ἀλέξω
ἀλέξω [ᾰ], Ep. inf.
A). ἀλεξέμεναι, -έμεν Hom. , v. infr.: fut.
ἀλεξήσω Il. 9.251 : aor. opt.
ἀλεξήσειε Od. 3.346 :— Med., fut.
ἀλεξήσομαι Hdt. 8.81 ,
108 .—Besides these tenses (formed as if from
ἀλεξέω), we find others formed from
ἀλέκω, fut.
ἀλέξω, aor.
ἤλεξα (v.sub
ἀπ-αλέξω):— Med., fut.
ἀλέξομαι S. OT 171 ,
539 ,
X. An. 7.7.3 : aor.
ἀλέξασθαι Il. ,
Hp. Salubr. 1 ,
Hdt. 7.207 ,
X. An. 1.3.6 ,al.:—for aor. 2
ἄλαλκε, ἀλκαθεῖν, v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt.
raák[snull ]ati `protect'):—
ward off, turn aside, constructed like
ἀμύνω :—c. acc. rei,
Ζεὺς τό γ’ ἀλεξήσειε Od. 3.346 : c. acc. rei et dat. pers.,
Δαναοῖσιν ἀλεξήσειν κακὸν ἦμαρ will ward it
off from them,
Il. 9.251 , cf.
20.315 ;
ἀλλήλοις .. ἀλεξέμεναι φόνον αἰπύν 17.365 , etc.: c. dat. pers. only,
assist, defend,
ἀλεξέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 3.9 , cf.
5.779 , al.,
X. Cyr. 4.3.2 : abs.,
lend aid,
Il. 1.590 :— Med.,
ἀλέξασθαι keep off from oneself,
κύνας ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρας Il. 13.475 , cf.
Hdt. 7.207 ;
ἀλέξεσθαι περί τινι or
τινος,
A.R. 4.551 ,
1488 : abs.,
defend one self,
Il. 11.348 ,
15.565 ,
Archil. 66 ,
Hdt. 1.211 ,
2.63 ,al.,
Hp. l.c.,
S. OT 539 ,
X. Cyr. 1.5.13 : c. dat. instrum.,
οὐδ’ ἔνι φροντίδος ἔγχος, ᾧ τις ἀλέξεται S. OT 171 .
2). in Med., also,
recompense, requite,
τοὺς εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιοῦντας ἀλεξόμενος X. An. 1.9.11 .—Not in
A. or
E. (exc.
ἀπ-).
ShortDef
to ward
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀλέξω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλεξω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-4020
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀλέξω</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span>, Ep. inf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἀλεξέμεναι, -έμεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> , v. infr.: fut. <span class="quote greek">ἀλεξήσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:251" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.251/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.251 </a> : aor. opt. <span class="quote greek">ἀλεξήσειε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:346" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.346/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.346 </a> :— Med., fut. <span class="quote greek">ἀλεξήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.81 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:108/canonical-url/"> 108 </a>.—Besides these tenses (formed as if from <span class="foreign greek">ἀλεξέω</span>), we find others formed from <span class="orth greek">ἀλέκω</span>, fut. <span class="foreign greek">ἀλέξω</span>, aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἤλεξα</span> (v.sub <span class="foreign greek">ἀπ-αλέξω</span>):— Med., fut. <span class="quote greek">ἀλέξομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 171 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:539" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:539/canonical-url/"> 539 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:7:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.7.3 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἀλέξασθαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg020:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg020:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Salubr.</span> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.207 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:3:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:3:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.3.6 </a>,al.:—for aor. 2 <span class="foreign greek">ἄλαλκε, ἀλκαθεῖν</span>, v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">raák[snull ]ati</span> `protect\'):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ward off, turn aside</span>, constructed like <span class="ref greek">ἀμύνω</span> :—c. acc. rei, <span class="quote greek">Ζεὺς τό γ’ ἀλεξήσειε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:346" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.346/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.346 </a> : c. acc. rei et dat. pers., <span class="foreign greek">Δαναοῖσιν ἀλεξήσειν κακὸν ἦμαρ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">will ward</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">off from</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:251" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.251/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.251 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:315" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.315/canonical-url/"> 20.315 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλήλοις .. ἀλεξέμεναι φόνον αἰπύν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:365" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.365/canonical-url/"> 17.365 </a> , etc.: c. dat. pers. only, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assist, defend</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀλεξέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:779" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.779/canonical-url/"> 5.779 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.3.2 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lend aid</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:590" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.590/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.590 </a>:— Med., <span class="foreign greek">ἀλέξασθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keep off from oneself</span>, <span class="quote greek">κύνας ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:475" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.475/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.475 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.207 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλέξεσθαι περί τινι</span> or <span class="itype greek">τινος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:551" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.551/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.551 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1488" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.1488/canonical-url/"> 1488 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">defend one self</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:348" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.348/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.348 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.565/canonical-url/"> 15.565 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 66 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.211 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.63/canonical-url/"> 2.63 </a>,al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:539" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:539/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 539 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:5:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:5:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.5.13 </a>: c. dat. instrum., <span class="quote greek">οὐδ’ ἔνι φροντίδος ἔγχος, ᾧ τις ἀλέξεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 171 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in Med., also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">recompense, requite</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοὺς εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιοῦντας ἀλεξόμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:9:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:9:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.9.11 </a> .—Not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> (exc. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπ-</span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}