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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἐλάω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Radic. [[sense]] : to [[drive]], [[drive]] on, set in [[motion]], of [[driving]] flocks, Hom.; so aor. mid. ἠλασάμην Il.: often of chariots, to [[drive]], Il., Hdt.; also, ἐλ. ἵππον to [[ride]] it, Hdt.; ἐλ. νῆα to row it, Od.:—in [[this]] [[sense]] the acc. was omitted, and the Verb became intr., to go in a [[chariot]], to [[drive]], μάστιξεν δ' [[ἐλάαν]] (sc. ἵππους) he whipped them on, Il.; βῆ δ' [[ἐλάαν]] ἐπὶ κύματα he [[drove]] on [[over]] the waves, Il.; διὰ νύκτα [[ἐλάαν]] to [[travel]] the [[night]] [[through]], Od.; — to [[ride]], Hdt., etc.; to [[march]], Hdt.; to row, Od.<br />b. in [[this]] intr. [[sense]], it [[sometimes]] took an acc. loci, γαλήνην ἐλαύνειν to [[sail]] the [[calm]] sea, i. e. [[over]] it, Hdt.; ἐλαύνειν δρόμον to run a [[course]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[drive]] [[away]], like [[ἀπελαύνω]], of [[stolen]] [[cattle]], Hom., Xen.: —so in Mid., Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[drive]] [[away]], [[expel]], Il., Trag.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[drive]] to extremities, ἄδην [[ἐλόωσι]] πολέμοιο [[will]] [[harass]] him [[till]] he has had [[enough]] of war, Il.; ἄδην [[ἐλάαν]] κακότητος shall [[persecute]] him [[till]] he has had [[enough]], Od.:—then in [[attic]] to [[persecute]], [[attack]], [[harass]], Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> intr. in expressions like ἐς τοσοῦτον ἤλασαν, they [[drove]] it so far ([[where]] [[πρᾶγμα]] must be supplied), Hdt.:—[[hence]], to [[push]] on, go on, Eur., Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[strike]], ἐλάτηισιν πόντον ἐλαύνοντες, cf. Lat. remis impellere, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[strike]] with a [[weapon]], but [[never]] with a [[missile]], Il.:— c. dupl. acc., τὸν μὲν ἔλασ' ὦμον him he struck on the [[shoulder]], Il.; χθόνα ἤλασε μετώπωι struck [[earth]] with his [[forehead]], Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[drive]] or [[thrust]] [[through]], [[δόρυ]] διὰ [[στήθεσφιν]] ἔλασσε Il.; and in Pass. to go [[through]], Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in metaph. senses:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[beat]] with a [[hammer]], Lat. ducere, to [[beat]] out [[metal]], Il.; περὶ δ' [[ἕρκος]] ἔλασσε κασσιτέρου [[around]] he made a [[fence]] of [[beaten]] tin, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[draw]] a [[line]] of [[wall]] or a [[trench]], Lat. ducere murum, Hom., etc.; [[τεῖχος]] ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐλήλαται the [[wall]] has its angles carried [[down]] to the [[river]], Hdt.; ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν to [[work]] one's way [[down]] a [[ridge]] or [[swathe]] in [[reaping]] or mowing, Il.; ὄρχον ἀμπελίδος ἐλ. to [[draw]] a [[line]] of vines, i. e. [[plant]] them in [[line]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> κολωιὸν ἐλαύνειν to [[prolong]] the [[brawl]], Il.

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