- ἐπιμαίομαι
- ἐπι-μαίομαι, imp. ἐπιμαίεο, ipf. ἐπεμαίετο, fut. ἐπιμάσσεται, aor. ἐπεμάσσατο, part. ἐπιμασσάμενος: (1) feel over, feel for, touch up; of the blind Polyphēmus feeling over the backs of his sheep, hoping to catch Odysseus, ὀίων ἐπεμαίετο νῶτα, Od. 9.441; Odysseus feeling for the right place to stab the sleeping Polyphēmus, χείῤ (dat.) ἐπιμασσάμενος, Od. 9.302; the surgeon probing a wound, ἕλκος δ' ἶητὴρ ἐπιμάσσεται, Il. 4.190; of touching one with the magic wand, ῥάβδῳ, Il. 13.429; horses with the whip, Il. 5.748.—(2) make for, strive for; τινός, Od. 12.220, ε 3, Il. 10.401.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.