A). ᾕρεον Il. 24.579 , Ion. αἵρεον Hdt. 6.31 , but contr. ᾕρει even in Il. 17.463 , ᾕρευν Hes. Sc. 302 : fut. αἱρήσω Il. 9.28 , etc.: aor. 1 ᾕρησα late (ἀν-) Q.S. 4.40 , etc.: pf. ᾕρηκα A. Ag. 267 , Th. 1.61 , etc., Ion. ἀραίρηκα or αἵρηκα (ἀν-) Hdt. 5.102 : plpf. ἀραιρήκεε 3.39 :— Med., fut. αἱρήσομαι Il. 10.235 , etc.: aor. 1 ᾑρησάμην Plb. 38.13.7 s. v.l., Gal. 19.53 , etc.: pf. in med. sense ᾕρημαι Ar. Av. 1577 , X. An. 5.6.12 , D. 2.15 , etc.: 3 pl. plpf. ᾕρηντο Th. 1.62 :— Pass., fut. αἱρεθήσομαι Hdt. 2.13 , Pl. Mx. 234b ; rarely ᾑρήσομαι Id. Prt. 338c : aor. ᾑρέθην and pf. ᾕρημαι D. 20.146 , al.; pf. part. ἀραιρημένος Hdt. 4.66 : plqf. ᾕρηντο X. An. 3.2.1 , ἀραίρητο Hdt. 1.191 , etc.—From [root ]ἑλ-: fut. ἑλῶ only late (δι-) Test.Epict. 6.18 ,(ἀν-) D.H. 11.18 ,(καθ-) APl. 4.334 ( Antiphil.): aor.1 εἷλα (ἀν-) Act.Ap. 2.23 ,(ἀν-) Epigr.Gr. 314.24 (Smyrna): elsewh.aor.2 εἷλον Il. 10.561 , etc., Ep. ἕλον 17.321 , Ion. ἕλεσκε 24.752 :— Med., fut. ἑλοῦμαι D.H. 4.75 ,(ἀφ-) Timostr. 5 ,(δι-) D.H. 4.60 ,(ἐξ-) Alciphr. 1.9 : aor. 1 εἱλάμην Epigr.Gr. 314.5 (Smyrna),(ἀφ-) v.l. in Ath. 12.546a ,(δι-) AP 9.56 ( Phil.): elsewh. aor. 2 εἱλόμην Il. 16.139 , etc., 2 sg. ἤλεο Sapph. Oxy. 1787.6.3 :—Cret. forms αἰλεθῇ Leg.Gort. 2.21 , ἀν-αιλῆθαι ib. 7.10 , al.:—the etym. is doubtful, and ἀγρέω (q.v.) prob. has a difft. root.

A). Act., take with the hand, grasp, seize, αἱ. τι ἐν χερσίν Od. 4.66 ; αἱ. τινὰ χειρός to take one by the hand, Il. 1.323 ; κόμης τινά ib. 197 ; μ’ ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν Od. 23.76 : part. ἑλών adverbially, κατακτεῖναί μ’ ἑλών S. Ant. 497 ; ἄξω ἑλών Il. 1.139 , cf. Pi. O. 7.1 ; but ἔνθεν ἑλών having taken up [the song], Od. 8.500 .

2). take away, ἀπ’ ἀπήνης ᾕρεον ἄποινα Il. 24.579 .

II). take, get into one's power, νῆας ib. 13.42 ; esp. take a city, 2.37 , S. Ph. 347 , etc.; overpower, kill, Il. 4.457 , etc.; ἕλοιμί κεν ἤ κε ἁλοίην 22.253 :—freq. of passions, etc., come upon, seize, χόλος Il. 18.322 ; ἵμερος 3.446 ; ὕπνος 10.193 ; λήθη 2.34 , etc.: c. dupl.acc., τὸν δ’ ἄτη φρένας εἷλε 16.805 ; of disease, Pl. Tht. 142b .

2). catch, take, ζωὸν ἑλεῖν Il. 21.102 ; take in hunting, Hes. Sc. 302 , Hdt. 1.36 , etc.; overtake, in a race, Il. 23.345 ; get into one's power, entrap, S. OC 764 , etc.; in good sense, win over, X. Mem. 2.3.16 , cf. 3.11.11 , Pl. Ly. 205e , etc.

b). c. part., catch, detect one doing a thing, S. Ant. 385 , 655 ; ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ ἑλεῖν E. Ion 1214 ; φῶρα ἐπὶ κλοπῇ ἑλεῖν Pl. Lg. 874b .

3). generally, win, gain, κῦδος Il. 17.321 ; στεφάνους Pi. P. 3.74 , etc.; esp. in games, Ἴσθμῑ ἑλὼν πύξ Simon. 158 ; with double sense, overcome and win, ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε Il. 11.328 ; ἕλεν Οἰνομάου βίαν παρθένον τε σύνευνον Pi. O. 1.88 , cf. S. Tr. 353 :— Pass., ἁγὼν ᾑρέθη the fight was won, S. OC 1148 .

b). generally, get, obtain, Pl. R. 359a , Ti. 64b , etc.

4). as law-term, convict, τινά τινος Ar. Nu. 591 , Is. 9.36 , Aeschin. 3.156 ; εἷλέ σ’ ἡ Δίκη E. Heracl. 941 , cf. Supp. 608 : c. part., αἱ. τινὰ κλέπτοντα to convict of theft, Ar. Eq. 829 , Pl. Lg. 941d ; ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς (sc. ὤν) S. Ant. 493 , cf. 406 .

b). αἱ. δίκην, γραφήν get a verdict for conviction, Antipho 2.1.5 , etc.; also ἑλεῖν τινα obtain a conviction against one, Is. 7.13 ; ἑλεῖν τὰ διαμαρτυρηθ έντα convict the evidence of falsehood, Isoc. 18.15 .

c). abs., get a conviction, οἱ ἑλόντες, opp. οἱ ἑαλωκότες, D. 21.11 ; δολίοις ἕλε Κύπρις λόγοις Aphrodite won her cause .. , E. Andr. 289 , cf. Pl. Lg. 762b , etc.

d). of a thing or circumstances which convict, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ὃ ἐμὲ αἱρεῖ Id. Ap. 28a .

5). ὁ λόγος αἱρέει reason or the reason of the thing proves, Hdt. 2.33 : c. acc. pers., reason persuades one, i.e. it seems good to one, Id. 1.132 , 7.41 ; ὡς ἐμὴ γνώμη αἱ. Hdt. 2.43 ; ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱ. βέλτιστ’ ἂν ἔχειν Pl. R. 604c , cf. Lg. 663d : c. inf., R. 440b ; ὁ αἱρῶν λόγος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.92 ; αἱρεῖ alone, proves, Plu. 2.651b .

b). τὸ αἱροῦν the sum due, PRyl. 167.25 (i A. D.); τὰ αἱροῦντα [τάλαντα] PGrenf. 2.23.14 (ii B. C.), PRyl. 88.19 (ii A. D.).

III). grasp with the mind, understand, Pl. Phlb. 17e , 20d , Plt. 282d .

B). Med., with pf. ᾕρημαι (v. supr.), take for oneself, ἔγχος ἑλέσθαι take one's spear, Il. 16.140 , etc.; ἐκ γαίας λίθον A. Fr. 199 ; δόρπον, δεῖπνον take one's supper, Il. 7.370 , 2.399 ; π<*>ειν δ’ οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι Od. 11.584 ; Τρωσὶν .. ὅρκον ἑλ. obtain it from .. , Il. 22.119 ; and so in most senses of the Act., with the reflexive force added.

II). take to oneself, choose, ἕταρον Il. 10.235 , cf. 9.139 , Od. 16.149 , etc.; prefer, τι πρό τινος Hdt. 1.87 ; τι ἀντί τινος X. An. 1.7.3 , D. 2.15 ; τί τινος S. Ph. 1101 , cf. Theoc. 11.49 .

b). c. inf., prefer to do, Hdt. 1.11 , etc.; ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον τεθνάναι X. Mem. 1.2.16 , cf. Pl. Ap. 38e ; μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιτό μ’ ἢ τοὺς πάντας Ἀργείους λαβεῖν S. Ph. 47 : without μᾶλλον, Pi. N. 10.59 , Lys. 2.62 .

c). αἱ. εἰ .. to be content if., AP 12.68 ( Mel.).

2). αἱ. τά τινων take another's part, join their party, Th. 3.63 , etc.; αἱ. γνώ<*> to adopt an opinion, Hdt. 4.137 .

3). choose by vote, elect to an office, αἱ. τινὰ δικαστήν, στρατηγόν, etc., Id. 1.96 , Eup. 117 , etc.; τινὰς ἀριστίνδην Lex ap. D. 43.57 ; αἱ. τινὰ ἐπ’ ἀρχήν Pl. Men. 90b ; αἱ. τινὰ ἄρχειν Id. Ap. 28e , cf. Il. 2.127 .

C). Pass., to be taken, Hdt. 1.185 , 191 , 9.102 ; more commonly ἁλίσκομαι.

2). v. supr. A. 11.3 .

II). Pass. to med. sense, to be chosen, in pf. ᾕρημαι A. Ag. 1209 , etc.; Ion. ἀραίρημαι Hdt. 7.118 , 172 , 173 , al.; στρατηγεῖν ᾑρημένος X. Mem. 3.2.1 ; ἐπ’ ἀρχῆς ᾑρῆσθαι ib. 3.3.2 ; ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν παίδων ἀρχήν Pl. Lg. 809a ; τοῦ ἔτους .. ᾑρημένοι elected for the year .. , IGRom. 3.1422 (Bithyn.):—aor. ᾑρέθην is always so used, A. Th. 505 , Ar. Av. 799 , Th. 7.31 , etc.; pres. rarely, αἱροῦνται πρεσβευταί are chosen, Arist. Pol. 1299a19 , cf. And. 4.16 .