A). ἐλάσοντας X. An. 7.7.55 codd., cf. D.H. 2.36 ,(ἐξ-) Hp. Loc.Hom. 46 , Nat.Mul. 32 (ἐλάσσω (παρ-) is f.l. in Il. 23.427 , and ξυνελάσσομεν is subj. in Od. 18.39 ); ἐλάω A.R. 3.411 ; Att. ἐλῶ, ᾷς, ᾷ, inf. ἐλᾶν, also Hdt. 1.207 , etc., and so Hom. in the resolved form ἐλόω Il. 13.315 , Od. 7.319 : inf. ἐλάαν (though this is also inf. pres., v. infr.) Il. 17.496 , Od. 5.290 : aor. 1 ἤλᾰσα, Ep. ἔλᾰσα Il. 5.80 , ἔλασσα 18.564 , Ion. 3 sg. ἐλάσασκεν 2.199 : pf. ἐλήλᾰκα (ἀπ-, ἐξ-) X. Cyr. 4.2.10 , Ar. Nu. 828 : plpf. ἐληλάκειν (ἐξ-) Hdt. 5.90 :— Med. (v. infr. 1.2 ), fut. ἐλάσομαι (παρ-) dub. l. in Arr. An. 3.30.3 : aor. ἠλασάμην Il. 11.682 , rare in Att., as Pl. Grg. 484b ; 3 sg. ἤλσατο Ibyc. 55 ; Ep. ἐλάσαιο, -ασαίατο, -ασσάμενος, Od. 20.51 , Il. 10.537 , Od. 4.637 :— Pass., fut. ἐλασθήσομαι (ἐξ-) D.H. 4.9 : aor. ἠλάθην [ᾰ] E. Heracl. 430 , Ar. Ec. 4 ; later ἠλάσθην AP 7.278 ( Arch.), Sammelb. 997 (iv A.D.),(ἐξ-, συν-) Plb. 8.24.9 , 18.22.6 , etc. (in Hdt. the Mss. vary between the two forms, ἐξελαθείς 7.165 , ἀπηλάσθησαν 3.54 ): pf. ἐλήλαμαι Od. 7.113 , Hdt. 7.84 (ἐξ-), etc.; ἐλήλασμαι Hp. Mul. 2.133 , Aen.Tact. 31.4 (prob.),(ἐξ-) Plb. 6.22.4 ,(συν-) A.D. Conj. 233.30 : plpf. ἠλήλατο Il. 5.400 ; poet. also ἐλήλατο 4.135 ; 3 pl. ἠλήλαντο Hes. Sc. 143 , also ἐληλέδατ’, ἐληλέατ’, ἐληλάδατ’ vv.ll. in Od. 7.86 .— The pres. ἐλάω is rare and mainly Poet., imper. ἔλα Pi. I. 5(4).38 , A. Fr. 332 , E. HF 819 , Fr. 779.1 (also non-thematic 3 pl. ἐλάντω SIG 1025.8 (Cos)): inf. ἐλᾶν Canthar. 4 , X. HG 2.4.32 : inf. ἐλάαν as Ep. inf. pres. is freq. in Hom. (v. infr. 1.2 ): part. ἐλάουσα Emp. 4.5 : impf. 3 pl. ἔλων Od. 4.2 , 3 sg. ἔλαεν A.R. 3.872 ; ἀπ-έλα X. Cyr. 8.3.32 ; but ἀπ-ήλαον in Ar. Lys. 1001 is prob. an error for -ήλᾱαν, Dor. for -ήλασαν:—radic. sense, drive, set in motion, of driving flocks, εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα Od. 9.237 ; κακοὺς δ’ ἐς μέσσον ἔλασσεν Il. 4.299 ; aor. Med. ἠλασάμην in act. sense, 10.537 , 11.682 : freq. of horses, chariots, ships, drive, ἐλάαν (inf. pres.) ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους 23.334 ; ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν τὸ ζεῦγος Hdt. 1.59 ; ἐ. ἵππον ride it, Id. 4.64 , al.; κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα ἐ. ride and drive, Id. 7.86 ; ἐ. νῆα row it, Od. 12.109 , etc.; στρατὸν ἐ. Pi. O. 10(11).66 , Hdt. 1.176 , 4.91 , etc.

b). with acc. omitted, intr., go in a chariot, drive, μάστιξεν δ’ ἐλάαν (sc. ἵππους) he whipped them on, Il. 5.366 , al., cf. S. El. 734 , 739 ; βῆ δ’ ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα he drove on over the waves, Il. 13.27 ; διὰ νύκτα ἐλάαν travel the night through, Od. 15.50 ; ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ἐ. drive into the city, Hdt. 1.60 ; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐ. ib. 199 ; ride, Id. 7.88 , X. Eq.Mag. 3.9 , etc.; ἐλῶν ἐς Θρηΐκην marching .., Hdt. 9.89 , etc.; row, μάλα σφοδρῶς ἐλάαν Od. 12.124 ; ἐλαύνοντες rowers, 13.22 , etc.

c). in this intr. sense, it sts. took an acc. loci, γαλήνην ἐλαύνειν to sail the calm sea, i.e. over it, 7.319 ; so τὰ ἕσπερα νῶτ’ ἐ. E. El. 731 (lyr.); also ἐλαύνειν δρόμον run a course, Ar. Nu. 28 ; ὁδόν D.P. 586 .

d). Pass., [νηῦς] ἐλαυνομένη a ship under way, Od. 13.155 (but πλοῖα ὑπὸ σκληρῶν ἀνέμων ἐλαυνόμενα Ep.Jac. 3.4 ); τὰ κατάντη ἐλαύνεσθαι, of horses, to be ridden on steep ground, X. Eq.Mag. 8.3 .

2). drive away, carry off, in Hom. of stolen cattle or horses, βοῶν ἀρίστας Od. 12.353 ; ἵππους Il. 5.236 ; ἐ. ὅ τι δύναιντο X. HG 4.8.18 :— Med., Od. 4.637 , 20.51 ; ῥύσῑ ἐλαυνόμενος Il. 11.674 , etc.

3). drive away, expel, ἐ. [τινὰ] ἐκ δήμου 6.158 ; ἄνδρας ἀπ’ Οἰνώνας Pi. N. 5.16 : freq. in Trag., ἐ. τινὰ γῆς E. Med. 70 ; μύσος, μίασμα ἐ., A. Ch. 967 codd., Eu. 283 ( Pass.), cf. S. OT 98 ; ἄγος ἐ.,= ἀγηλατέω, Th. 1.126 ; ἐ. λῃστάς Ar. Ach. 1188 , etc.:— Pass., γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνομαι A. Pr. 682 .

4). drive (to extremities), persecute, plague, οἵ μιν ἄδην ἐλόωσι .. πολέμοιο who will harass him till he has had enough of war, Il. 13.315 ; ἔτι μέν μίν φημι ἄδην λάαν κακότητος I think I shall persecute him till he has had enough, Od. 5.290 ; θεὸς ἐλαύνει πόλιν S. OT 28 ; Ἰωνίαν ἤλασεν βίᾳ A. Pers. 771 ; μή τι δαιμόνιον τὰ πράγματα ἐλαύνῃ D. 9.54 ; σὺ δ’ ἀπειλεῖς πᾶσιν, ἐλαύνεις πάντας Id. 21.135 , cf. 173 :— Pass., ἐλαυνομένων καὶ ὑβριζομένων Id. 18.48 ; λύπῃ πᾶς ἐλήλαται κακῇ S. Aj. 275 ; κακοῖς πρός τινος E. Andr. 31 ; ὑπ’ ἀνάγκης καὶ οἴστρου Pl. Phdr. 240d ; τὴν ψυχὴν ἐρωτικῇ μανίᾳ Ael. NA 14.18 ; ἐλαύνεσθαι τὴν γνώμην to be out of one's mind, Philostr. VS 2.27.5 .

5). = βινέω , Ar. Ec. 39 , Pl. Com. 3.4 .

6). intr. in expressions like ἐς τοσοῦτον ἤλασαν they drove it so far (where πρᾶγμα must be supplied), Hdt. 5.50 ; ἐς πᾶσαν κακότητα Id. 2.124 ; εἰς κόρον ἐλαύνειν push matters till disgust ensued, Tyrt. 11.10 ; εἰς ἴσον (sc. τισί) Onos. Praef. 4 : hence, push on, go on, ἐγγὺς μανιῶν E. Heracl. 904 (lyr.); ἔξω τοῦ φρονεῖν Id.*ba. 853 ; πόρρω ἐ. σοφίας go far in .., Pl. Euthphr. 4b , cf. Grg. 486a , X. Cyr. 1.6.39 .

II). strike, ἐλάτῃσιν πόντον ἐλαύνοντες Il. 7.6 ; κιθάραν πλήκτρῳ E. HF 351 (lyr.).

2). strike with a weapon, but never with a missile, τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν Il. 2.199 ; ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην 5.584 ; κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν 13.614 ; ὀδόντας ἐ. knock out, A.R. 2.785 : c. dupl. acc., τὸν μὲν .. μεταδρομάδην ἔλασ’ ὦμον him he struck on .., Il. 5.80 ; χθόνα δ’ ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ struck earth with his forehead, of a falling man, Od. 22.94 : c. acc. cogn., inflict a wound, οὐλὴν τήν ποτέ με σῦς ἤλασε 21.219 :— Pass., c. acc. νῶτον ὄπισθ’ αἰχμῇ δουρὸς ἐληλαμένος Tyrt. 11.20 ; ἐλαύνεται εἰς τὸν μηρόν Luc. Tox. 61 .

3). strike one thing against another, πρὸς γῆν ἐ. κάρη Od. 17.237 ; of weapons, drive through, διαπρὸ χαλκὸν ἔλασσε 22.295 ;[ δόρυ] διὰ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε Il. 5.57 , cf. 20.269 ; ἤλασε Λυγκέος ἐν πλευραῖσι χαλκόν Pi. N. 10.70 :— Pass., go through, Il. 4.135 , 13.595 ; to be fixed in, ὀϊστὸς ὤμῳ ἐνὶ στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο 5.400 ; διὰ [σφονδύλου] διαμπερὲς ἐληλάσθαι Pl. R. 616e .

III). metaph.,

1). beat out metal, forge, ἀσπίδα .. ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν Il. 12.296 ; πέντε πτύχας ἤλασε beat out five plates, 20.270 ; περὶ δ’ ἕρκος ἔλασσε κασσιτέρου make a fence of beaten tin (with a play on signf. 2 ), 18.564 ; εὐνὴ Ἡφαίστου χερσὶν ἐληλαμένη χρυσοῦ a bed of beaten gold, Mimn. 12.6 ; σίδηρος λεπτῶς ἐληλ. Plu. Cam. 41 .

2). draw a line of wall, trench, etc., ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν Il. 7.450 ; ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει Od. 6.9 ; σταυροὺς δ’ ἐκτὸς ἔλασσε 14.11 ; τοῖχοι ἐληλέατ’ 7.86 ; τεῖχος τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐλήλαται the wall has its angles carried down to the river, Hdt. 1.180 , cf. 185 , 191 ; ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον having a wall built round, A. Pers. 872 (lyr.); ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν work one's way down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Il. 11.68 ; ἐ. αὔλακα Hes. Op. 443 ; ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐ. to draw a line of vines, i.e. plant them in line, Ar. Ach. 995 : generally, plant, produce, ἐλᾷ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς αἰών Pi. N. 3.74 .

3). κολῳὸν ἐλαύνειν prolong, keep up the brawl, Il. 1.575 .

4). ἐξ ὄσσων ἐς γαῖαν ἐ. δάκρυ E. Supp. 96 .