shoot, dart, glance
ἀί̈σσω, Hom. , Hdt. ; in Pi. and Trag. contr.
ᾄσσω;
Att.
ᾄττω, orἄττω(withoutιsubscr.) in Mss. of Pl. , etc.:impf.
A.
ἤϊσσον
Il. 18.506
, Ion.
ἀί̈σσεσκον(παρ-) A.R. 2.276 , Att.
ᾖσσον
A. Pr. 676
, E. Ph. 1382 :fut. ἀί̈ξω(ὑπ-) Il. 21.126 , Att.
ᾄξω
E. Hec. 1106
(lyr.), Ar. Nu. 1299 :aor.
ἤιξα
Hom.
, B. 12.144 , (δι-) Hdt. 4.134 ; Dor.
ᾆξα
B. 9.23
(prob.); Att. and Trag. ᾖξα
A. Pr. 837
, S. OC 890 , etc.,part.
ᾄξαντες
Is. 4.10
; Ion.
ἀί̈ξασκον
Il. 23.369
:— Med. ,aor.
ἀί̈ξασθαι
Il. 22.195
:— Pass. , Hom. :aor.
ἠίχθην, ἀί̈χθην
Il.
(v. infr.).—Trag. use the un contr. forms in lyr., S. OC 1499 , Tr. 843 , E. Tr. 156 , 1086 , Supp. 962 ; once in trim., E. Hec. 31 . Poet., chiefly Ep. , Verb, rarely found in Prose:—of rapid motion,shoot, dart, glance, as light, αὐγή
Il. 18.212
, etc.; νόος
15.80
; διά μου κεφαλῆς ᾄσσους' ὀδύναι
E. Hipp.
1351 :—of onedarting uponhis enemy,ἀί̈σσειν ἔγχει, φασγάνῳ, ἵπποις,
Il. 11.484.5.81 , 17.460 , etc.;τοῖσιν(sc.σκήπτροισιν) 18.506 ; of therapid flightof birds, 23.868 , etc.; ἤιξεν πέτεσθαι
21.247
; of ghostsgliding about, τοὶ δὲ σκιαὶ ἀί̈σσουσιν
Od. 10.495
; of javelins, Il. 5.657 ; of a tree,shoot up, Pi. N. 8.40 ; of veins, etc., in the body, Hp. Epid. 2.4.1 , cf. Morb. 4.54 : c. acc. cogn., ἦξαν δράμημα
E. Ph. 1379
; κέλευθον
A. Pr. 837
: once inaor.
Med. , ἀντίον ἀί̈ξασθαι
Il. 22.195
: also in Pass. , [ ἔγχος] ὦσεν . . ἐτώσιον ἀϊχθῆναι
Il. 5.854
; ἐς οὐρανὸν ἀϊχθήτην
24.97
;ἐκ χειρῶν ἡνία ἠίχθησαν slippedfrom his hands, 16.404 ; ἀμφὶ δὲ χαῖται ὤμοις ἀί̈σσονται
6.510
; κόμη δι' αὔρας . . ᾄσσεται
S. OC 1261
;shoot forth, of limbs, Emp. 29 :— Act. ,to be driven, πνευμάτων ὑπὸ δυσχίμων ἀί̈σσω
E. Supp. 962
.
2. later,turneagerly toa thing,be eager after, εἴς τι
Id. Ion 328
;ἐπὶ τά τινος ᾄξαντες making onslaught onhis property, Is. 4.10 ; πρὸς τὰ πολιτικὰ ᾄ.
Pl. Alc. 1.118b
, cf. Phld. Mus. p.12 K., Plu. 2.87d : c.inf., εἰπεῖν
Pl. Lg. 709a
.
II. trans.,αὔραν . . ἀί̈σσων puttingthe airin motion(with a fan), E. Or. 1430 ; ᾖξεν χέρα
S. Aj. 40
. [ᾱin Hom. , save in the compd. ὑπᾰί̈ξει
Il. 21.126
, cf. A.R. 3.1302 ;ᾰLyr., Trag. (exc. E. Tr. 1086 ), Arat. 334 .]
