ἀλέξω: Difference between revisions

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