ἀέσκω

English (LSJ)

Hdn.Gr.1.436, EM20.11: impf. Med.

   A ἀέσκοντο Hsch.: aor. 1 ἄεσα, ἀέσαμεν, contr. ἄσαμεν, ἄεσαν, inf. ἀέσαι:—sleep, Od.19.342, 3.151,490, 15.40, A.R.4.884. (Etym. dub., but νύκτα ἀ. has been expl. as pass, spend the night, cf. Skt. vásati.) [ᾱ metri gr. or by contraction, ᾰ otherwise.]