ἕπεσθε (hepesthe)

ἕπεσθε is an Ancient Greek form of ἐφίημι, meaning “send upon, let loose; (mid.) aim at, desire”.

It can also be a form of ἔπω, “say, call, name”. It is the 2nd person plural present middle/passive imperative.

Found 28 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.87.8: θαρσοῦντες οὖν καὶ κυβερνῆται καὶ ναῦται τὸ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος ἕπεσθε, χώραν μὴ προλείποντες ᾗ ἄν τις προσταχθῇ.

Euripides, Bacchae 732: θηρώμεθʼ ἀνδρῶν τῶνδʼ ὕπʼ· ἀλλʼ ἕπεσθέ μοι,

Aristophanes, Birds 1755: ἔπεσθε νῦν γάμοισιν ὦ

All forms of ἐφίημι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.