ἡμερ-όω, (ἥμερος)
A. tame, make tame,
1. prop. of wild beasts, Arist. HA 488a29 ( Pass. ), Gp. 16.21.2 ; but simply,to be pacified, Pl. R. 493b ( Pass. ); δώροις
Id. Lg. 906d
.
2. of plants and trees,reclaim, cultivate, ἡ. ἐξ ἀγρίων
Hp.
Aër.
12 , cf. Thphr. CP 2.14.1 , 5.15.6 ; also of land, Crates Com. 55 .
3. of countries,clearthem of robbers and wild beasts, as Hercules and Theseus did, ναυτιλίαισι πορθμὸν ἁμερώσαις
Pi. I. 4(3).57
; χθόνα ἀνήμερον τιθέντες ἡμερωμένην
A. Eu. 14
; orto cultivatethem, Thphr. CP 5.15.6 ,al.
4. of men also,civilize, humanize, λόγῳ