suffer, permit
ἐάω, contr.
ἐῶ
Il. 8.428 , etc.; Ep.
εἰῶ
4.55 ; Ep.
2 and3 sg. ἐάᾳς, ἐάᾳ, Od. 12.137 , Il. 8.414 ;inf.
A.
ἐάαν
Od. 8.509
:impf. εἴων, as, a, Il. 18.448 , Od. 19.25 , Th. 1.28 , etc.; Ion. and Ep.
ἔων
Hdt. 9.2
, ἔα
Il. 5.517
, 16.731 ; alsoἔασκονorεἴασκον, 2.832 , 5.802 , etc.:fut. ἐάσω [ᾱ] 18.296 , etc.:aor. εἴᾱσα(εἴᾰσενis v.l. for εἴᾱς ' in 10.299 ) 24.684 , etc.; Ep.
ἔᾱσα
11.437
:pf.
εἴᾱκα
D. 8.37
, 43.78 , Cerc. 17.35 :— Pass. ,fut. ἐάσομαιin pass. sense, E. IA 331 , Th. 1.142 :aor.
εἰάθην
Isoc. 4.97
:pf.
Pass.
εἴᾱμαι
D. 45.22
.— Hdt. never uses the augm. in this Verb. [ᾰinpres.andimpf.,ᾱinfut.andaor.even in Ion. (so prob. in Anacr. 56 , 57 ; forms with -ασς- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7 ). Synizesis occurs in3 sg.
ἐᾷ
Il. 5.256
, in 1
subj.
ἐῶμεν
10.344
, and prob. in ἐάσουσιν
Od. 21.233
; also in Trag., in imper. ἔα
S. OT 1451
, Ant. 95 , Ar. Nu. 932 ; ind. ἐῶ
Id. Lys. 734
: Hsch. has the formἦσεν: εἴασεν, cf.ἦσαι: παῦσαι]:—suffer, permit, c. acc. pers. etinf.,τούσδε δ' ἔα φθινύθειν leavethemaloneto perish, Il. 2.346 ; αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με . . ζώειν
Od. 13.359
, etc.; ἐᾶν οἰκεῖν
Th. 3.48
, cf. IG 12.1 ;ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμουςib. 2.17.9 ; ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον
S. Ant. 29
, cf. Tr. 1083 ; ἐᾶν τί τινι
Plu. 2.233d
:—so in Pass. ,Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S. OC 368 .
b. concede, allowin argument, c. acc. etinf., Pl. Prm. 135b .
2. with neg.,οὐκ ἐᾶνnotto suffer: hence,forbid, prevent, τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη
Il. 5.256
; εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι
4.55
; esp. of the law, Aeschin. 3.21 ; δμωὰς δ' οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν
Od. 19.25
, etc.: used elliptically withἀλλάfollowing, οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν
Hdt. 7.104
, cf. Th. 2.21 ; also,persuadeoradvisenot to do . . , Id. 1.133 : aninf.may freq. be supplied,οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτοwill notallowthee [to do] this, S. Ant. 538 ;κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷeven if all menforbid, Id. Aj. 1184 , cf. Ph. 444 :—so in Pass. ,οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c.inf.,to be hindered, E. IT 1344 , Th. 1.142 , D. 2.16 .
II. let alone, let be, c. acc., ἔα χόλον
Il. 9.260
;μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν heed notthe suitors' plan, Od. 2.281 ;ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσαςas soon as thouhast dismissedme, Il. 24.557 , cf. 569 , 684 ;ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃςorwilt leavehimalone, 20.311 , cf. Hdt. 6.108 , etc.; ἐάσωμεν ἕκηλον αὐτόν
S. Ph. 825
; [ πρᾶγμα] ἀκάθαρτον ἐᾶν
Id. OT 256
; τὰ παθήματα . . παρεῖς' ἐάσω
Id. OC 363
, cf. Th. 2.36 ; ἐᾶν φιλοσοφίαν
Pl. Grg. 484c
: c.inf.,ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι . . ἔασον letitalone, Hdt. 3.134 ;κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτοραwewill have done withstealing Hector, Il. 24.71 ; ἐᾶν περί τινος
Pl. Prt. 347c
, etc.; ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον
D. 21.122
: abs.,ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον have done, let be, Il. 21.221 , cf. A. Pr. 334 ; οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ' ἐᾶν
E. Fr. 491.5
;θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ' ἐάσειhe will give one thing, the other he willlet alone, Od. 14.444 :— Pass. , ἡ δ' οὖν ἐάσθω
S. Tr. 329
, etc.
2. forἐᾶν χαίρειν, v. χαίρω sub fin. (ἐϝάω, cf.ἔβασον: ἔασον, andεὔα: ἔα, Hsch. who also hasἔησον: ἔασον.)
