αἴρω
αἴρω
Epic and poet. ἀείρω q.v.
distinguish ἀρῶ from ἀ_ρῶ, contr. of ἀερῶ.
Act.
to take up, raise, lift up, Il., etc.; αἴρειν βῆμα to step, walk, Eur.; αἴρ. σημεῖον to hoist a signal, Xen.:—Pass. to mount up, ascend, Xen.
often of armies and ships, αἴρ. τὰς ναῦς to get the fleet under sail, Thuc.:—also intr. to get under way, start, set out, ἆραι τῶι στρατῶι Thuc.;—so in Mid. and Pass., Hdt., etc.
to bear, sustain, μόρον Aesch.; ἆθλον Soph.
to raise up, exalt, Aesch.:—of passion, to exalt, excite, ὑψοῦ αἴρειν θυμόν to grow excited, Soph.; αἴρειν θάρσος to pluck up courage, Eur., etc.: Pass., οὐκ ἤρθη νοῦν ἐς ἀτασθαλίην Simon.
to raise by words, to extol, exaggerate, Eur., Dem.
to lift and take away, to remove, Aesch., etc.:—to take off, kill, NTest.
Mid., with perf. pass. ἦρμαι, to take up for oneself: to carry off, win, gain, κλέος Il.; ἀέθλια (of horses) Il.; κῦδος Hom.:—hence simply to receive, get, ἕλκος ἀρέσθαι Il.; also, δειλίαν ἀρεῖ wilt incur a charge of cowardice, Soph.
to take upon oneself, undergo, carry, bear, Il., etc.
to undertake, begin, πόλεμον Thuc., etc.; φυγὴν ἀρέσθαι, Lat. fugam capere, Aesch.
to raise up, σωτῆρά τινι Soph.: of sound, αἴρεσθαι φωνήν to raise, lift up oneʼs voice, Ar.
Headword (normalized):
αἴρω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
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αἴρω
Epic and poet. ἀείρω q.v.
distinguish ἀρῶ from ἀ_ρῶ, contr. of ἀερῶ.
Act.
to take up, raise, lift up, Il., etc.; αἴρειν βῆμα to step, walk, Eur.; αἴρ. σημεῖον to hoist a signal, Xen.:—Pass. to mount up, ascend, Xen.
often of armies and ships, αἴρ. τὰς ναῦς to get the fleet under sail, Thuc.:—also intr. to get under way, start, set out, ἆραι τῶι στρατῶι Thuc.;—so in Mid. and Pass., Hdt., etc.
to bear, sustain, μόρον Aesch.; ἆθλον Soph.
to raise up, exalt, Aesch.:—of passion, to exalt, excite, ὑψοῦ αἴρειν θυμόν to grow excited, Soph.; αἴρειν θάρσος to pluck up courage, Eur., etc.: Pass., οὐκ ἤρθη νοῦν ἐς ἀτασθαλίην Simon.
to raise by words, to extol, exaggerate, Eur., Dem.
to lift and take away, to remove, Aesch., etc.:—to take off, kill, NTest.
Mid., with perf. pass. ἦρμαι, to take up for oneself: to carry off, win, gain, κλέος Il.; ἀέθλια (of horses) Il.; κῦδος Hom.:—hence simply to receive, get, ἕλκος ἀρέσθαι Il.; also, δειλίαν ἀρεῖ wilt incur a charge of cowardice, Soph.
to take upon oneself, undergo, carry, bear, Il., etc.
to undertake, begin, πόλεμον Thuc., etc.; φυγὴν ἀρέσθαι, Lat. fugam capere, Aesch.
to raise up, σωτῆρά τινι Soph.: of sound, αἴρεσθαι φωνήν to raise, lift up oneʼs voice, Ar.
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