αἱρέω , impf. ᾕρεον Il. 24.579 , Ion. αἵρεον Hdt. 6.31 , but contr. ᾕρει even in Il. 17.463 , ᾕρευν Hes. Sc. 302 : fut. αἱρήσω Il. 9.28 , etc.: aor. 1 ᾕρησα late ( ἀν- ) Q.S. 4.40 , etc.: pf. ᾕρηκα A.
αἱρέω,impf.
A.
ᾕρεον
Il. 24.579
, Ion.
αἵρεον
Hdt. 6.31
, but contr.
ᾕρειeven in Il. 17.463 , ᾕρευν
Hes. Sc. 302
:fut.
αἱρήσω
Il. 9.28
, etc.:aor. 1 ᾕρησαlate (ἀν-) Q.S. 4.40 , etc.:pf.
ᾕρηκα
A. Ag. 267
, Th. 1.61 , etc., Ion.
ἀραίρηκαorαἵρηκα(ἀν-) Hdt. 5.102 :plpf.
ἀραιρήκεε
3.39
:— Med. ,fut.
αἱρήσομαι
Il. 10.235
, etc.:aor. 1
ᾑρησάμην
Plb. 38.13.7
s. v.l., Gal. 19.53 , etc.:pf.in med. sense ᾕρημαι
Ar. Av. 1577
, X. An. 5.6.12 , D. 2.15 , etc.:3 pl. plpf.
ᾕρηντο
Th. 1.62
:— Pass. ,fut.
αἱρεθήσομαι
Hdt. 2.13
, Pl. Mx. 234b ; rarely ᾑρήσομαι
Id. Prt. 338c
:aor. ᾑρέθηνandpf.
ᾕρημαι
D. 20.146
, al.;pf. part.
ἀραιρημένος
Hdt. 4.66
: plqf. ᾕρηντο
X. An. 3.2.1
, ἀραίρητο
Hdt. 1.191
, etc.—From [root ]ἑλ-:fut. ἑλῶonly late (δι-) Test.Epict. 6.18 , (ἀν-) D.H. 11.18 , (καθ-) APl. 4.334 ( Antiphil. ):aor.1 εἷλα(ἀν-) Act.Ap. 2.23 , (ἀν-) Epigr.Gr. 314.24 (Smyrna): elsewh.aor.2
εἷλον
Il. 10.561
, etc., Ep.
ἕλον
17.321
, Ion.
ἕλεσκε
24.752
:— Med. ,fut.
ἑλοῦμαι
D.H. 4.75
, (ἀφ-) Timostr. 5 , (δι-) D.H. 4.60 , (ἐξ-) Alciphr. 1.9 :aor. 1
εἱλάμην
Epigr.Gr. 314.5
(Smyrna), (ἀφ-)v.l. in
Ath. 12.546a , (δι-) AP 9.56 ( Phil. ): elsewh.aor. 2
εἱλόμην
Il. 16.139
, etc.,2 sg.
ἤλεο
Sapph. Oxy. 1787.6.3
:—Cret. forms αἰλεθῇ
Leg.Gort. 2.21
,ἀν-αιλῆθαιib. 7.10 , al.:—the etym. is doubtful, andἀγρέω(q.v.) prob. has a difft. root.
A.
Act. ,take with the hand, grasp, seize, αἱ. τι ἐν χερσίν
Od. 4.66
;αἱ. τινὰ χειρός to takeone by the hand, Il. 1.323 ;κόμης τινάib. 197 ; μ' ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν
Od. 23.76
:part. ἑλώνadverbially, κατακτεῖναί μ' ἑλών
S. Ant. 497
; ἄξω ἑλών
Il. 1.139
, cf. Pi. O. 7.1 ; butἔνθεν ἑλών having taken up[the song], Od. 8.500 .
2. take away, ἀπ' ἀπήνης ᾕρεον ἄποινα
Il. 24.579
.
II. take, get into one's power,νῆαςib. 13.42 ; esp.takea city, 2.37 , S. Ph. 347 , etc.;overpower, kill, Il. 4.457 , etc.; ἕλοιμί κεν ἤ κε ἁλοίην
22.253
:—freq. of passions, etc.,come upon, seize, χόλος
Il. 18.322
; ἵμερος
3.446
; ὕπνος
10.193
; λήθη
2.34
, etc.: c. dupl.acc., τὸν δ' ἄτη φρένας εἷλε
16.805
; of disease, Pl. Tht. 142b .
2. catch, take, ζωὸν ἑλεῖν
Il. 21.102
;take in hunting, Hes. Sc. 302 , Hdt. 1.36 , etc.;overtake, in a race, Il. 23.345 ;get into one's power, entrap, S. OC 764 , etc.; in good sense,win over, X. Mem. 2.3.16 , cf. 3.11.11 , Pl. Ly. 205e , etc.
b. c.part.,catch, detectone doing a thing, S. Ant. 385 , 655 ; ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ ἑλεῖν
E. Ion 1214
; φῶρα ἐπὶ κλοπῇ ἑλεῖν
Pl. Lg. 874b
.
3. generally,win, gain, κῦδος
Il. 17.321
; στεφάνους
Pi. P. 3.74
, etc.; esp. in games, Ἴσθμι' ἑλὼν πύξ
Simon. 158
; with double sense,overcomeandwin, ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε
Il. 11.328
; ἕλεν Οἰνομάου βίαν παρθένον τε σύνευνον
Pi. O. 1.88
, cf. S. Tr. 353 :— Pass. ,ἁγὼν ᾑρέθηthe fightwas won, S. OC 1148 .
b. generally,get, obtain, Pl. R. 359a , Ti. 64b , etc.
4. as law-term,convict, τινά τινος
Ar. Nu. 591
, Is. 9.36 , Aeschin. 3.156 ; εἷλέ ς' ἡ Δίκη
E.
Heracl. 941 , cf. Supp. 608 : c.part.,αἱ. τινὰ κλέπτοντα to convictof theft, Ar. Eq. 829 , Pl. Lg. 941d ;ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς(sc.ὤν) S. Ant. 493 , cf. 406 .
b. αἱ. δίκην, γραφήν get a verdict for conviction, Antipho 2.1.5 , etc.; alsoἑλεῖν τινα obtain a conviction againstone, Is. 7.13 ;ἑλεῖν τὰ διαμαρτυρηθ έντα convictthe evidence of falsehood, Isoc. 18.15 .
c. abs.,get a conviction,οἱ ἑλόντες, opp.οἱ ἑαλωκότες, D. 21.11 ;δολίοις ἕλε Κύπρις λόγοιςAphroditewon her cause. . , E. Andr. 289 , cf. Pl. Lg. 762b , etc.
d. of a thing or circumstances whichconvict, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ὃ ἐμὲ αἱρεῖ
Id. Ap. 28a
.
5. ὁ λόγος αἱρέειreason or the reason of the thingproves, Hdt. 2.33 : c. acc. pers., reasonpersuadesone, i.e. itseems goodto one, Id. 1.132 , 7.41 ;ὡς ἐμὴ γνώμη αἱ. Hdt. 2.43 ; ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱ. βέλτιστ' ἂν ἔχειν
Pl. R. 604c
, cf. Lg. 663d : c.inf., R. 440b ; ὁ αἱρῶν λόγος
Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.92
;αἱρεῖalone,proves, Plu. 2.651b .
b. τὸ αἱροῦνthe sumdue,
PRyl. 167.25
(i A. D.); τὰ αἱροῦντα [τάλαντα]
PGrenf. 2.23.14
(ii B. C.), PRyl. 88.19
(ii A. D.).
III. grasp with the mind, understand, Pl. Phlb. 17e , 20d , Plt. 282d .
B.
Med. , withpf. ᾕρημαι(v. supr.),take for oneself,ἔγχος ἑλέσθαι take one'sspear, Il. 16.140 , etc.; ἐκ γαίας λίθον
A. Fr. 199
;δόρπον, δεῖπνον take one'ssupper, Il. 7.370 , 2.399 ;Π<>ειν δ' οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι
Od. 11.584 ;Τρωσὶν . . ὅρκον ἑλ.obtainit from . . , Il. 22.119 ; and so in most senses of the Act. , with the reflexive force added.
II. take to oneself, choose, ἕταρον
Il. 10.235
, cf. 9.139 , Od. 16.149 , etc.;prefer, τι πρό τινος
Hdt. 1.87
; τι ἀντί τινος
X. An. 1.7.3
, D. 2.15 ; τί τινος
S. Ph. 1101
, cf. Theoc. 11.49 .
b. c.inf.,preferto do, Hdt. 1.11 , etc.; ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον τεθνάναι
X. Mem. 1.2.16
, cf. Pl. Ap. 38e ; μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιτό μ' ἢ τοὺς πάντας Ἀργείους λαβεῖν
S. Ph. 47
: withoutμᾶλλον, Pi. N. 10.59 , Lys. 2.62 .
c. αἱ. εἰ. .to be contentif., AP 12.68 ( Mel. ).
2. αἱ. τά τινων takeanother's part,jointheirparty, Th. 3.63 , etc.;αἱ. Γνώ<>ην
to adoptan opinion, Hdt. 4.137 .
3. choose by vote, electto an office,αἱ. τινὰ δικαστήν, στρατηγόν, etc., Id. 1.96 , Eup. 117 , etc.;τινὰς ἀριστίνδηνLex ap. D. 43.57 ; αἱ. τινὰ ἐπ' ἀρχήν
Pl. Men. 90b
; αἱ. τινὰ ἄρχειν
Id. Ap. 28e
, cf. Il. 2.127 .
C.
Pass. ,to be taken, Hdt. 1.185 , 191 , 9.102 ; more commonlyἁλίσκομαι.
2. v.supr. A. 11.3 .
II.
Pass. to med. sense,to be chosen, inpf.
ᾕρημαι
A. Ag. 1209
, etc.; Ion.
ἀραίρημαι
Hdt. 7.118
, 172 , 173 , al.; στρατηγεῖν ᾑρημένος
X. Mem. 3.2.1
;ἐπ' ἀρχῆς ᾑρῆσθαιib. 3.3.2 ; ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν παίδων ἀρχήν
Pl. Lg. 809a
;τοῦ ἔτους . . ᾑρημένοι electedfor the year . . , IGRom. 3.1422 (Bithyn.):—aor. ᾑρέθηνis always so used, A. Th. 505 , Ar. Av. 799 , Th. 7.31 , etc.;pres.rarely,αἱροῦνται πρεσβευταί are chosen, Arist. Pol. 1299a19 , cf. And. 4.16 .
