Ἐπῄει μοι
it came over me, it occurred to me
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] it came to mind.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπῄει μοι· ἐπήρχετο.
Betacode
*)eph/|ei moi: e)ph/rxeto.
Notes
- Entry already in Hesychius (where the pronoun
moi is repeated in the gloss). The headword phrase -- which must be quoted from somewhere -- includes the third person singular, imperfect, ofe)/peimi (fromei)=mi "go"). For this idiom, see LSJ s.v. I.2.b. and cf. epsilon 2139.