ἰαύω
ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι → narrowly missed destroying
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], poet. Verb, mostly used in pres. and impf. (Trag. only in lyr.): Ep. impf.
A ἰαύεσκον Od.9.184, Perdrizet-Lefebvre Graffītes Grecs du Memnonion d' Abydos 528: fut. ἰαύσω Lyc.101, 430: aor. 1 ἴαυσα Od.11.261, Call.Aet.3.1.2:—sleep, pass the night, Ζηνὸς . . ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰαύεις Il.14.213, cf. Od.11.261; ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον Il.9.325, Od.19.340; of beasts, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλ' . . ἰαύεσκον 9.184; ἄρσενες ἐκτὸς ἴαυον 14.16; δεμνίοις δύστανος ἰαύων E.Ph.1537 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν enjoy the night's sleep, S.Aj.1204 (lyr.); ὑπασπίδιον κοῖτον ἰαύειν, of a soldier sleeping under arms, E. Rh.740 (anap.); ὕπνον Theoc.3.49, Call. l.c. II c. acc. et gen., Lyc.101. (Prob. redupl. form of αὔω (c), cf. ἄω (A) 11, αὐλή.)