strengthen
ῥώννῡμι, Hp. Alim. 2 ;ῥωννύω, Ti.Locr. 103e , Gal. 6.581 :fut. ῥώσω(ἐπιρ-) Plu. 2.9e :aor.
A.
ἔρρωσα
Arat. 335
, Plu. Pomp. 76 , (ἐπ-) Hdt. 8.14 , Th. 4.36 :— Pass. , ῥώννῠμαι
Plu. Rom. 25
, Cor. 24 , etc.:fut.
ῥωσθήσομαι
Apollod. 1.6.3
, (ἐπιρ-) Luc. Somn. 18 :aor.
ἐρρώσθην
Th. 4.72
, Pl. Phdr. 238c , (ἐπ-) S. OC 661 :pf. ἔρρωμαι(v. infr.):—strengthen, τροφὴ ῥώννυσι
Hp.
l.c.;ῥ. τὰν ψυχὰν ποτ'(͂ πρὸς) ἀλκάν
Ti.Locr. 103b
;ὁρμάνib.e; τὰς πόλεις
Plu. Per. 19
: but
II. mostly inpf.
Pass. (withpres.sense)ἔρρωμαι, andplpf. ἐρρώμην(asimpf.):—have strengthormight, γέροντές ἐσμεν κοὐδαμῶς ἐρρώμεθα
E. Heracl. 636
; ἐρρῶσθαι τὴν ψυχήν
X. HG 3.4.29
; so ἐρρώσθη χρήμασιν
Plu. Publ. 23
.
2. to be eager, enthusiastic, glossed byπροθυμεῖσθαι, Cratin. 411 ; ἔρρωντο ἐς τὸν πόλεμον
Th. 2.8
, cf. 8.78 , 4.72 : c.inf.,to be eagerto do, ἔρρωτο πᾶς ξυνεπιλαμβάνειν
Id. 2.8
, cf. Lys. 13.31 , Pl. Smp. 176b .
3. to be in good health, Th. 7.15 : freq. in imper.ἔρρωσο,farewell, the usual way of ending a letter, as in X. Cyr. 4.5.33 , and at the close of Pl. Ep. 1 , 2 , and 10 ; ἔρρωσο πολλά
Men. Georg. 84
; ἔρρωσθε
Id. Pk. 50
; also φράζειν τινὶ ἐρρῶσθαι
Pl. Phd. 61b
, D. 18.152 , 19.248 ; εἰ ἔρρωσαι . . καλῶς ἂν ἔχοι, ἐρρώμεθα δὲ καὶ αὐτοί
PPetr. 2p.27
(iii B.C.); εἰ ἔρρωσθε εὖ ἂν ἔχοι
IG 7.413
(Oropus, Senatus consultum,i B.C.), cf. SIG 768 (Epist. Aug.).
4. freq. inpart. ἐρρωμένος(q.v.).
