ἡμερόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ἥμερος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tame]], [[make tame]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> prop. of wild beasts, Arist.''HA''488a29 (Pass.), ''Gp.''16.21.2; but simply, to [[be pacified]], Pl. ''R.''493b (Pass.); δώροις Id.''Lg.''906d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of plants and trees, [[reclaim]], [[cultivate]], ἡ. ἐξ ἀγρίων Hp.Aër.12, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.14.1, 5.15.6; also of land, Crates Com.55.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of countries, [[clear]] them of robbers and wild beasts, as Hercules and Theseus did, ναυτιλίαισι πορθμὸν ἁμερώσαις Pi.''I.''4(3).57; χθόνα ἀνήμερον τιθέντες ἡμερωμένην A.''Eu.''14; or to [[cultivate]] them, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 5.15.6,al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of men also, [[civilize]], [[humanize]], λόγῳ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 554d; ἁρμονίᾳ τε καὶ ῥυθμῷ ib.442a; δίκη πάντα ἡμέρωκεν τὰ ἀνθρώπινα Id.''Lg.''937e; τὸ θυμούμενον Eus.Mynd.1:—Pass., ὑπὸ παιδείας Pl.''Lg.''935a.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[tame by conquest]], [[subdue]], ἡμερώσας δὲ Αἴγυπτον ἐξυβρίσασαν Hdt.7.5:—Med., πᾶν ἔθνος ἡμερούμενος βασιλέϊ Id.5.2, cf. 4.118:—Pass., [[πόθεν σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἡμέρωται]]; = [[whence]] that [[crest-fallen]] [[look]]? ''Mim.Oxy.''413.153.