αἱρέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ᾕρεον <span class="bibl">Il.24.579</span>, Ion. αἵρεον <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.31</span>, but contr. [[ᾕρει]] even in <span class="bibl">Il.17.463</span>, ᾕρευν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>302</span>: fut. αἱρήσω <span class="bibl">Il.9.28</span>, etc.: aor. 1 [[ᾕρησα]] late (ἀν-) <span class="bibl">Q.S.4.40</span>, etc.: pf. ᾕρηκα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>267</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.61</span>, etc., Ion. [[ἀραίρηκα]] or [[αἵρηκα]] (ἀν-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.102</span>: plpf. ἀραιρήκεε <span class="bibl">3.39</span>:—Med., fut. αἱρήσομαι <span class="bibl">Il.10.235</span>, etc.: aor. 1 ᾑρησάμην <span class="bibl">Plb.38.13.7</span> s. v.l., Gal.19.53, etc.: pf. in med. sense ᾕρημαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1577</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.12</span>, <span class="bibl">D.2.15</span>, etc.: 3pl. plpf. ᾕρηντο <span class="bibl">Th.1.62</span>:—Pass., fut. αἱρεθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>234b</span>; rarely ᾑρήσομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338c</span>: aor. [[ᾑρέθην]] and pf. ᾕρημαι <span class="bibl">D.20.146</span>, al.; pf. part. ἀραιρημένος <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.66</span>: plqf. ᾕρηντο <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>3.2.1</span>, ἀραίρητο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.191</span>, etc.—From [root ]<b class="b3">ἑλ-</b>: fut. [[ἑλῶ]] only late (δι-) <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>6.18, (ἀν-) <span class="bibl">D.H.11.18</span>, (καθ-) <span class="title">APl.</span>4.334 (Antiphil.): aor.1 [[εἷλα]] (ἀν-) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>2.23</span>, (ἀν-) <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>314.24 (Smyrna): elsewh.aor.2 εἷλον <span class="bibl">Il.10.561</span>, etc., Ep. ἕλον <span class="bibl">17.321</span>, Ion. ἕλεσκε <span class="bibl">24.752</span>:— Med., fut. ἑλοῦμαι <span class="bibl">D.H.4.75</span>, (ἀφ-) <span class="bibl">Timostr.5</span>, (δι-) <span class="bibl">D.H.4.60</span>, (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.9</span>: aor. 1 εἱλάμην <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>314.5 (Smyrna), (ἀφ-) v.l. in <span class="bibl">Ath.12.546a</span>, (δι-) <span class="title">AP</span>9.56 (Phil.): elsewh. aor. 2 εἱλόμην <span class="bibl">Il.16.139</span>, etc., 2sg. ἤλεο <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1787.6.3</span>:—Cret. forms αἰλεθῇ <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span> 2.21, <b class="b3">ἀν-αιλῆθαι</b> ib.7.10, al.:—the etym. is doubtful, and [[ἀγρέω]] (q.v.) prob. has a difft. root. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Act., [[take with the hand]], [[grasp]], [[seize]], αἱ. τι ἐν χερσίν <span class="bibl">Od.4.66</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ. τινὰ χειρός</b> [[to take]] one by the hand, <span class="bibl">Il.1.323</span>; <b class="b3">κόμης τινά</b> ib.<span class="bibl">197</span>; μ' ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν <span class="bibl">Od.23.76</span>: part.[[ἑλών]] adverbially, κατακτεῖναί μ' ἑλών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>497</span>; ἄξω ἑλών <span class="bibl">Il.1.139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.1</span>; but <b class="b3">ἔνθεν ἑλών</b> [[having taken up]] [the song], <span class="bibl">Od.8.500</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[take away]], ἀπ' ἀπήνης ᾕρεον ἄποινα <span class="bibl">Il.24.579</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> take into one's [[power]], get into one's [[power]], [[νῆας]] ib.<span class="bibl">13.42</span>; esp. [[take]] a [[city]], <span class="bibl">2.37</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>347</span>, etc.; [[overpower]], [[kill]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.457</span>, etc.; ἕλοιμί κεν ἤ κε ἁλοίην <span class="bibl">22.253</span>:—freq. of passions, etc., [[come upon]], [[seize]], χόλος <span class="bibl">Il.18.322</span>; ἵμερος <span class="bibl">3.446</span>; ὕπνος <span class="bibl">10.193</span>; λήθη <span class="bibl">2.34</span>, etc.: c. dupl.acc., τὸν δ' ἄτη φρένας εἷλε <span class="bibl">16.805</span>; of disease, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[catch]], [[take]], ζωὸν ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">Il.21.102</span>; [[take in hunting]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>302</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.36</span>, etc.; [[overtake]], in a race, <span class="bibl">Il.23.345</span>; [[get]] into one's [[power]], [[entrap]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>764</span>, etc.; in good sense, [[win over]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.11.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>205e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> c. part., [[catch]], [[detect]] one doing a thing, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>385</span>,<span class="bibl">655</span>; ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1214</span>; φῶρα ἐπὶ κλοπῇ ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>874b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[win]], [[gain]], κῦδος <span class="bibl">Il.17.321</span>; στεφάνους <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.74</span>, etc.; esp. in games, Ἴσθμι' ἑλὼν πύξ <span class="bibl">Simon.158</span>; with double sense, [[overcome]] and [[win]], ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε <span class="bibl">Il.11.328</span>; ἕλεν Οἰνομάου βίαν παρθένον τε σύνευνον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.88</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>353</span>:— Pass., <b class="b3">ἁγὼν ᾑρέθη</b> the fight [[was won]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1148</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[get]], [[obtain]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>359a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>64b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> as law-term, [[convict]], τινά τινος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>591</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.156</span>; εἷλέ σ' ἡ Δίκη E. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>941</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>608</span>: c. part., <b class="b3">αἱ. τινὰ κλέπτοντα</b> [[to convict]] of theft, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>829</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>941d</span>; <b class="b3">ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς</b> (sc. [[ὤν]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>493</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">406</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">αἱ. δίκην, γραφήν</b> [[get a verdict for conviction]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.5</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">ἑλεῖν τινα</b> [[obtain a conviction against]] one, <span class="bibl">Is.7.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἑλεῖν τὰ διαμαρτυρηθέντα</b> [[convict]] the [[evidence]] of [[falsehood]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> abs., [[get a conviction]], <b class="b3">οἱ ἑλόντες</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἑαλωκότες</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.11</span>; <b class="b3">δολίοις ἕλε Κύπρις λόγοις</b> Aphrodite [[won her cause]]... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>289</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 762b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> of a thing or circumstances which [[convict]], τοῦτ' ἔστιν ὃ ἐμὲ αἱρεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ὁ λόγος αἱρέει</b> reason or the reason of the thing [[proves]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.33</span>: c. acc. pers., reason [[persuades]] one, i.e. it [[seems good]] to one, <span class="bibl">Id.1.132</span>, <span class="bibl">7.41</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐμὴ γνώμη αἱ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.43</span>; ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱ. βέλτιστ' ἂν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>604c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>663d</span>: c. inf., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>440b</span>; ὁ αἱρῶν λόγος <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.3.92</span>; [[αἱρεῖ]] alone, [[proves]], Plu.2.651b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τὸ αἱροῦν</b> the sum [[due]], PRyl.167.25 (i A. D.); τὰ αἱροῦντα [τάλαντα] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>2.23.14</span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>88.19</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[grasp with the mind]], [[understand]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>17e</span>, <span class="bibl">20d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span> 282d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Med., with pf. [[ᾕρημαι]] (v. supr.), [[take for oneself]], [[ἔγχος]] ἑλέσθαι = [[take one's spear]], <span class="bibl">Il.16.140</span>, etc.; ἐκ γαίας λίθον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>199</span>; <b class="b3">δόρπον, δεῖπνον</b> = take one's [[supper]], <span class="bibl">Il.7.370</span>, <span class="bibl">2.399</span>; <b class="b3">πιέειν δ' οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι</b> <span class="bibl">Od.11.584</span>; <b class="b3">Τρωσὶν… ὅρκον ἑλ</b>. [[obtain]] it from... <span class="bibl">Il.22.119</span>; and so in most senses of the Act., with the reflexive force added. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[take to oneself]], [[choose]], ἕταρον <span class="bibl">Il.10.235</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.149</span>, etc.; [[prefer]], τι πρό τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.87</span>; τι ἀντί τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.2.15</span>; τί τινος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1101</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> c. inf., [[prefer]] to do, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.11</span>, etc.; ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον τεθνάναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>38e</span>; μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιτό μ' ἢ τοὺς πάντας Ἀργείους λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>47</span>: without [[μᾶλλον]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.2.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">αἱ. εἰ</b>… to [[be content]] if., <span class="title">AP</span> 12.68 (Mel.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">αἱ. τά τινων</b> [[take]] another's part, [[join]] their [[party]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.63</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ. γνώμην</b> to [[adopt]] an [[opinion]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.137</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[choose by vote]], [[elect]] to an office, <b class="b3">αἱ. τινὰ δικαστήν, στρατηγόν</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Id.1.96</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.117</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τινὰς ἀριστίνδην</b> Lex ap.<span class="bibl">D.43.57</span>; αἱ. τινὰ ἐπ' ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>90b</span>; αἱ. τινὰ ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.2.127</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">C</span> Pass., to [[be taken]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.185</span>, <span class="bibl">191</span>, <span class="bibl">9.102</span>; more commonly [[ἁλίσκομαι]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> v. supr. A. 11.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass. to med. sense, to [[be chosen]], in pf. ᾕρημαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1209</span>, etc.; Ion. ἀραίρημαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.118</span>, <span class="bibl">172</span>,<span class="bibl">173</span>, al.; στρατηγεῖν ᾑρημένος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.2.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀρχῆς ᾑρῆσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.3.2</span>; ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν παίδων ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>809a</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ ἔτους… ᾑρημένοι</b> [[elected]] for the year... <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.1422 (Bithyn.):—aor. [[ᾑρέθην]] is always so used, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>505</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>799</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>, etc.; pres. rarely, <b class="b3">αἱροῦνται πρεσβευταί</b> are [[chosen]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1299a19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.4.16</span>.</span>