ἀπαντάω,
impf. ἀπήντων Th. 4.127, Dor. 3 sg. ἀπάντη Bion Fr. 9.7: fut. ἀπαντήσω Arist. Rh.Al. 1432b35, Plb. 4.26.5, etc.; but better -ήσομαι Th. 4.77, 7.2 and 80, X. HG 1.6.3, Lys. 2.32, etc.: aor. ἀπήντησα E. Ph. 1392, Th. 2.20: pf. ἀπήντηκα Ar. Lys. 420, D. 18.15: - the Med., used in act. sense by Polyaen. 1.21.1 (impf.), al., is censured by Luc. Lex. 25; so also pf. ἀπήντημαι Plb. 2.37.6, D.H. 6.88, etc.
I mostly of persons,
1. move from a place to meet a person, and generally, meet, encounter, τινί Hdt. 8.9, E. Supp. 772, etc.; ἐξ ἐναντίας ἀ. Pl. Lg. 893e; ἀ. ταῖς ὁμοίαις φύσεσι encounter, fall in with them, D. 60.20: abs., ὁ ἀεὶ ἀπαντῶν any one that meets you, any chance person, Pl. R. 563c; οἱ ἀπαντῶντες D. 36.45, Alex. 78, cf. 87. freq. with a Pr, ἀ. τινὶ εἰς τόπον come or go to a place to meet him, meet him at a place, Hdt. 2.75; ἐς τωὐτό 6.84; ἐπὶ Τριποδίσκον Th. 4.70; τὸν μὲν ἐς τὰς Σίφας ἀ., τὸν δ’ ἐπὶ τὸ Δήλιον ib. 89: without dat. pers., present oneself at a place, Id. 7.1; εἰς Κύζικον X. HG 1.3.13; ἀ. ἐνθάδε Ar. Lys. 13; δεῦρο πάλιν ἀ. Pl. Tht. 210d, etc. c. dat. loci, light upon, come to, τόπῳ LXX [Gen 28:11].
2. freq. in hostile sense, meet in battle, ἀ. δορί (dat. pers. being omitted) E. Ph. 1392; ὅπλοις HF 542; τοῖς βαρβάροις Μαραθῶνάδε And. 1.107; ἀ. Ἀθηναίοις ἐς Τάραντα Th. 6.34, cf. 2.20, 3.95; ἀ. πρός τινα Isoc. 4.86,90; generally, resist, oppose in any way, νομοθέτῃ ἀ. λέγων.. Pl. Lg. 684d; διὰ λόγων νουθετικῶν ἀ. prob. ib. 740e; ἀ. τραχέως πρὸς τὰς τῶν πλησιαζόντων ὀργάς Isoc. 1.31; ἀ. τοῖς εἰρημένοις rejoin, reply, Id. 11.30; τοῖς θορύβοις Arist. Rh.Al. l.c.; πρὸς ἕκαστον D. 21.24. abs., present oneself in arms, attend the muster, E. Ba. 782. face, meet, αἰκίαις καὶ θανάτοις Hecat.Abd. ap. J. Ap. 1.22.
3. freq. as a law-term, meet in open court, τῷ καλεσαμένῳ Pl. Lg. 937a, cf. D. 39.3, etc.: without dat. pers., ἀ. πρὸς τὴν δίκην present oneself at the trial, Pl. Lg. 936e; πρὸς ἣν [δίκην] οὐκ ἀπήντα did not appear to defend his cause, D. 21.90; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν διαιτητήν, etc., come before him, Id. 40.11, etc.; εἰς ἡμέραν τὴν συγκειμένην ἀ. εἰς τὸ Ἡφαιστεῖον 33.18; ἐπὶ τὰ ἱερά 42.7; ἐπὶ τὴν δίαιταν Test. ap. eund. 21.93; ἀ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγῶσι to be present at other people’s suits, meddle with them, D. 21.205: abs., appear in court, 40.16, etc.
4. ἀ. εἰς.. enter into a thing, attempt it, εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα Pl. Lg. 830a; ἀ. εἰς τὴν τίμησιν come to the question of rating, Aeschin. 3.198; ἀ. εἰς τὰς χρείας Arist. EN 1158a8; ἀ. πρὸς τὰς μαθήσεις Pl. Tht. 144b; πρὸς τὴν ἐρώτησιν, τὸ πρόβλημα, Arist. Metaph. 1036a14, Ph. 213b3; ἀ. πρὸς τὴν τροφήν go to seek it, Id. de.An. 421b12; ἀ. ἐπί.. have recourse to.., D. 21.151, 24.193, etc.; ἐπὶ ταύτας τὰς οἰκίας ἀ. οἱ τραγῳδοποιοί Arist. Po. 1454a12.
II of things,
1. come upon one, meet or happen to one, ἀ. δάκρυά μοι E. Ion 940, cf. Bion l. c.; τοῖς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ζῶσι τοσαύτην κωφότητα.. παρ’ ὑμῶν ἀπαντᾶν D. 19.226; ἐπὶ τῶ κεφαλαίψ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀ. [ἡ ῥᾳθυμία] ’comes home to roost’, 10.7; ἀ. αὐτῷ κραυγὴ παρὰ τῶν δικαστῶν Aeschin. 1.163; μή τίς σοι ἐναντίος λόγος ἀ. Pl. Phd. 101a, cf. D.H. 4.33, etc.
2. abs., happen, occur, turn out, Ar. Lys. 420, Pl. 358e, Arist. Pol. 1302a6, Top. 160a23, al.; τούτων ἀπαντώντων Hdt. 8.142: - Pass., Plb. 2.7.4, Phld. Herc. 1251.9.