ἀράσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[ἀράττω]] [ᾰρ], Ion. and ''poet.'' impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀράσσεσκον Pi.''P.''4.226: fut. ἀράξω (συν-) Hom., Dor. [[ἀραξῶ]] Theoc.2.160: aor. ἤραξα (ἀπ-) Hom., Ep. [[ἄραξα]] Hes.''Sc.''461:—Pass., aor. ἠράχθην, Ep. [[ἀράχθην]] (συν-) Hom.: fut. Med. in pass. sense, κατ-αράξεσθαι Plu.''Caes.''44:—[[smite]], [[dash in pieces]], (Hom. only in compds. [[ἀπαράσσω]], [[συναράσσω]]); of any violent impact, with collat. notion of [[rattling]], [[clanging]], as of horses, ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα Pi. [[l.c.]]; [[ἄρασσε]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[πύλας]]) [[knock at]] the door, E.''Hec.''1044; τὴν θύραν Ar.''Ec.''978, cf. Theoc.2.6 (Pass., of the door, [[open with a crash]], Luc.''DMeretr.''15.2); [[pound]] in a mortar, ὅλμῳ ἀ. Nic. ''Th.''508; <b class="b3">ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα</b>, [[beat]] the breasts, the head, [[in mourning]], A.''Pers.''1054 (lyr.), E.''Tr.''279 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄρασσε μᾶλλον</b> [[strike]] harder, A.''Pr.''58; ὄψεις ἀράξας S.''Ant.''52; ἤρασσε βλέφαρα Id.''OT''1276:—in Pass., ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων Id.''Ant.''975 (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ἀ. πέτροις τινά</b> [[strike with]] a shower of stones, E.''IT''327:—Pass., πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο A. ''Pers.''460:—a). [[κιθάρην]] [[strike]] the lyre, Orph.''A.''382; [[ὕμνον]], [[μέλος]], etc., [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 1.15,440, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">ἀράσσειν τινὰ ὀνείδεσι, κακοῖς</b>, [[assail with]] reproaches or threats, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''725, ''Ph.''374, cf. [[ἐξαράσσω]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be dashed against]], πρὸς τὰς πέτρας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.44; πρὸς τὴν γῆν Luc.''Anach.''11; of things, [[dash one against the other]], A.R.2.553, Ael.''NA''16.39.—The simple Verb is poetic, used once by [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] and in late Prose, v. supr. (Akin to [[ῥάσσω]], Ion. [[ῥήσσω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), cf. προσαρασσόμενον· προσρησσόμενον, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]).