ἡμερόω
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
English (LSJ)
(ἥμερος)
A tame, make tame, 1 prop. of wild beasts, Arist.HA488a29 (Pass.), Gp.16.21.2; but simply, to be pacified, Pl. R.493b (Pass.); δώροις Id.Lg.906d. 2 of plants and trees, reclaim, cultivate, ἡ. ἐξ ἀγρίων Hp.Aër.12, cf. Thphr.CP2.14.1, 5.15.6; also of land, Crates Com.55. 3 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, Thphr.CP5.15.6,al. 4 of men also, civilize, humanize, λόγῳ Pl.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. b 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.
