ἀράσσω
ἀράσσω, Att.
ἀρᾰκό-ττω [ᾰρ], Ion. and poet. impf.
A). ἀράσσεσκον Pi. P. 4.226 : fut.
ἀράξω (
συν-)
Hom., Dor.
ἀραξῶ Theoc. 2.160 : aor.
ἤραξα (
ἀπ-)
Hom., Ep.
ἄραξα Hes. Sc. 461 :— Pass., aor.
ἠράχθην, Ep.
ἀράχθην (
συν-)
Hom.: fut. Med. in pass. sense,
κατ-αράξεσθαι Plu. Caes. 44 :—
smite, dash in pieces, (
Hom. only in compds.
ἀπαράσσω, συναράσσω); of any violent impact, with collat. notion of
rattling, clanging, as of horses,
ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα Pi. l.c.;
ἄρασσε (sc.
πύλας)
knock at the door,
E. Hec. 1044 ;
τὴν θύραν Ar. Ec. 978 , cf.
Theoc. 2.6 ( Pass., of the door,
open with a crash, Luc. DMeretr. 15.2 );
pound in a mortar,
ὅλμῳ ἀ. Nic. Th. 508 ;
ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα, beat the breasts, the head,
in mourning, A. Pers. 1054 (lyr.),
E. Tr. 279 (lyr.);
ἄρασσε μᾶλλον strike harder,
A. Pr. 58 ;
ὄψεις ἀράξας S. Ant. 52 ;
ἤρασσε βλέφαρα Id. OT 1276 :—in Pass.,
ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων Id. Ant. 975 (lyr.); also
ἀ. πέτροις τινά strike with a shower of stones,
E. IT 327 :— Pass.,
πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο A. Pers. 460 :—a).
κιθάρην strike the lyre,
Orph. A. 382 ;
ὕμνον, μέλος, etc.,
Nonn. D. 1.15 ,
440 , etc.
2). c. dat. modi,
ἀράσσειν τινὰ ὀνείδεσι, κακοῖς, assail with reproaches or threats,
S. Aj. 725 ,
Ph. 374 , cf.
ἐξαράσσω. II). Pass.,
to be dashed against, πρὸς τὰς πέτρας Hdt. 6.44 ;
πρὸς τὴν γῆν Luc. Anach. 11 ; of things,
dash one against the other, A.R. 2.553 ,
Ael. NA 16.39 .—The simple Verb is poetic, used once by
Hdt. and in late Prose, v. supr. (Akin to
ῥάσσω, Ion.
ῥήσσω (q.v.), cf.
προσαρασσόμενον· προσρησσόμενον, Hsch.).
ShortDef
to strike hard, smite
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀράσσω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αρασσω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀράσσω</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ἀρᾰκό-ττω</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰρ]</span>, Ion. and poet. impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἀράσσεσκον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.226 </a> : fut. <span class="foreign greek">ἀράξω </span>(<span class="etym greek">συν-</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, Dor. <span class="quote greek">ἀραξῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.160 </a> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἤραξα </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἀπ-</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, Ep. <span class="quote greek">ἄραξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:461" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:461/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 461 </a> :— Pass., aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἠράχθην,</span> Ep. <span class="foreign greek">ἀράχθην </span>(<span class="etym greek">συν-</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>: fut. Med. in pass. sense, <span class="quote greek">κατ-αράξεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 44 </a> :— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smite, dash in pieces,</span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in compds. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπαράσσω, συναράσσω</span>); of any violent impact, with collat. notion of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rattling, clanging,</span> as of horses, <span class="quote greek">ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">ἄρασσε</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">πύλας</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knock at</span> the door, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1044" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1044/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1044 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὴν θύραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:978" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:978/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 978 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.6 </a> ( Pass., of the door, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">open with a crash,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:15:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:15.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 15.2 </a>); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pound</span> in a mortar, <span class="quote greek">ὅλμῳ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:508" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:508/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 508 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beat</span> the breasts, the head, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in mourning,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1054" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1054/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1054 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 279 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἄρασσε μᾶλλον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strike</span> harder, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 58 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὄψεις ἀράξας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 52 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἤρασσε βλέφαρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1276" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1276/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1276 </a> :—in Pass., <span class="quote greek">ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:975" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:975/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 975 </a> (lyr.); also <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. πέτροις τινά</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strike with</span> a shower of stones, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:327" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:327/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 327 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:460" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:460/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 460 </a> :—a). <span class="foreign greek">κιθάρην</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strike</span> the lyre, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:382/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 382 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὕμνον, μέλος,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 1.15 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:440" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:440/canonical-url/"> 440 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. dat. modi, <span class="foreign greek">ἀράσσειν τινὰ ὀνείδεσι, κακοῖς,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assail with</span> reproaches or threats, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:725" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:725/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 725 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:374" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:374/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 374 </a>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἐξαράσσω.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be dashed against,</span> <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τὰς πέτρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.44 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τὴν γῆν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg034:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg034:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anach.</span> 11 </a> ; of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dash one against the other,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:553" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.553/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.553 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:16:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:16.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 16.39 </a>.—The simple Verb is poetic, used once by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> and in late Prose, v. supr. (Akin to <span class="foreign greek">ῥάσσω,</span> Ion. <span class="foreign greek">ῥήσσω</span> (q.v.), cf. <span class="foreign greek">προσαρασσόμενον· προσρησσόμενον,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}