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αἱρέω,
imperfect ᾕρεον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.579] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect αἵρεον[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.31, but _contraction_ ᾕρει even in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.463, ᾕρευν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 302] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future αἱρήσω[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.28, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ᾕρησα late (ἀν-) [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.40, etc.] Refs 4th c.AD+]: perfect ᾕρηκα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 267, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, etc., _Ionic dialect_ ἀραίρηκα or αἵρηκα ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἀν-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἀραιρήκεε[[ 3.39] Refs]:—middle, future αἱρήσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.235, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ᾑρησάμην[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.13.7 assuming variant, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.53, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect in middle sense ᾕρημαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1577, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers.plural pluperfect ᾕρηντο[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.62] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future αἱρεθήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b; rarely ᾑρήσομαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 338c: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ᾑρέθην and perfect ᾕρημαι[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.146, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; perfect participle ἀραιρημένος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66: plqf. ᾕρηντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.1, ἀραίρητο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.191, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —From [root]ἑλ-: future ἑλῶ only late (δι-) [[ “Test.Epict.” 6.18] Refs], (ἀν-) [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.18] Refs 1st c.BC+], (καθ-) [[ “APl.” 4.334 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus): ] Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist 1 εἷλα (ἀν-) [[ NT.Act.2.23] NT], (ἀν-) [[ “epigram Gr.” 314.24 (from Smyrna)] Refs]: elsewhereaorist 2 εἷλον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.561, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἕλον[[ 17.321] Refs], Ionic dialect ἕλεσκε[[ 24.752] Refs]:— middle, future ἑλοῦμαι[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.75] Refs 1st c.BC+], (ἀφ-) [[ 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 5] Refs 2nd c.BC+], (δι-) [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.60] Refs 1st c.BC+], (ἐξ-) [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.9] Refs 4th c.AD+]: aorist 1 εἱλάμην[[ “epigram Gr.” 314.5 (from Smyrna)] Refs], (ἀφ-) variant in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.546a] Refs 2nd c.AD+], (δι-) [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.56 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: elsewhere aorist 2 εἱλόμην[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.139, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], 2nd pers.singular ἤλεο[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in 1787.6.3:—Cretan dialect forms αἰλεθῇ “Leg.Gort.” 2.21, ἀν-αιλῆθαι [prev. work]7.10, +others: ] Refs 7th c.BC+ —the etymology is doubtful, and ἀγρέω (which see) probably has a different root.]
__A active, take with the hand, grasp, seize, αἱ. τι ἐν χερσίν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.66] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἱ. τινὰ χειρός to take one by the hand, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.323] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμης τινά[[ [prev. work] 197; μ᾽ ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.76: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ἑλών adverbially, κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 497; ἄξω ἑλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.139, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.1] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἔνθεν ἑλών having taken up [the song], [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.500. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.2 take away, ἀπ᾽ ἀπήνης ᾕρεον ἄποινα[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.579. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II take, get into one's power, νῆας [[[prev. work] 13.42] Refs]; especially take a city,[[ 2.37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 347, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; overpower, kill, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.457, etc.; ἕλοιμί κεν ἤ κε ἁλοίην 22.253] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—frequently of passions, etc., come upon, seize, χόλος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.322; ἵμερος 3.446; ὕπνος 10.193; λήθη 2.34, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὸν δ᾽ ἄτη φρένας εἷλε 16.805 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of disease, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 catch, take, ζωὸν ἑλεῖν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.102] Refs 8th c.BC+]; take in hunting, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 302, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; overtake, in a race, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.345] Refs 8th c.BC+]; get into one's power, entrap, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 764, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in good sense, win over, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.16, compare 3.11.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205e, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2.b with participle, catch, detect one doing a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 385, 655; ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἑλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1214; φῶρα ἐπὶ κλοπῇ ἑλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 generally, win, gain, κῦδος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.321; στεφάνους 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.74, etc.; especially in games, Ἴσθμι᾽ ἑλὼν πύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 158] Refs 8th c.BC+]; with double sense, overcome and win, ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.328; ἕλεν Οἰνομάου βίαν παρθένον τε σύνευνον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.88, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 353:] Refs 8th c.BC+] — passive, ἁγὼν ᾑρέθη the fight was won, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1148. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.3.b generally, get, obtain, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 359a, “Ti.” 64b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 as law-term, convict, τινά τινος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 591, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.36, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.156; εἷλέ σ᾽ ἡ Δίκη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” 941, compare “Supp.” 608: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, αἱ. τινὰ κλέπτοντα to convict of theft, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 829, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς (i.e. ὤν) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 493, compare 406. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4.b αἱ. δίκην, γραφήν get a verdict for conviction, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἑλεῖν τινα obtain a conviction against one, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.13] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑλεῖν τὰ διαμαρτυρηθ έντα convict the evidence of falsehood, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4.c absolutely, get a conviction, οἱ ἑλόντες, opposed to οἱ ἑαλωκότες, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.11] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δολίοις ἕλε Κύπρις λόγοις Aphrodite won her cause.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 289, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762b, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4.d of a thing or circumstances which convict, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὃ ἐμὲ αἱρεῖ[[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 28a. ] Refs]
__A.II.5 ὁ λόγος αἱρέει reason or the reason of the thing proves, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person, reason persuades one, i.e. it seems good to one, [[ [prev. author] 1.132, 7.41] Refs]; ὡς ἐμὴ γνώμη αἱ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43; ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱ. βέλτιστ᾽ ἂν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare “Lg.” 663d] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ “R.” 440b; ὁ αἱρῶν λόγος 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.92] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱρεῖ alone, proves, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.651b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.II.5.b τὸ αἱροῦν the sum due, [[ PRyl. 167.25 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ αἱροῦντα [τάλαντα][[ “PGrenf.” 2.23.14 (2nd c.BC), “PRyl.” 88.19 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__A.III grasp with the mind, understand, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 17e, 20d, “Plt.” 282d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B middle, with perfect ᾕρημαι (see. above), take for oneself, ἔγχος ἑλέσθαι take one's spear, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.140, etc.; ἐκ γαίας λίθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόρπον, δεῖπνον take one's supper, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.370, 2.399] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πιέειν δ᾽ οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.584] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τρωσὶν.. ὅρκον ἑλ. obtain it from.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.119] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and so in most senses of the active, with the reflexive force added.
__B.II take to oneself, choose, ἕταρον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.235, compare 9.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.149, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; prefer, τι πρό τινος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87; τι ἀντί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; τί τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1101, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.b with infinitive, prefer to do, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, etc.; ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον τεθνάναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38e; μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιτό μ᾽ ἢ τοὺς πάντας Ἀργείους λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 47: without μᾶλλον, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.59, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.62. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.c αἱ. εἰ.. to be content if., [[“Anthologia Graeca” 12.68 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.II.2 αἱ. τά τινων take another's part, join their party, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ. γνώμην to adopt an opinion, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.137. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 choose by vote, elect to an office, αἱ. τινὰ δικαστήν, στρατηγόν, etc., [[ [prev. author] 1.96, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰς ἀριστίνδην Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.57; αἱ. τινὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 90b; αἱ. τινὰ ἄρχειν [prev. author] “Ap.” 28e, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.127. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C passive, to be taken, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, 191, 9.102] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more commonly ἁλίσκομαι.
__C.2 see above [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.II passive to middle sense, to be chosen, in perfect ᾕρημαι[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1209, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἀραίρημαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.118, 172, 173, +others; στρατηγεῖν ᾑρημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.2.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ᾑρῆσθαι[[ [prev. work] 3.3.2; ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν παίδων ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 809a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἔτους.. ᾑρημένοι elected for the year.., [[ “IGRom.” 3.1422 (Bithyn.):] Refs] —aorist ᾑρέθην is always so used, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 505, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 799, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.31, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; present rarely, αἱροῦνται πρεσβευταί are chosen, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299a19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.16.] Refs 5th c.BC+]
