ἀλέξω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], Ep. inf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀλεξέμεναι, -έμεν Hom., v. infr.: fut. ἀλεξήσω <span class="bibl">Il.9.251</span>: aor. opt. ἀλεξήσειε <span class="bibl">Od.3.346</span>:—Med., fut. ἀλεξήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.81</span>,<span class="bibl">108</span>.—Besides these tenses (formed as if from [[ἀλεξέω]]), we find others formed from ἀλέκω, fut.[[ἀλέξω]], aor. [[ἤλεξα]] (v.sub <b class="b3">ἀπ-αλέξω</b>):— Med., fut. ἀλέξομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>171</span>,<span class="bibl">539</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.7.3</span>: aor. ἀλέξασθαι Il., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Salubr.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.207</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.6</span>,al.:—for aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἄλαλκε, ἀλκαθεῖν</b>, v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">raákṣati</b> `protect'):—[[ward off]], [[turn aside]], constructed like [[ἀμύνω]]:—c. acc. rei, Ζεὺς τό γ' ἀλεξήσειε <span class="bibl">Od.3.346</span>: c. acc. rei et dat. pers., <b class="b3">Δαναοῖσιν ἀλεξήσειν κακὸν ἦμαρ</b> [[will ward]] it [[off from]] them, <span class="bibl">Il.9.251</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.315</span>; ἀλλήλοις . . ἀλεξέμεναι φόνον αἰπύν <span class="bibl">17.365</span>, etc.: c. dat. pers. only, [[assist]], [[defend]], ἀλεξέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν <span class="bibl">Il. 3.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.779</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.3.2</span>: abs., [[lend aid]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.590</span>:—Med., [[ἀλέξασθαι]] [[keep off from oneself]], κύνας ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρας <span class="bibl">Il.13.475</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.207</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλέξεσθαι περί τινι</b> or τινος, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.551</span>,<span class="bibl">1488</span>: abs., [[defend one self]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.348</span>, <span class="bibl">15.565</span>, <span class="bibl">Archil.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.211</span>, <span class="bibl">2.63</span>,al., Hp. l.c., <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>539</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.5.13</span>: c. dat. instrum., οὐδ' ἔνι φροντίδος ἔγχος, ᾧ τις ἀλέξεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>171</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Med., also, [[recompense]], [[requite]], τοὺς εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιοῦντας ἀλεξόμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.11</span>.—Not in A. or E. (exc. <b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>).</span>