼ ἀλκή Il. 8.140.