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κατεπ-είγω

katepeigo

press down

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What it meant

κατεπ-είγω · katep-eigō — LSJ

press down

press down, χαλεπὸν κατὰ γῆρας ἐπείγει Il. 23.623.

2 press hard, were pressing, hard, urges, on, urgent symptom, urgently requiring, to be pressed

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

II hasten, make haste, were in, haste

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.

III hasten

Med., hasten, ἐκ Κορίνθου Ἀθήναζε Alciphr. 3.51.

2 to be anxious, long for, press for

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.).

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