εἰρύομαι
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (Autenrieth)
(ϝερ.), ipf. ἐρύετο, fut. 3 sing. ἐρύσσεται, 3 pl. εἰρύσσονται, aor. 2 sing. εἰρύσαο, 3 sing. εἰρύσατο, ἐρύσσατο, ἐρύσατο, opt. εἰρύσσαιτο, ἐρύσαιτο, 2 pl. εἰρύσσαισθε, inf. εἰρύσσασθαι, also from εἴρυμαι, ἔρυμαι, 3 pl. εἰρύαται, inf. ἔρυσθαι, εἴρυσθαι, ipf. 2 sing. ἔρῦσο, 3 sing. ἔρῦτο, εἴρῦτο, 3 pl. εἴρυντο, εἰρύατο: shield, protect, preserve; ὅσσον τ' ἠὲ δύω ἠὲ τρεῖς ἄνδρας ἔρυσθαι, enough leaves to ‘cover’ two or three men, Od. 5.484; (βουλή) ἥ τίς κεν ἐρύσσεται ἠδὲ σαώσει | Ἀργείους καὶ νῆας, Il. 10.44; ἔπος εἰρύσσασθαι, ‘observe’ the command, Il. 1.22 ; οὐ σύ γε βουλὰς | εἰρύσαο Κρονίωνος, Il. 21.230; φρεσὶν εἰρύσσαιτο, ‘keep’ the secret, Od. 16.459 ; πὰρ νηί τε μένειν καὶ νῆα ϝέρυσθαι, ‘watch’ the ship, Od. 10.444; so ‘watch for,’ ‘lie in wait for,’ Od. 16.463, Od. 23.82; from the sense of protecting comes that of ‘warding off,’ ‘defending against,’ ἥ δ (ἀσπίς) οὐκ ἔγχος ἔρῦτο, Il. 5.538, Il. 4.186, Il. 2.859; χόλον, ‘keep down,’ Il. 24.584.
