ἠερέθομαι
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
Ep. for ἀείρομαι, only in 3pl. pres. and impf.,
A hang floating or waving in the air, αἰγίδα... τῆς ἑκατὸν θύσανοι . . ἠερέθονται Il.2.448; of a flight of locusts, 21.12; of flying-fish, Opp.H.1.435; ἓξ χεῖρες ἑκάστῳ -ονται A.R.1.944: metaph., ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν φρένες ἠερέθονται young men's minds turn with every wind, Il.3.108.—The form ἀερέθονται in Hsch., cf. EM421.6.
