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ἐλευθερωτέον
ἐλευθερωτής
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Ἐλευσίς
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ἐλεφαίρομαι
ἐλεφανταγωγός
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ἐλεφάντειος
ἐλεφαντεύς
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ἐλεφαίρομαι
ἐλεφαίρομαι, old Ep. Verb, perh. connected with ὀλοφώϊος (q. v.),
A). cheat with empty hopes, said of the false dreams that come through the ivory gate (with play on ἐλέφας, cf. κραίνω) , οἱ μέν κ’ ἔλθωσι διὰ πριστοῦ ἐλέφαντος, οἵ ῥ) ἐλεφαίρονται Od. 19.565 : generally, cheat, overreach, ἐλεφηράμενος .. Τυδεΐδην Il. 23.388 .
II). of the Nemean lion, ἐλεφαίρετο φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων he used to destroy them, Hes. Th. 330 .( Act. only in Hsch., who also has aor. 1 ἐλεφῆραι· ἀπατῆσαι.)


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to cheat with empty hopes

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ἐλεφαίρομαι
Headword (normalized):
ἐλεφαίρομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελεφαιρομαι
IDX:
33634
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33635
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐλεφαίρομαι</span>, old Ep. Verb, perh. connected with <span class="foreign greek">ὀλοφώϊος</span> (q. v.), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cheat with empty hopes</span>, said of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">false</span> dreams that come through the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ivory</span> gate (with play on <span class="foreign greek">ἐλέφας</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">κραίνω</span>) <span class="quote greek">, οἱ μέν κ’ ἔλθωσι διὰ πριστοῦ ἐλέφαντος, οἵ ῥ) ἐλεφαίρονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.565 </a> : generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cheat, overreach</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐλεφηράμενος .. Τυδεΐδην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.388 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of the Nemean lion, <span class="foreign greek">ἐλεφαίρετο φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων</span> he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">used to destroy</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:330" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:330/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 330 </a>.( Act. only in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>, who also has aor. 1 <span class="foreign greek">ἐλεφῆραι· ἀπατῆσαι</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}