ward off
χραισμ-έω, Ep. Verb (not in Od. or Hes. ),pres.only in Nic. Th. 914 :fut. 3 sg.
A.
χραισμήσει
Il. 20.296
, Ep.
inf.
-ησέμεν
21.316
:aor. 1
Ep.
3 sg.
χραίσμησε
16.837
;inf.
χραισμῆσαι
11.120
: used by Hom. most freq. inaor. 2,3 sg.
ἔχραισμε
14.66
, Ep.
χραῖσμε
5.53
, 7.144 ;subj. 3 sg. χραίσμῃ, χραίσμῃσι,
1.28 , 11.387 ;3 pl.
χραίσμωσι
1.566
;inf. χραισμεῖνib. 242 , al.:—prop.ward offsomething destructivefrom one,c. acc. rei et dat. pers., οὐ κορύνη οἱ ὄλεθρον χραῖσμε σιδηρείη
Il. 7.144
; οὐδέ τί οἱ χραισμήσει λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον
20.296
; τοῖς οὔ τις δύνατο χραισμῆσαι ὄλεθρον Τρώων
11.120
: once c. acc. pers. (supplied),μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμωσιν [με] ἆσσον ἰόνθ' keep[me]offfrom you, 1.566 .
2. more freq. c. dat. pers. only,defend, succour(though the notion ofwarding off injuryis always implied), freq. in Il.,1.28 , 5.53 , al.: c. neut.Adj.,χραισμεῖν τι assist, availat all, 1.242 , 21.193 , al.; abs., 14.66 , 15.652 .— Hom. usesχραισμεῖνwith negs. expressed or implied (in Il. 21.193 ,εἰ δύναταί τι χραισμεῖνis ironical forοὔτι χ. δύναται), cf. 15.32 . In positive clauses first in A.R. 2.249 , al.; imper. χραίσμετε
Id. 2.218
. (Said bySch.A.R. 2.218 to belong to the dialect of the Clitorians in Arcadia.)
