ἀρήγω
ταῦτα δὲ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι → these things should have been done without neglecting the others | these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others | these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], fut.
A -ξω Com.Adesp.12.5D., etc.:—aid, succour, τινί Il. 2.363, al. (never in Od.); in Hom. always, succour in war, freq. c. dat. pers. et modi, μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀ. 1.521, 5.507; ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι . . ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀ. 1.77: generally, help, succour, λέχει Ἀλκμήνας Pi.N.1.49; νεότατι ἀ. θράσος Id.P.2.63; θνητοῖς A.Pr.269, etc.; in mock Trag. passages of Com., γυναῖκες, οὐκ ἀρήξετ'; Ar.Th.696, cf. Pl.476: rare in Prose, Hecat.30J., etc.; ὁ ναυτικὸς τῷ πεζῷ ἀρήξει Hdt.7.236; τοῖς φίλοις ἀ. X.Cyr.1.5.13; ἀ. σὺν ὅπλοις τῇ χώρᾳ Id.Oec.5.7; to be good for a patient or his case, Hp.Prorrh.2.30, cf. Acut.65. 2 impers., c. inf., it is good or fit, φέρειν ἀρήγει Pi.P.2.94; σιγᾶν ἀρήγει A.Eu.571. II c. acc. rei, ward off, prevent, ὄλεθρον v.l. in Batr.279; ἄρηξον . . ἅλωσιν A.Th.119 (lyr.); ἀ. τινί τι ward off from one, φόνον τέκνοις E.Med.1275 (lyr.), cf. Tr.777. (Perh. cognate with Lat. rēx, Skt. rā´jati 'rule'.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 349] helfen, beistehen, Hom. nicht selten, nur in der Ilias, meist im praes., fast überall von Hülfe im Kriege; τινί, Iliad. 2, 363 ὡς φρήτρη φρήτρηφιν ἀρήγῃ, φῦλα δὲ φύλοις; 16, 701 Τρώεσσι δ' ἀρήγων; τινί τινι, 1, 521 καί τέ μέ φησι μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀρήγειν; fut. 1, 77 ἦ μέν μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν; 5, 833 Ἀργείοισιν ἀρήξειν; 14, 265 ἃς Τρώεσσιν ἀρηξέμεν Ζῆν ὡς Ἡρακλῆος περιχώσατο. – Tragg.; Pind.; ἀρήγει, es hilft, c. inf., Aesch. Eum. 541, vgl. Pind. P. 2, 63; ἀρήγειν τι, etwas abwehren, ἅλωσιν Suppl. 112; so Sp. Medic.; φόνον τέκνοις, Mord von den Kindern, Eur. Med. 1275. – Seltener in Prosa, Her. 7, 136; τῇ χώρᾳ ἀρήγειν, das Land beschützen, Xen. Oec. 5, 7; τοῖς φίλοις Cyr. 1, 5, 13. Vgl. ἀρκέω, Buttmann Lexil. 1 S. 5.
