ἐάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=contr. [[ἐῶ]] Il.8.428, etc.; Ep. [[εἰῶ]] 4.55; Ep.2 and 3sg. [[ἐάᾳς]], [[ἐάᾳ]], Od.12.137, Il.8.414; inf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐάαν Od.8.509: impf. [[εἴων]], εἴας, εἴα, Il.18.448, Od.19.25, Th.1.28, etc.; Ion. and Ep. [[ἔων]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.2, ἔα Il.5.517, 16.731; also [[ἔασκον]] or [[εἴασκον]], 2.832, 5.802, etc.: fut. ἐάσω [ᾱ] 18.296, etc.: aor. εἴᾱσα (εἴᾰσεν is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for εἴᾱς' in 10.299) 24.684, etc.; Ep. ἔᾱσα 11.437: pf. εἴᾱκα D.8.37, 43.78, Cerc.17.35:—Pass., fut. ἐάσομαι in pass. sense, E.''IA''331, Th.1.142: aor. εἰάθην Isoc.4.97: pf. Pass. εἴᾱμαι D.45.22.—[[Herodotus|Hdt.]] never uses the augm. in this Verb. [ᾰ in pres. and impf., ᾱ in fut. and aor. even in Ion. (so prob. in Anacr.56,57; forms with -ασς- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7). Synizesis occurs in 3sg. ἐᾷ Il.5.256, in ''1'' subj. ἐῶμεν 10.344, and prob. in ἐάσουσιν Od.21.233; also in Trag., in imper. ἔα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 1451, ''Ant.''95, Ar.''Nu.''932; ind. ἐῶ Id.''Lys.''734: [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] has the form ἦσεν· εἴασεν, cf. <b class="b3">ἦσαι· παῦσαι]</b>:—[[suffer]], [[permit]], c. acc. pers. et inf., <b class="b3">τούσδε δ' ἔα φθινύθειν</b> [[leave]] them [[alone]] to perish, Il.2.346; αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με.. ζώειν Od.13.359, etc.; ἐᾶν οἰκεῖν Th.3.48, cf. ''IG''12.1; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους</b> ib.2.17.9; ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον S.''Ant.''29, cf. ''Tr.'' 1083; ἐᾶν τί τινι Plu.2.233d:—so in Pass., <b class="b3">Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι</b> should [[be given up]], S.''OC''368.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[concede]], [[allow]] in [[argument]], c. acc. et inf., Pl.''Prm.''135b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with neg., <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐᾶν</b> not to [[suffer]]: hence, [[forbid]], [[prevent]], τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il.5.256; εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι 4.55; especially of the law, Aeschin.3.21; δμωὰς δ' οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν Od.19.25, etc.: used elliptically with [[ἀλλά]] following, οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.104, cf.Th.2.21; also, [[persuade]] or [[advise]] not to do... Id.1.133: an inf. may freq. be supplied, <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο</b> will not [[allow]] thee [to do] this, S.''Ant.''538; <b class="b3">κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ</b> even if all men [[forbid]], Id.''Aj.'' 1184, cf. ''Ph.''444:—so in Pass., <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι</b>, c. inf., to [[be hindered]], E. ''IT''1344, Th.1.142, D.2.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[let alone]], [[let be]], c. acc., ἔα χόλον Il.9.260; <b class="b3">μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν</b> [[heed not]] the [[suitor]]s' plan, Od. 2.281; <b class="b3">ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσας</b> as soon as thou hast [[dismiss]]ed me, Il. 24.557, cf. 569,684; <b class="b3">ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς</b> or wilt [[leave]] him [[alone]], 20.311, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.108, etc.; ἐάσωμεν ἕκηλον αὐτόν S.''Ph.''825; [πρᾶγμα] ἀκάθαρτον ἐᾶν Id.''OT''256; τὰ παθήματα.. παρεῖσ' ἐάσω Id.''OC''363, cf. Th.2.36; ἐᾶν φιλοσοφίαν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 484c: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι.. ἔασον</b> [[let]] it [[alone]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.134; <b class="b3">κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτορα</b> we [[will have done with]] stealing Hector, Il.24.71; ἐᾶν περί τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 347c, etc.; ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον D.21.122: abs., <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον</b> have done, [[let be]], Il.21.221, cf. A.''Pr.''334; οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ' ἐᾶν E.''Fr.''491.5; <b class="b3">θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ' ἐάσει</b> he will [[give]] one thing, the other he will [[let alone]], Od.14.444:—Pass., ἡ δ' οὖν ἐάσθω S.''Tr.''329, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> for <b class="b3">ἐᾶν χαίρειν</b>, v. [[χαίρω]] sub fin. ([[ἐϝάω]], cf. ἔβασον· ἔασον, and εὔα· ἔα, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] who also has ἔησον· ἔασον.)