θερίζω,
Boeotian dialect infinitive θερίδδειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 947 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future Attic dialect -ιῶ[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 601b17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐθέρισα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 239 (_anapaest meter_), syncopated op. ἔθρισα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 536 (compare ἀποθρίζω)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry ἐθέρισσα [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.451 ] Refs]; later (subjunctive) ἐκθερίξω [[ “Anacreontea” 9.7:] Refs] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἐθερίσθην: perfect τεθέρισμαι (see. below): (θέρος):—do summer-work, mow, reap, σῖτον, κριθάς, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 506, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, harvest, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.71 K.: frequently _metaphorically_, joined with σπείρω, αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 16 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.394e; ἡ ῥητορικὴ καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260d; οὐκ ἔστι μὴ σπείραντα θερίσαι κάρπιμα “epigram Gr.” 1039.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, καρπὸν Δηοῦς θερίσασθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 515 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἃ [δράγματα] ἔτυχεν.. τεθερισμένα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, mow down, Ἄρη τὸν.. θερίζοντα βροτούς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 637 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ag.” 536; βίον θ. ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).94 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. Ἀσίαν to plunder it, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]