A.to be in one's prime, Ph.1.33; also of things, Id.2.434, Aristaenet.2.1, Hld.7.8: metaph., come to its height, Luc.Abd.17, Ath.1.18e; “ἐπήκμασαν οἱ ἐτησίαι” were blowing hard, Str.15.1.17.
II. of persons, flourish in succession to, “τινί” D.H.Pomp.4; οἱ ἐπακμάσαντες ib.1; also νέα ἐ. παλαιοῖς, of animals and crops, Ph.1.28, 2.424.