STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἐπαίρω

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ἐπαίρω,

Ionic dialect and poetry ἐπᾰείρω [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204 and always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἐπᾱρῶ (contraction from ᾰερ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125 (_anapaest meter_), “Supp.” 581 (probable reading), X “Mem.” 3.6.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπῆρα, participle ἐπάρας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐπῆρκα [[ 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 8.114b:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, aorist ἐπήρθην, participle ἐπαρθείς: lift up and set on, [αὐτὸν] ἀμαξάων ἐπάειρραν lifted and set him upon.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.426; ὀβελοὺς.. κρατευτάων ἐπάειρας 9.214. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 lift, raise, κεφαλὴν ἐπαείρας [[ 10.80; καί μ᾽ ἔπαιρε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 889; ἐπαίρων βλέφαρα [prev. author] “OT” 1276 codices; ἐπάειρε δέρην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 99 (_anapaest meter_); ἔπαιρε σαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 996; σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντες ἐπῆραν (i.e. τὴν χεῖρα) [[ “SIG” 1109.24; οὐδεὶς ἐπῆρε “IG” 3.1132; ἐπάρας τὴν φωνήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.291 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπαιρόμενα ἱστία, opposed to ὑφιέμενα, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 3:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —middle, με τεῷ ἐπαείραο μαζῷ didstliftand put me to thy breast, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.734 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; [λόγχην] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1484; ὅπλ᾽ ἐπαίρεσθαι θεῷ [prev. author] “Ba.” 789; ἱστούς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.7; βακτηρίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185b: _metaphorically_, τί.. στάσιν γλώσσης ἐπήρασθ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 635; πολλοὺς καὶ θρασεῖς τῇ πόλει λόγους ἐπαιρόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.222; κοινὸν ἡ πόλις ἐπήρατο πένθος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__II stir up, excite, πολλά τέ μιν καὶ μεγάλα τὰ ἐπαείροντα.. ἦν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204; τίς σ᾽ ἐπῆρε δαιμόνω; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1328; πέρα τοῦ καιροῦ τοὺς ἑτέρους ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.23; ἐ. θυμόν τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 125; τοῦτό σε ψυχὴν ἐπαίρει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 173; ἑαυτὸν ἐπίτινι 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 64; ἵππον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]urge on, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 1.13c ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; induce, persuade to do, c.infinitive, εἰρωτᾶν εἰ οὔτι ἐπαισχύνεται ἐπάρας Κροῖσον στρατεύεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.108, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192; ἥτις με γῆμ᾽ ἐπῆρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 42, compare “Ra.” 1041; ἐ. τινὰ ὥστε.. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 581 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅστις μ᾽ ἐπάρας ἔργον (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 286 ] Refs]:—passive, to be roused, led on, excited, τῷ μαντηΐῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, compare 5.91; τοῖσι δωρήμασι [prev. author] 7.38; τοῖς τῆς πόλεως κακοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.37; ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλούτῳ, τιμῇ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 434b, 608b; ὑπὸ λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1448; τῇ ἐλπίδι ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.21; τοῖς λόγοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.121; δεινότητι καὶ ξυνέσεως ἀγῶνι [prev. author] 3.37 (so τὸ ἐπαιρόμενον τοῦ λόγου τῇ δεινότητι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 25); ὑπὸ μεγάλου μισθοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.13; ἐ. ἐς τὸ νεωτερίζειν [prev. author] 4.108; ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν LXX.3Ki.12. [24] ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ἐπήρθην γράψαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ or τὸ λέγειν (uncertain reading) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232a (but ναυτικῷ προύχειν -όμενοι] Refs 5th c.BC+] flattering themselves that they were superior.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be excited, on tiptoe, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 810; and so Ἑλλὰς τῇ ὁρμῇ ἐπῆρται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]