αἱρέω 3 sing. fut. αἱρήσει Il. 21.555, Il. 24.206. 2 pl. αἱρήσομεν Il. 2.141, 329, Il. 9.28. Infin. αἱρησέμεν Il. 17.488, Il. 18.260. αἱρήσειν Il. 2.37, Il. 13.42. Aor. εἷλον, -ες Il. 3.35, Il. 4.406, Il. 5.47, Il. 8.77, Il. 10.561, Il. 21.77, Il. 22.17, etc.: Od. 8.330, Od. 9.416, Od. 19.155, Od. 21.299, Od. 24.377, etc. ἕλον, -ες Il. 1.197, Il. 4.457, Il. 5.127, Il. 6.35, Il. 7.8, Il. 9.271, Il. 11.738, Il. 16.351, Il. 17.276, etc. : Od. 1.121, Od. 2.81, Od. 3.37, Od. 8.106, Od. 15.496, Od. 22.187, etc. Subj. ἕλω, -ῃς Il. 2.228, 332, Il. 4.239, 416, Il. 7.71, 81, Il. 16.128, 725. 3 sing. ἕλῃσι Il. 23.345 : Od. 12.96, Od. 17.323, Od. 19.515. ἕλῃ Il. 7.77, Il. 11.315, etc. : Od. 21.294. Opt. ἕλοιμι, -οις Il. 2.12, 29, 66, Il. 9.304, Il. 10.206, 345, Il. 11.509, Il. 15.71, etc. : Od. 4.463, 596, Od. 19.511. Imp. ἕλε Il. 14.272. 3 sing. ἑλέτω Od. 20.52. Pple. ἑλών, -οῦσα Il. 1.139, 501, Il. 3.316, Il. 8.13, etc. : Od. 1.318, Od. 4.750, Od. 8.436, Od. 9.165, etc. Infin. ἑλέειν Il. 15.558, Il. 22.142 : Od. 11.205, 206, 210, 426. ἑλεῖν Il. 5.118, Il. 8.319, Il. 15.720. Pa. iterative ἕλεσκον Od. 14.220. 3 sing. ἕλεσκε Il. 24.752: Od. 8.88. Mid. Nom. pl. pres. pple. αἱρεύμενοι Il. 16.353. Fut. αἱρήσομαι Od. 2.357. 2 sing. αἱρήσεαι Il. 10.235. Aor. ἑλόμην Il. 5.210, Il. 8.108, Il. 19.60. 2 sing. εἵλευ Il. 17.206. 3 sing. εἵλετο Il. 2.46, Il. 3.294, Il. 6.472, Il. 9.344, etc. : Od. 1.99, Od. 5.47, Od. 6.140, Od. 10.363, etc. ἕλετο Il. 4.116, Il. 9.368, Il. 11.32, Il. 12.102, etc. : Od. 4.746, Od. 5.121, Od. 12.246, Od. 14.530. 1 pl. εἱλόμεθα Od. 9.157, Od. 11.21. ἑλόμεσθα Il. 11.730. 3 pl. εἵλοντο Il. 7.380, Il. 18.314 : Od. 6.97. ἕλοντο Il. 2.399, Il. 7.122, Il. 8.53, Il. 16.663, etc. : Od. 4.786, Od. 6.91, Od. 8.372, Od. 9.86, etc. Subj. ἕλωμαι Il. 1.137, Il. 17.17, etc. 3 sing. ἕληται Il. 12.150, Il. 16.650, etc. : Od. 12.123. 3 pl. ἕλωνται Il. 16.82, 545. Opt. ἑλοίμην, -οιο Il. 2.127, Il. 3.66, Il. 5.317, Il. 16.655, etc. : Od. 14.297, 405, Od. 16.149, 297, Od. 17.236, Od. 20.62, Od. 22.462, Od. 24.334. 3 pl. ἑλοίατο Od. 20.117. Imp. ἕλευ Il. 13.294. 3 sing. ἑλέσθω Il. 9.139, 391 : Od. 18.47. 2 pl. ἕλεσθε Il. 5.529, Il. 7.370, Il. 18.298. Infin. ἑλέσθαι Il. 5.852, Il. 9.578, Il. 13.268, etc. : Od. 8.68, Od. 9.334, Od. 11.584, etc. (ἀν-, ἀποπρο-, ἀφ-, ἐξ-, ἐξαφ-, καθ-, μεθ-, συν-.) I In act. 1 To take, take hold of, grasp, seize : ἡνία Il. 8.319, γαῖαν Il. 11.425. Cf. Il. 5.75, 353, Il. 11.749, Il. 14.137, Il. 21.242, Il. 24.227, etc. : χεῖρα Od. 1.121. Cf. Od. 7.252, Od. 11.205, Od. 22.269, etc. With genit. of a part grasped : κόμης Πηλεΐωνα (by the . . .) Il. 1.197. Cf. Il. 1.323, Il. 7.108, Il. 19.126, Il. 21.71, etc. : χειρὸς Ὀδυσῆα Od. 7.168. Cf. Od. 12.33, Od. 17.263, etc. Sim. ἕλκε δουρὸς ἑλών Il. 16.406. With quasi-partitive genit. : μέσσου δουρὸς ἑλών Il. 3.78 = Il. 7.56. 2 Of feelings, bodily or mental states, or the like, to take hold of, come to or upon, seize, affect : μή σε λήθη αἱρείτω Il. 2.34, χόλος μιν ᾕρει Il. 4.23. Cf. Il. 3.446, Il. 4.421, Il. 5.136, 862, Il. 13.581, Il. 16.805, etc. : οἶκτος Od. 2.81, θάμβος Od. 3.372. Cf. Od. 4.596, Od. 8.304, Od. 11.43, Od. 21.122, Od. 22.500, etc. Of the darkness of death Il. 5.47, Il. 13.672 = Il. 16.607. Of sleep Il. 10.193, Il. 22.502, Il. 24.5 : Od. 9.373, Od. 19.511, Od. 20.52. 3 to take, capture, seize upon : ἑλὼν ἔχει γέρας Il. 1.356, εἴ σʼ αἱρήσει (get you in his power) Il. 24.206. Cf. Il. 6.38, Il. 10.206, 345, Il. 11.315, Il. 17.488, Il. 21.77, etc.: ἐπαΐξανθʼ ἑλέτην Od. 22.187. Cf. Od. 4.463, Od. 12.96, Od. 16.369. To come upon, catch: με Od. 19.155. To catch up, overtake Il. 23.345: Od. 8.330. To take (a town): πόλιν Τρώων Il. 2.12. Cf. Il. 2.37, 141, Il. 4.406, Il. 9.129, Il. 16.153, etc.: Od. 9.165, Od. 24.377. To take as prey: πέλειαν Il. 22.142. Of Scylla Od. 12.310. 4 To kill, slay: ἄνδρα κορυστήν Il. 4.457. Cf. Il. 5.37, Il. 9.304, Il. 10.561, Il. 11.92, Il. 15.328, Il. 20.382, Il. 21.327, Il. 22.253, etc.: Od. 14.220, Od. 16.383. 5 To take away, remove: ἔγχος ἀπὸ χειρός Il. 15.126. Cf. Il. 2.154, Il. 5.127, etc.: Od. 8.88, Od. 19.61, Od. 21.56, etc. 6 To take for use or for some purpose, take into the hands: σῖτον Il. 9.216, σάκος Il. 14.9. Cf. Il. 9.656, Il. 10.335, Il. 15.474, Il. 18.416, Il. 23.839, Il. 24.93, etc.: τρίαιναν Od. 4.506, ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλών (taking it and placing it on the . . .) Od. 21.419. Cf. Od. 1.318, Od. 4.750, Od. 8.89, Od. 10.145, Od. 17.343, Od. 19.386, etc. 7 To draw (a person to one-self): τὴν προτὶ οἷ εἷλεν Il. 21.508. Cf. Od. 24.348. 8 In various uses. a To take as one's due: λέβητα Il. 23.613, βοῦν 779. b To win (fame) Il. 17.321. c To take (wine) Od. 21.294. d Of a condition of life, to come upon (one): δούλιον ἦμαρ Od. 17.323. e In reference to change of a person's colour: ὦχρός μιν εἷλε παρειάς Il. 3.35. f To take up (a lay): ἔνθεν ἑλὼν [ἀοιδὴν] ὡς . . . (from the point where . . .) Od. 8.500. 9 With adverbs. a With διά, to separate, tear apart: διὰ δʼ ἕλε κύκλους Il. 20.280. b With ἐκ, to choose, select: ἐκ δʼ ἕλον Χρυσηΐδα Il. 1.369. c With κατά, to lower: κὰδ δʼ ἕλον ἱστόν Od. 15.496. To close (the eyes of the dead) Od. 11.426. 10 In aor. pple. with a finite vb., to take and . . . (cf. ἄγω I.9): γέρας ἄξω ἑλών Il. 1.139, ἑλὼν ῥίψω Il. 8.13. Cf. Il. 3.72, 316, Il. 6.302, Il. 18.23, Il. 19.143, Il. 24.795, etc.: ξύλα δαῖον ἑλοῦσαι Od. 8.436, δὸς ἑλών Od. 17.400. Cf. Od. 4.66, Od. 8.84, Od. 9.382, etc. II In mid. 1 To seize upon to one's own use, take away, appropriate: ἕλωμαί κε γέρας Il. 1.137. Cf. Il. 9.336, Il. 18.445, etc. With acc. of person deprived: τήν [μʼ] ἐκ χειρῶν ἕλεθʼ ὡς εἴ τινα μετανάστην Il. 16.58. 2 To take, capture: [Βρισηΐδα] Il. 19.60. With acc. of person deprived: οὓς ἀπʼ Αἰνείαν ἑλόμην Il. 8.108. To take as prey: βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαι Il. 11.550 = Il. 17.659, [ἄρνας] αἱρεύμενοι Il. 16.353. Of Scylla Od. 12.123, 246. To carry off: Ὠρίωνα Od. 5.121. 3 To take away, remove: ἀπὸ κρατὸς κόρυθʼ εἵλετο Il. 6.472. Cf. Il. 7.122, Il. 10.458, Il. 16.663, etc.: Od. 12.199, Od. 22.271, etc. In reference to life, strength, feelings, etc.: ἀπὸ μένος εἵλετο χαλκός Il. 3.294. Cf. Il. 5.317, Il. 9.377, Il. 11.381, Il. 17.17, etc.: ἐκ δέος εἵλετο γυίων Od. 6.140. Cf. Od. 10.363, Od. 14.405, etc. Sim. in reference to one's home-coming: μὴ ἀπὸ νόστον ἕλωνται Il. 16.82. 4 To take for use or for some purpose, take into the hands: εἵλετο σκῆπτρον Il. 2.46, ἐκ δʼ ἕλετ ἰόν Il. 4.116. Cf. Il. 3.338, Il. 6.494, Il. 11.32, Il. 13.611, Il. 17.593, Il. 24.343, etc.: εἵλετʼ ἔγχος (ῥάβδον) (πέδιλα) Od. 1.99, Od. 5.47, Od. 16.154. Cf. Od. 2.357, Od. 6.91, Od. 8.372, Od. 9.157, etc. To take or carry with one: τόξον οὔ ποθʼ ᾑρεῖτο Od. 21.40. 5 In reference to meals, to take, partake of: δεῖπνον ἕλοντο Il. 2.399, δόρπον ἕλεσθε Il. 7.370, etc.: δόρπον ἕλοντο Od. 4.786, δεῖπνον εἵλοντο Od. 6.97, πύματον ἑλοίατο δαῖτα Od. 20.117, etc. In reference to drink: πιέειν οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι Od. 11.584. 6 To get, obtain: ἑκὼν οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο Il. 3.66, οὔ πως ἅμα πάντα δυνήσεαι ἑλέσθαι Il. 13.729, πεῖραρ ἑλέσθαι Il. 18.501. 7 To choose, select: εἴ κʼ ἄνδρα ἕκαστοι ἑλοίμεθα Il. 2.127, γυναῖκας ἐείκοσιν ἑλέσθω Il. 9.139. Cf. Il. 11.697, Il. 12.102, Il. 16.282, etc.: τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον ἑλέσθαι Od. 9.334. Cf. Od. 16.149, Od. 18.47, etc. 8 In various uses. a To receive, get (gifts) Od. 24.334.–(A price) Od. 14.297.–(A bride-price) μυρίʼ ἕλοντο Od. 15.367. b To take the benefit of, take, accept: ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο Il. 7.482, Il. 9.713: Od. 16.481, Od. 19.427. c To agree to take, accept: ἀναίνετο μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι (refused to accept the blood-price) Il. 18.500. d To take or exact (an oath): εἴ κε Τρωσὶν ὅρκον ἕλωμαι Il. 22.119. Cf. Od. 4.746. e To take (heart): ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἕλεσθε Il. 5.529.