ἀράσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἀράττω [ᾰρ], Ion. and poet. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀράσσεσκον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.226</span>: fut. <b class="b3">ἀράξω</b> (συν-) Hom., Dor. ἀραξῶ <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.160</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἤραξα</b> (ἀπ-) Hom., Ep. ἄραξα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>461</span>:—Pass., aor. <b class="b3">ἠράχθην</b>, Ep. <b class="b3">ἀράχθην</b> (συν-) Hom.: fut. Med. in pass. sense, κατ-αράξεσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>44</span>:— <b class="b2">smite, dash in pieces</b>, (Hom. only in compds. <b class="b3">ἀπαράσσω, συναράσσω</b>); of any violent impact, with collat. notion of <b class="b2">rattling, clanging</b>, as of horses, ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα Pi. l.c.; <b class="b3">ἄρασσε</b> (sc. <b class="b3">πύλας</b>) <b class="b2">knock at</b> the door, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1044</span>; τὴν θύραν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>978</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.6</span> (Pass., of the door, <b class="b2">open with a crash</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>15.2</span>); [[pound]] in a mortar, ὅλμῳ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>508</span>; <b class="b3">ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα</b>, [[beat]] the breasts, the head, <b class="b2">in mourning</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1054</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>279</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄρασσε μᾶλλον</b> [[strike]] harder, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>58</span>; ὄψεις ἀράξας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>52</span>; ἤρασσε βλέφαρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1276</span>:—in Pass., ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>975</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ἀ. πέτροις τινά</b> <b class="b2">strike with</b> a shower of stones, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>327</span>:—Pass., πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>460</span>:—a). <b class="b3">κιθάρην</b> [[strike]] the lyre, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>382</span>; <b class="b3">ὕμνον, μέλος</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>1.15</span>,<span class="bibl">440</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">ἀράσσειν τινὰ ὀνείδεσι, κακοῖς</b>, <b class="b2">assail with</b> reproaches or threats, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>725</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>374</span>, cf. [[ἐξαράσσω]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be dashed against</b>, πρὸς τὰς πέτρας <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.44</span>; πρὸς τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Anach.</span>11</span>; of things, <b class="b2">dash one against the other</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.553</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>16.39</span>.—The simple Verb is poetic, used once by Hdt. and in late Prose, v. supr. (Akin to <b class="b3">ῥάσσω</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">ῥήσσω</b> (q.v.), cf. <b class="b3">προσαρασσόμενον· προσρησσόμενον</b>, Hsch.).</span>