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ἡσσάομαι Note that middle forms such as ἡττήσομαι can have passive sense. Pass. to be less than another, inferior to him, c. gen. pers., Eur., Xen., etc.; c. gen. rei, ἡ. ῥήματος to yield to the power of a word, Thuc.; ὃ ἡττῶιτο wherein he had proved inferior, Xen. as a real Pass. to be defeated, discomfited, worsted, beaten, ὑπό τινος Hdt., Attic; also c. gen. pers., Eur., etc.;— ἡσσᾶσθαι μάχηι or μάχην Hdt., Dem. to give way, yield, to be a slave to passion and the like, c. gen., ἡσσημένος ἔρωτος Eur.; τῶν ἡδονῶν Xen.:—also c. dat. to be overcome by, ἡδονῆι ἡσσώμενοι Thuc.

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to be less than another, inferior to

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ἡσσάομαι

Headword (normalized):

ἡσσάομαι

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ησσαομαι

IDX:

14848

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14860

Key:

h(ssa/omai

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