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.
λαός -οῦ, ὁ (λαϝός). 1 The folk or people of a king or chief : Πριάμοιο Il. 4.47 = 165 = Il. 6.449. Cf. Il. 8.246, Il. 24.28 : Od. 7.60. In pl. : ἄτερ λαῶν πόλιν ἑξέμεν ἠδʼ ἐπικούρων (without either your own folk or strangers) Il. 5.473, πολλῶν λαῶν ἄναξ Il. 9.98. Cf. Il. 14.93, Il. 17.145, Il. 21.458, Il. 24.37 : Od. 2.234 = Od. 5.12, Od. 4.176, Od. 7.323, Od. 13.62, Od. 22.54. In pl., subjects, folk : λαοὶ Ἀγαμέμνονος εὐχόμεθʼ εἶναι Od. 9.263. 2 A band or following, followers, folk : πολὺν λαὸν ἀγείρας Il. 2.664. Cf. Il. 2.675, Il. 9.483, Il. 18.452 : Od. 6.164, Od. 14.248. Sim. : ἄλλος λ. Μυρμιδόνων Il. 11.796. In pl. : ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι λαοὶ ἕποντο Il. 2.578. Cf. Il. 2.580, 708, 773, 818, Il. 3.186, Il. 4.91, 202, Il. 5.643, Il. 10.170, Il. 13.710, Il. 16.551, Il. 20.383. In pl., one's men or people, one's servants : ὡς ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ βοὸς βοείην λαοῖσιν δώῃ τανύειν Il. 17.390. 3 The general body of a community, the people in general : κήρυκες λαὸν ἐρήτυον Il. 18.503. Cf. Il. 24.665, 789: Od. 2.41, 81, Od. 3.305, Od. 24.530. In pl. : κατατρύχω λαούς Il. 17.226. Cf. Il. 18.301, 497, 502, Il. 22.408, Il. 24.611, 715, 740, 777 : τὸν πάντες λαοὶ θηεῦντο Od. 2.13 = Od. 17.64. Cf. Od. 2.252, Od. 3.214, Od. 6.194, Od. 7.71, Od. 11.136, Od. 13.156, Od. 16.375, Od. 22.133, etc. 4 In gen., folk, people : ἐπεἰ πολὺν ὤλεσα λαόν Il. 2.115 = Il. 9.22. Cf. Il. 5.758 : Od. 11.500, 518. In pl. : λαοὶ περίτρεσαν ἀγροιῶται Il. 11.676. Cf. Od. 9.265, Od. 24.428. 5 In pl., the bystanders, the crowd : λαοὶ γέροντα μόγις ἔχον Il. 22.412. Cf. Od. 8.125. 6 In the most gen. sense, men. In pl. : πάντων ἀριδείκετε λαῶν Od. 8.382 = 401 = Od. 9.2 = Od. 11.355 = 378 = Od. 13.38. Cf. Il. 9.117. 7 The general body of a host, the host in general : ἅμα λαῷ θωρηχθῆναι Il. 1.226. Cf. Il. 1.54, Il. 2.99, Il. 4.287, Il. 5.465, Il. 13.349, Il. 23.258, etc. : Od. 3.140, 144. In pl. : ὀλέκοντο λαοί Il. 1.10. Cf. Il. 1.16, 263, Il. 3.318, Il. 9.420, Il. 12.229, Il. 18.523, Il. 23.53, etc. : Od. 3.156, Od. 4.156, Od. 18.152, etc. Distinguished in terms from the leaders : ἡγήσατο . . . ἐπὶ δʼ ἴαχε λαὸς ὄπισθεν Il. 13.834. Cf. Il. 15.695, 723, Il. 24.658. In pl. : ὅς θʼ ἡγεμόνων κακὸς ὅς τε λαῶν Il. 2.365. Cf. Il. 13.108, 492, Il. 15.15, Il. 18.519. Including the leaders : ἐπιπροέηκεν ἀρίστους κρινάμενος κατὰ κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιϊκόν Il. 9.521. 8 In gen., a host or army : ὅτʼ ἐν θήβῃσιν ἀπώλετο λαὸς Ἀχαιῶν Il. 6.223. Cf. Il. 2.120, 799, Il. 4.28, 377, 407, 430, Il. 9.338, Il. 11.716, 770. Of a part or section of a host : ᾗ πλεῖστον ὀρινόμενον ἴδε λαόν (where he perceived the greatest confusion) Il. 16.377. 9 In pl., fighters, fighting men, warriors : στρατῷ εὐρέϊ λαῶν Il. 4.76, λαοῖσιν καθύπερθε πεποιθότες Il. 12.153. Cf. Il. 18.509. Foot-soldiers as distinguished from fighters using chariots : ἵππονκαὶ λαόν Il. 7.342. Cf. Il. 9.708, Il. 18.153. A body detailed for some purpose : κριτὸς λαὸς Ἀχαιῶν Il. 7.434.