ἐάω

English (LSJ)

contr. ἐῶ Il.8.428, etc.; Ep. εἰῶ 4.55; Ep.2 and 3sg. ἐάᾳς, ἐάᾳ, Od.12.137, Il.8.414; inf.

   A ἐάαν Od.8.509: impf. εἴων,-ας, -α, Il.18.448, Od.19.25, Th.1.28, etc.; Ion. and Ep. ἔων Hdt.9.2, ἔα Il.5.517, 16.731; also ἔασκον or εἴασκον, 2.832, 5.802, etc.: fut. ἐάσω [ᾱ] 18.296, etc.: aor. εἴᾱσα (εἴᾰσεν is v.l. for εἴᾱς' in 10.299) 24.684, etc.; Ep. ἔᾱσα 11.437: pf. εἴᾱκα D.8.37, 43.78, Cerc.17.35:—Pass., fut. ἐάσομαι in pass. sense, E.IA331, Th.1.142: aor. εἰάθην Isoc.4.97: pf. Pass. εἴᾱμαι D.45.22.—Hdt. never uses the augm. in this Verb. [ᾰ in pres. and impf., ᾱ in fut. and aor. even in Ion. (so prob. in Anacr.56,57; forms with -ασς- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7). Synizesis occurs in 3sg. ἐᾷ Il.5.256, in 1 subj. ἐῶμεν 10.344, and prob. in ἐάσουσιν Od.21.233; also in Trag., in imper. ἔα S.OT 1451, Ant.95, Ar.Nu.932; ind. ἐῶ Id.Lys.734: Hsch. has the form ἦσεν· εἴασεν, cf. ἦσαι· παῦσαι]:—suffer, permit, c. acc. pers. et inf., τούσδε δ' ἔα φθινύθειν leave them alone to perish, Il.2.346; αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με . . ζώειν Od.13.359, etc.; ἐᾶν οἰκεῖν Th.3.48, cf. IG12.1; ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ib.2.17.9; ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον S.Ant.29, cf. Tr. 1083; ἐᾶν τί τινι Plu.2.233d:—so in Pass., Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S.OC368.    b concede, allow in argument, c. acc. et inf., Pl.Prm.135b.    2 with neg., οὐκ ἐᾶν not to suffer: hence, forbid, prevent, τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il.5.256; εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι 4.55; esp. of the law, Aeschin.3.21; δμωὰς δ' οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν Od.19.25, etc.: used elliptically with ἀλλά following, οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν Hdt.7.104, cf.Th.2.21; also, persuade or advise not to do... Id.1.133: an inf. may freq. be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, S.Ant.538; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ even if all men forbid, Id.Aj. 1184, cf. Ph.444:—so in Pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c. inf., to be hindered, E. IT1344, Th.1.142, D.2.16.    II let alone, let be, c. acc., ἔα χόλον Il.9.260; μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν heed not the suitors' plan, Od. 2.281; ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσας as soon as thou hast dismissed me, Il. 24.557, cf. 569,684; ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς or wilt leave him alone, 20.311, cf. Hdt.6.108, etc.; ἐάσωμεν ἕκηλον αὐτόν S.Ph.825; [πρᾶγμα] ἀκάθαρτον ἐᾶν Id.OT256; τὰ παθήματα . . παρεῖσ' ἐάσω Id.OC363, cf. Th.2.36; ἐᾶν φιλοσοφίαν Pl.Grg.484c: c. inf., ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι . . ἔασον let it alone, Hdt.3.134; κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτορα we will have done with stealing Hector, Il.24.71; ἐᾶν περί τινος Pl.Prt. 347c, etc.; ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον D.21.122: abs., ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον have done, let be, Il.21.221, cf. A.Pr.334; οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ' ἐᾶν E.Fr.491.5; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ' ἐάσει he will give one thing, the other he will let alone, Od.14.444:—Pass., ἡ δ' οὖν ἐάσθω S.Tr.329, etc.    2 for ἐᾶν χαίρειν, v. χαίρω sub fin. (ἐϝάω, cf. ἔβασον· ἔασον, and εὔα· ἔα, Hsch. who also has ἔησον· ἔασον.)