A.approach, Th.4.129, 6.99 (pl.); “αὐτόθεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους” X. An.4.2.6; εἰς τὸν λόφον ib.3.4.41; entrance to a holy place, Jahresh. 18 Beibl.23 (Cilicia, ii A. D.); ἔφοδον θύειν sacrifice on arrival, GDI 2501.34 (Delph.).
c. in argument, method of reasoning, “ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔ.” Arist.Top.105a14; τὰ ἀκόλουθα, τὰ ἑξῆς τῆς ἐ., Ph.1.572, 598; ἐξ ἐναργέος ἐφόδου, i. e. from the clear teaching of experience, Hp.Praec.1.
d. Archit., course of masonry, IG22.244.98 (iv B. C.), 5(2).33 (Tegea, iii B. C.).
2. means of approach, Plb.1.13.9; right of access, “δίδοσθαί τινι τὴν ἔ. ἐπὶ τοὺς πολλούς” Id.4.34.5; “ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὸν δῆμον” SIG278.12 (Priene, iv B. C.), cf. IG11(4).547 (Delos, iii B. C.); access for traffic and intercourse, communication, “ἔφοδοι παρ᾽ ἀλλήλους” Th.1.6; “πρὸς ἀλλ.” Id.5.35; right of importation, “τῶν ἐπιτηδείων” X.HG2.4.3.
b. pl., natural passages, e.g. nostrils, Hp.Epid.6.2.16.
3. attempt, plan, method, ib.6.5.1, Arist.EE1230a35, Thphr.Sens.60; “ἔ. τῆς ἐξηγήσεως” Plb.3.1.11; method of procedure, Vett. Val.24.12; “σοφιστικοῖς λόγοις καὶ ἐφόδοις χρησάμενοι” Id.334.9.
II. attack, onslaught, A.Eu.375 (lyr., pl.), Th.1.93, etc.; “τοῦ στρατεύματος” X.An.2.2.18; “ἔφοδον ποιεῖσθαι” Th.2.95; “δέξασθαι” Id.4.126, Pl.Phd.95b; “γνώμης μᾶλλον ἐφόδῳ ἢ ἰσχύος” Th.3.11; ἐξ ἐφόδου τρέψασθαι at the first assault, Plb.1.36.11, cf. OGI 654.4 (Egypt, i B. C.), etc.; “τῇ πρώτῃ ἐφόδῳ ἁλῶναι” D.H.4.51; “αὐτῆ ἐ. τρεψόμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους” Id.3.4; of ships, εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἔφοδον dub.l. in Plb.3.25.4 codd. (leg. ἄφ-）; νυκτιπόλοι ἔφοδοι of the haunting powers of darkness, as subject to Persephone, E.Ion1049 (lyr.).
2. attack or access of fever, Hp.Prog.20; afflux of heat or cold, Id.Vict.1.32 (pl.).
3. Rhet., artful exordium, D.H.Is.3 (pl.), Lys.15; = insinuatio, [Cic.] ad Herenn.1.4.6, cf. Aphth.Prog. 13, etc.
III. proceedings in a law-court, suit, PHib.1.96.10 (iii B. C.), etc.
