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ἀείρω, Ep., Ion., and poet.; αἴρω (once in Hom., v. infr.), Att. and Trag. (exc. A. Th. 759, Pers. 660, both lyr.); Aeol. ἀέρρω, Alc. 78: impf. ἤειρον ( συν-) Il. 10.499, Hdt. 2.125, Ep. ἄειρον Il. 19.386, Att. and Trag. ᾖρον: fut. ἀρῶ [ᾱ], contr. for ἀερῶ (which is not found), A. Pers. 795, E. Heracl. 322, Tr. 1148, prob. in Luc. Hist.Conscr. 14: aor. 1 ἤειρα ( συν-) Il. 24.590, ( παρ-) Archil. 94, Herod. 9.13, Ep. ἄειρα Il. 23.730; Aeol. imper. ἀέρρατε Sapph. 91; subj. ἀέρσῃ Panyas. 13.13; part. ἀείρας S. Ant. 418; also ἄηρα IG 12(3).449 ( Thera); ἦρα Hdt. 9.59, A. Ag. 47, Th. 6.18, etc., 3 pl. ἤροσαν LXX Jo. 3.14, opt. ἄραις Herod. 5.71, inf. ἆραι Call. Cer. 35, part. ἄρας Th. 2.12, etc., Cret. ἤραντας GDI 5015 (Gort.) [ ᾱ- in all moods]: pf. ἦρκα D. 25.52, ( ἀπ-) Th. 8.100, plpf. ἤρκεσαν ( ἀπ-) D. 19.150:— Med. ἀείρομαι ( ἀπ-) Il. 21.563, S. Tr. 216 (lyr.); αἴρομαι E. El. 360, Th. 4.60: fut ἀροῦμαι [ᾱ] E. Hel. 1597 : aor. 1 imper. ἀείραο A.R. 4.746, inf. ἀείρασθαι ( ἀντ-) Hdt. 7.212, part. -άμενος Il. 23.856, IG 4.952.112 (Epid.); also ἠράμην [ᾱ- in all moods] Il. 14.510, Od. 4.107, E. Heracl. 986, Ar. Ra. 525, Pl. R. 374e, etc., Dor. ἄρατο B. 2.5 : pf. ἦρμαι S. El. 54:— Pass., E. Alc. 450 (lyr.), Hp. Mul. 2.174: fut. ἀρθήσομαι Ar. Ach. 565: aor. ἠέρθην A.R. 4.1651, ( παρ-) Il. 16.341, Ep. ἀέρθην Od. 19.540, 3 pl. ἄερθεν Il. 8.74, subj. ἀερθῶ E. Andr. 848 (lyr.), part. ἀερθείς Od. 8.375, Pi. N. 7.75, A. Ag. 1525 (lyr.), Hp. Mul. 1.1, etc.; also ἤρθην Simon. 111, A. Th. 214 (lyr.), Th. 4.42, etc., part. ἀρθείς Il. 13.63, ( ἐπ-) Hdt. 1.90, etc.: pf. ἤερμαι A.R. 2.171: Ep. plpf. 3 sg. ἄωρτο (for ἤορτο) Il. 3.272, Theoc. 24.43, ἔωρτο Hsch. [ ἀείρω has ᾰ, exc. in late poetry, as Opp. C. 1.347.] ( ἀείρω = ἀ-ϝερ-yω, cf. αὐειρομέναι Alcm. 23.63; αἴρω (once in Hom., Il. 17.724 in part. αἴροντας) may = ϝαρ-yω for ϝṛ-yω from the reduced form of the root, but is more probably an analogical formation arising from the contracted forms. Fut. ἀροῦμαι [ᾰ] and aor. ἀρόμην, ἤρετο, etc., inf. ἀρέσθαι [ᾰ], belong to ἄρνυμαι, q.v.; ἤρᾰτο may have displaced ἤρετο in Hom, cf. Eust. ad Il. 3.373. The sense attach found in compds. συν-, παρ-αείρω is prob. derived from the use V.1.)
II
with no fixed abode, Τίμων ἦν ἀ. τις Ar. Lys. 809 (lyr.); ἄσπειστος, ἀν. D. 25.52; οἰκοῦσιν φεύγοντες, ἀ. κακὸν ἄλλοις Cratin. 209 (expl. by ὃ οὐκ ἄν τις αὑτῷ ἱδρύσαιτο EM 42.10).
to be appeased by no libations, implacable, D. 25.52; κότος Nic. Th. 367; πόλεμοι ἄσπειστοι, = ἄσπονδοι, Plu. Inv. 2.537b, cf. S.E. P. 3.175.
viper, Pl. Smp. 217e, Arist. HA 511a16, etc.: metaph., συκοφάντης καὶ ἔ. τὴν φύσιν D. 25.96; ὥσπερ ἔ. ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον ib. 52; cf. ἔχιδνα.
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sting of bees and wasps, Ar. V. 225, 407 (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, Arist. PA 683a12 (so of the constellation Scorpio, Arat. 505): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρʼ ἀφιᾶσιν E. Supp. 242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. D. 25.52; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eup. 94.7; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών Pl. Phd. 91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα Philostr. Im. 2.1; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. ap. Philostr. VS 2.18.
barberʼs shop, the lounging-place where news and scandal were picked up, καί τοι λόγος γʼ ἦν . . πολὺς ἐπὶ τοῖσι κουρείοισι τῶν καθημένων Ar. Pl. 338, cf. Av. 1441; πόλλʼ ἔμαθον ἐν τοῖσι κ. ἐγὼ ἀτόπως καθίζων κοὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν Eup. 180, cf. Lys. 24.20, D. 25.52, AP 6.307 ( Phan.), Sammelb. 6762.2 (iii B. C.); εἰς κ. ‘to my barberʼs bill’, Lys. 32.20 (v.l.); ἐν κουρείοις ἢ μυροπωλίοις Phld. Ir. p.47 W.
perfumerʼs shop, Lys. 24.20, D. 25.52, 34.13, Hyp. Ath. 6, Phld. Ir. p.47 W.
III
Med., mostly in bad sense, inflict or cause to be inflicted, πληγάς τισι Ar. Eq. 5; ὑμῖν τὸ μήνιμα τῶν ἀλιτηρίων προστρίψομαι Antipho 4.2.8; τινὶ συμφορὰν ἢ βλασφημίαν ἢ κακόν D. 25.52; τὴν ὑποψίαν τῆς προδοσίας Plu. Util. 2.89f:— Pass., γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται A. Pr. 331, cf. Sammelb. 5273.12 (v A.D.), PMonac. 6.66 (vi A.D.).
go or come to frequently, resort to, τὸ κουρεῖον, ἵνα οἱ Δεκελεῖς π. Lys. 23.3, cf. Id. 24.20, D. 25.52, Hyp. Ath. 6, IG 2(2).1237.64; π. τισί associate with, Str. 14.1.32; esp. go to a master, D.H. Rh. 9.11, etc.; τοῖς παλαιοῖς λόγοις Plu. QConv. 2.653b.
scorpion, A. Fr. 169, Pl. Euthd. 290a, Sammelb. 1267.7 (i A.D.), etc.; σ. ὁ χερσαῖος (v. infr. II) Arist. HA 555a23: prov., ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο Praxill. 4; ἐν παντὶ σ. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ S. Fr. 37; also σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις ‘let sleeping dogs lie’, Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ σ. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον D. 25.52.