ἵεμαι
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés. inf. ἵεσθαι, part. ἱέμενος et impf. ἱέμην;
aller, se porter à ou vers.
Étymologie: Pass. ou Moy. de ἵημι, ; sel. d’autres ἴεμαι de εἶμι.
English (Autenrieth)
see ἵημι.
Greek Monotonic
ἵεμαι: Παθ. του ἵημι.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἵεμαι: (ῑ) (первоначально с F, впоследствии слилось с ἵεμαι без F - как med. к ἵημι) (только praes. inf. ἵεσθαι, part. ἱέμενος и impf. ἱέμεν) стремиться, устремляться, спешить (ὡς τάχιστα ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον Xen.; πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη Soph.).
I praes. med. к ἵημι.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: move forward, hasten, be eager, desire (Il.).
Other forms: Aor. (ἐ)είσατο, fut. εἴσομαι (s. v.)
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1123] *uei(H)- move towards, go for, desire
Etymology: For *Ϝίεμαι (on the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 142), but early conidered as middle of ἵημι, what may have given formal derailments; see Solmsen Unt. 151, Petersen Lang. 7, 129. Acc. to others (Schwyzer 680, Chantraine 1, 293) an old athematic formation. The word belongs to a widespread group with Skt. véti, 3. pl. vyánti pursue, drive, Lith. vejù, výti hunt, pursue, prob also Lat. vīs you want, in-vī-tus against will, s. W.-Hofmann s. invītō. Cf. Ruijgh, Lingua 28 (1971) 170f. Older litt. in Bq and Bechtel Lex. s. v. - Cf. ἰωκή, also ἱέραξ, ἴς, οἶμος and ἰότης.
