1. to run upon or at , for the purpose of attack, (Iliad by Homer); of dogs, (Odyssey by Homer); so in attic to make an assault upon , τινί (Thucydides) 2. to run after , ἐπιδραμών in haste, eagerly , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. to run over a space, (Iliad by Homer): to run over or graze the surface , (Iliad by Homer) 4. to be spread over , of a mist, (Odyssey by Homer):—;with accusative, οἶδμα ὅταν ἔρεβος ἐπιδράμῃ when the billow runs over the deep, (Sophocles Tragicus) 5. to overrun , as an army does a country, (Herdotus Historicus) 6. to run over, to treat lightly of , Lat. percurrere, (Xenophon Historicus) 7. to run close after , (Iliad by Homer) (ML)