ἵλημι
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],= foreg., only in imper. ἵληθι, in prayers,
A be gracious! Od.3.380, 16.184, h.Hom.20.8, etc.: Aeol. ἔλλᾱθι (q. v.): Dor. ἵλᾰθι Theoc.15.143, Luc.Epigr.22; both together, ἵλᾰθ', ἄναξ, ἵληθι AP 12.158 (Mel.): pl., ἵλᾰτε A.R.4.984, Man.6.754. (Prob. pf. imper. fr. se-sl-; Aeol. ἔλλ- points to εἵλ- as the true Ion. spelling; Dor. pf. part. dat. ἱλαότι (leg. εἱλ-) Hsch.: ῑ is genuine in ἵλεως, ἱλάσκομαι [fr. si-sl-].)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1251] nur imperat.; ἵληθι, sei gnädig, als Anruf an die Gottheit, Od. 3, 380. 16, 184; ἵλᾰθι, Theocr. 15, 145, Luc. ep. 12 (XI, 400); Mel. 21 XII, 1581 vrbdt ἵλαθ' ἄναξ ἵληθι. – Dazu conj. perf. εἴ κεν Ἀπόλλων ἡμῖν ἱλήκῃσι, versöhnt, gnädig sein, Od. 21, 364; bei sp. D. optat., ἱλήκοις, ὦ Ζεῦ u. ä., Rufin. 11 (V, 73) Agath. 60 (IX,154) Coluth. 250; auch Alciphr. 3, 68, ἱλήκοιτε, neben εὐμενεῖς εἴητε.
