A). ἐάαν Od. 8.509 : impf. εἴων, as, a, Il. 18.448 , Od. 19.25 , Th. 1.28 , etc.; Ion. and Ep. ἔων 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 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 .— 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 3 sg. ἐᾷ Il. 5.256 , in 1 subj. ἐῶμεν 10.344 , and prob. in ἐάσουσιν Od. 21.233 ; also in Trag., in imper. ἔα S. OT 1451 , Ant. 95 , Ar. Nu. 932 ; ind. ἐῶ Id. Lys. 734 : Hsch. has the form ἦσεν· εἴασεν, cf. ἦσαι· παῦσαι]:—suffer, permit, c. acc. pers. et inf., τούσδε δ’ ἔα φθινύθειν 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 ; ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ib. 2.17.9 ; ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον S. Ant. 29 , cf. Tr. 1083 ; ἐᾶν τί τινι Plu. 2.233d :—so in Pass., Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S. OC 368 .

b). concede, allow in argument, c. acc. et inf., Pl. Prm. 135b .

2). with neg., οὐκ ἐᾶν 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 ; esp. 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 Hdt. 7.104 , cf. Th. 2.21 ; also, persuade or advise not to do .. , Id. 1.133 : an inf. may freq. be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, S. Ant. 538 ; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ even if all men forbid, Id. Aj. 1184 , cf. Ph. 444 :—so in Pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c. inf., to be hindered, E. IT 1344 , Th. 1.142 , D. 2.16 .

II). let alone, let be, c. acc., ἔα χόλον Il. 9.260 ; μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν heed not the suitors' plan, Od. 2.281 ; ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσας as soon as thou hast dismissed me, Il. 24.557 , cf. 569 , 684 ; ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς or wilt leave him alone, 20.311 , cf. 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 Pl. Grg. 484c : c. inf., ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι .. ἔασον let it alone, Hdt. 3.134 ; κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτορα we will have done with stealing Hector, Il. 24.71 ; ἐᾶν περί τινος Pl. Prt. 347c , etc.; ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον D. 21.122 : abs., ἀλλ’ ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον have done, let be, Il. 21.221 , cf. A. Pr. 334 ; οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ’ ἐᾶν E. Fr. 491.5 ; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ’ ἐάσει he will give one thing, the other he will let alone, Od. 14.444 :— Pass., ἡ δ’ οὖν ἐάσθω S. Tr. 329 , etc.

2). for ἐᾶν χαίρειν, v. χαίρω sub fin.(ἐvάω, cf. ἔβασον· ἔασον, and εὔα· ἔα, Hsch. who also has ἔησον· ἔασον.)