κατεπ-είγω · katep-eigō — LSJ
press down, χαλεπὸν κατὰ γῆρας ἐπείγει Il. 23.623.
press hard, οἱ χρῆσται κατήπειγον αὐτόν his creditors were pressing him hard, D. 33.6, cf. Th. 1.61; κατεπείγει ὕδωρ ῥέον the ebbing water (of the clepsydra) urges him on, Pl. Tht. 172e; ἡ φιλοτιμία κατήπειγεν αὐτόν Id. Ep. 338e: c. acc. et inf., οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς ἐστὶ τὸ κατεπεῖγον τὸ μὴ . . σκοπεῖν Id. Lg. 781e; οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς κ. ἀκοῦσαι D. 24.18; τὸ -επεῖγον πράττειν X. Mem. 2.1.2; τὰ ἀναλώματα τὰ -επείγοντα PFlor. 161.5 (iii A.D.); τὸ κ. alone, the urgent symptom, Gal. 17(2).426; οὔτε τι κωλύει οὔτε -ε
intr., hasten, make haste, ἕπου κατεπείγων Ar. Ec. 293: c. inf., Βοιωτοὶ οὐδέν τι κατήπειγον ξυνάψαι were in no haste, X. HG 4.2.18; οὐδέν κω κατεπείγων αὐτὸς ἥκειν prob. in Hdt. 8.126.
Med., hasten, ἐκ Κορίνθου Ἀθήναζε Alciphr. 3.51.
c. gen., to be anxious, long for . . , Plb. 5.37.10, 30.5.9: also c. dat., press for, τῷ ἐφοδίῳ PSI 6.603.22 (iii B.C.).