1. Dep. to be gone, to have gone , Lat. abesse (not abire) , in perfect sense, and imperfect ὠιχόμην in pluperfect sense, directly opposite to ἥκω, to have come , while ἔρχομαι, to go or come , serves as the present to both, (Homer), etc.;—;often with participle, οἴχεται φεύγων is fled and gone , (Iliad by Homer); ὤιχετ᾽ ἀποπτάμενος he hath taken flight and gone , (Iliad by Homer); οἴχεται θανών (see. infr. II. 1); also with an adjective, οἴχεται φροῦδος he's clean gone, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;with accusative pers. to have escaped from , (Iliad by Homer) 2. Special usages, 3. euphamistic for θνήσκω, to be gone hence , οἴχεται εἰς Ἀί̈δαο (Iliad by Homer); in attic, οἴχεται θανών (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—;participle οἰχόμενος for θανών, departed, dead , [ variant dates Tragica Adespota ; but in (Homer) simply absent or away , Ὀδυσῆος πόθος οἰχομένοιο desire of the absent Ulysses, (Odyssey by Homer) 4. to be undone, ruined , (Sophocles Tragicus); especially in ὤιχωκα or οἴχωκα, Lat. perii, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. 5. of things, to denote any quick, violent motion, to rush, sweep along , (Iliad by Homer) (ML)