aid, succour,
ἀρήγω [ᾰ],fut.
A.
-ξω
Com.Adesp. 12.5D.
, etc.:—aid, succour,
τινί
Il. 2.363
, al. (never in Od. ); in Hom. always,succour in war,freq. c. dat. pers. et modi, μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀ.
1.521
, 5.507 ; ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι . . ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀ.
1.77
: generally,help, succour,
λέχει Ἀλκμήνας
Pi. N. 1.49
; νεότατι ἀ. θράσος
Id. P. 2.63
; θνητοῖς
A. Pr. 269
, etc.; in mock Trag. passages of Com., γυναῖκες, οὐκ ἀρήξετ';
Ar. Th. 696
, cf. Pl. 476 : rare in Prose, Hecat. 30J. , etc.; ὁ ναυτικὸς τῷ πεζῷ ἀρήξει
Hdt. 7.236
; τοῖς φίλοις ἀ.
X. Cyr. 1.5.13
; ἀ. σὺν ὅπλοις τῇ χώρᾳ
Id. Oec. 5.7
;to be good fora patient or his case, Hp. Prorrh. 2.30 , cf. Acut. 65 .
2. impers., c.inf.,it is goodorfit,
φέρειν ἀρήγει
Pi. P. 2.94
; σιγᾶν ἀρήγει
A. Eu. 571
.
II. c. acc. rei,ward off, prevent, ὄλεθρον v.l. in
Batr. 279 ; ἄρηξον . . ἅλωσιν
A. Th. 119
(lyr.);ἀ. τινί τι ward off fromone, φόνον τέκνοις
E. Med. 1275
(lyr.), cf. Tr. 777 . (Perh. cognate with Lat.rēx,Skt.rā´jati'rule'.)
