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(Locrian dialect φάρω [ᾰ], [[ “IG” 9(1).334.5 (Oeanthea, 5th c.BC))] Refs 5th c.BC+], only present and imperfect (late 1 aorist 3rd.pers. plural ἤφεραν [[ “IG” 3.1379), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.458, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect forms, 2nd pers. plural imperative φέρτε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.171 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive φέρῃσθα [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 144 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive φέρῃσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.308, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.164, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive φερέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.411, +others: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect ἔφερον, Epic dialect φέρον [[ 3.245 ] Refs]; also φέρεσκε, φέρεσκον (3rd.pers. plural), [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.429, 10.108. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II future οἴσω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.82, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect οἰσῶ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural οἰσεῦμες [[ [prev. author] 15.133 ] Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural ηοίσοντι [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.150] Refs]: the following active forms are not future in sense, imperative οἶσε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.106, 481, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1099, 1101, 1122, “Ra.” 482; οἰσέτω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.173, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural οἰσόντων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus 15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive οἴσειν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect οἰσέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.429, οἰσέμεναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.120, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.399, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 infinitive οἶσαι [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.611 codices (ἀν-οῖσαι is probably in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.157)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future οἴσομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.217, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 969, etc. (in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 440, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so Doric dialect οἰσεῖται [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.7, +others)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future passive οἰσθήσομαι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.45, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 205a13, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.3, +others, (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 561 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect προοῖσται [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare οἰστέον, οἰστός (ἀν-οιστός).
Close Browse lexicon entries __III from ἐνεγκ- (not found in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, except as variant in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.194, but in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.66, “I.” 8(7).21, (προσ-) [prev. author] “P.” 9.36, also 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.62 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and normal in Attic dialect and Trag., also in codices [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, “Epid.” 1.1.2, +others) come ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἤνεγκα, and aorist 2 ἤνεγκον:—Indic., 1st pers. singular ἤνεγκον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 521 (Lyric poetry), 964, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1299, “Th.” 742, “Lys.” 944, (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.59, but ἤνεγκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 13, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 38, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], and in composition with Preps.; 2nd pers. singular always ἤνεγκας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 540 (Lyric poetry), (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 741 (in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 742, δέκα μῆνας αὔτ᾽ ἐγὼ ἤνεγκον] Refs 5th c.BC+] is answd. by ἤνεγκας σ;); 3rd.pers. singular ἤνεγκε, common to both forms; dual δι-ηνεγκάτην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; plural always ἠνέγκαμεν, -ατε, -αν (3rd.pers. plural ἀπ-ήνενκαν [[ “IG” 22.1620.37, +others, once ἀπ-ήνεγκον [prev. work] 1414.2] Refs]; δι-ηνέγκομεν is falsa lectio in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.8)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperative, 2nd pers. singular ἔνεγκε [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 699, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.9 (ἔνεγκον] Refs 5th c.BC+] conjecture Pors. in [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 8)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐνεγκάτω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1149 (troch.), “Th.” 238, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116d, (προσ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.2; but ἐξ-ενεγκέτω “IG” 12.63.33, 76.61; _Doric dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἐνεγκόντω [prev. work]5 (1).26.16 (Amyclae, 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. plural ἐξ-ενέγκατε [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 847: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]subjunctive ἐνέγκω common to both forms: optative, 1st pers. singular ἐνέγκαιμι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 393, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c: _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἐνέγκαι (codex A, but -κοι codex Laur.) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 774, but ἐνέγκοι [prev. author] “fragment” 84 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a, (ξυν-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.20, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. plural ἐνέγκαιτε (ἐνέγκατε codices) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 751 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: infinitive ἐνεγκεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 766, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1599, “IG” 22.40.18, etc., (προσ-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.36, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 15; Hellenistic ἐνέγκαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1349a27 (εἰσ-), “PAmh.” 2.30.35 (2nd c.BC), NT.Mark.2.4 ] NT+5th c.BC+] (προσ-), etc., found also in codices [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, “Aff.” 3 (προσ-), “Nat.Mul.” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (δι-): participle ἐνεγκών [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 692, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56, etc., ἐνέγκας “IG” 22.1361.21 (εἰσ-), 333.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.51 (and later, 4th-3rd c.BC: Demetrius Comicus Novae Comoediae 1.10 (εἰσ-), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1351a14, etc.; in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus we find ἐξ-ενεγκόντες “Mem.” 1.2.53, and δι-ενεγκοῦσα, συν-ενεγκόντες, variants in [prev. work] 2.2.5, “An.” 6.5.6):] Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, only ἠνεγκάμην, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἐξ-), etc. (except imperative ἐνεγκοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular ἠνέγκω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 583, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἠνέγκατο [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἠνεγκάμεθα [[ [prev. author] “Ion” 530b, (προ-) “Phlb.” 57a ] Refs]; infinitive εἰσ-ενέγκασθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.188 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: participle ἐνεγκάμενος [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.131, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV from ἐνεικ- comes aorist 1 ἤνεικα, found mostly in Ionic dialect (but not in codices [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus), _Epic dialect_ and Lyric poetry, also at Cos (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+] and implied elsewhere in passive forms (see. below see):—the endings are those of aorist 1, except in imperative ἔνεικε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.178 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive ἐνεικέμεν (variant{ἐνεγκέμεν}) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.194 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], ἐνείκην (see. below), and participle μετ-ενεικών, ἐξενικοῦσι (see. below), compare συνενείκομαι:—1st pers. singular ἀν-ένεικα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.625 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular ἀπ-ένεικας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἤνεικε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.300, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἔνεικε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.705, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἐνείκαμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.43 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤνεικαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἔνεικαν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.306 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative 2nd pers. singular ἔνεικον [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 62.3 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. plural, ἐνείκατε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.393 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐνεικάντων [[ “Schwyzer” 688 B 3 (Chios, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἐνεῖκαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.334, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.53, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνεικέμεν (see. above); Aeolic dialect ἐνείκην [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Oxy.” 1788 “fragment” 15i i 20] Refs 7th c.BC+]; participle ἐνείκας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.39, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23; μετ-ενεικών “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).22 (Cos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, 3rd.pers. singular ἀν-ενείκατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.314 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἠνείκαντο [[ 9.127, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57, (ἐσ-) 7.152 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἐνεικάμενος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35.4. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__IV.2 aorist 1 ἤνῐκα is found in the following dialect forms: 3rd.pers. singular ἤνικε [[ “IG” 42(1).121.110 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἤνικεν [[ “SIG” 239 B i11 (Delph., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀν-ήνικε [[ “IG” 4.757 A 12, +others (Troezen, 2nd c.BC); ἀπ-ήνικε [prev. work]42(1).103.16, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἤνῑκε is probably written for ἤνεικε in [[ “IG” 4.801.3 (Troezen, 6th c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἀν-ηνίκαμες [ῐ] [[ “GDI” 3591b21 (from Calymna)] Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤνικαν [[ “SIG” 239 B i 17 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “IG” 12(2).15.15 (Mytil., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive ἐνίκει [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene)] Refs]; ἐσ-ενίκη, and infinitive ἐσ-ένικαι, [[ “IG” 12(2).645b43,39 (Nesus, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; participle (dative plural) ἐξ-ενικοῦσι [[ “IG” 4.823.49 (Troezen, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so in later Gr., εἰσ-ήνικα [[ “Supp.epigram” 7.381,382 (Dura-Europos, 3rd c.AD); ἤνιγκα [prev. work]383 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—middle, participle ἐξ-ε[νικ]άμενος [[ “IG” 12 (2).526a5 (Eresus, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2.b Boeotian dialect aorist 1 in 3rd.pers. plural εἴνιξαν [[ “IG” 7.2418.24 (Thebes, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; 1st pers. singular ἤνειγξα Hdn.Gr.2.374.
__V other tenses: perfect ἐνήνοχα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.108, 22.62, (ἐξ-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 15, 17, (μετ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113a, (συν-) see reading in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future ἐνεχθήσομαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 205b12, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 2.2, +others, (ἐπ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56, (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠνέχθην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] and frequently in compounds; Ionic dialect ἀπ-ηνείχθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (περι-) [[[prev. work] 84 ] Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural written ἠνείχτθησαν in [[ “Schwyzer” 707 B 9 (Ephesus, 6th c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle ἐξ-ενειχθείς [[ “IG” 42(1).121.115 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Hellenistic ἐνεγχθείς [[ “PCair.Zen.” 327.42 (3rd c.BC), (συμπερι-) “IPE” 12.32 A 31,78, B 70 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in dialects, 3rd.pers. singular indicative ἀπ-ηνίχθη [[ “IG” 42(1).103.111 (Epid., 4th c.BC); _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ] Refs 4th c.BC+]subjunctive ἐξενιχθῇ[[ [prev. work]12(5).593 A 23 (Ceos, 5th c.BC), “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).21 (Cos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect ἐν-ενιχθεῖ [[ “IG” 7.3172.150 (Thespiae, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; participle (neuter) ἐπ-ενιχθέν [[ “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).53 (Telos, 4th c.BC, unpublished)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect perfect ἐνήνεγμαι, ἐνήνεκται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 584d, εἰσ-ενήνεκται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1340; ἀν-ενήνεγκται “IG” 12.91.4; ἐπαν-ενήνειγκται [prev. work]22.1607a7;] Refs 5th c.BC+] Ionic dialect ἐξ-ενηνειγμένος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect pluperfect προσ-ενήνεκτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle κατ-, μετ-ενηνεγμένος [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.30.2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.12. (With φέρω] Refs 2nd c.BC+] cf. Latin fero, O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] beran, Sanskrit bhárati 'bear'; οἴσω is of uncertain origin; ἐνεγκ- is probably reduplicate ἐγκ- (ἐνεκ- in passive forms and in δουρηνεκής, etc.), cognate with Sanskrit náśati 'attain,' Latin nanciscor, Lithuanian nèšti 'carry, bear'; ἐνεικ- (ἐνῐκ-) is of uncertain origin; the glosses ἐνέεικαν· ἤνεγκαν, and ἐνεείκω· ἐνέγκω [[(5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) are not corroborated.) ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__A.I bear or carry a load, ἐν ταλάροισι φέρον μελιηδέα καρπόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.568; μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γ᾽ ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.303; ἦγον μὲν μῆλα, φέρον δ᾽ εὐήνορα οἶνον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.622; χοάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 15; φ. ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 564; χερσὶν φ. [prev. author] “Ant.” 429; φ. ὅπλα βραχίονι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; bear (as a device) on one's shield, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 559, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γαστέρι κοῦρον φ., of a pregnant woman, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.59 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. ὑπὸ ζώνην or ζώνης ὕπο, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1000(992), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 762: in Trag. stronger than ἔχω, ἁγνὰς αἵματος χεῖρας φ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] to have hands clean from blood, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 316 (variant{φορεῖς}); ἀλαὸν ὄμμα φέρων [prev. author] “Ph.” 1531 (Lyric poetry); γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 581, compare “Supp.” 994; καλὸν φ. στόμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 930 codices (nisi to be read φορῇ)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄψοφον βάσιν φ. [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 967 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__A.II bear, convey, with collateral notion of motion, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πῇ δὴ.. τόξα φέρει; 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.362 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρόσω φ.[[ [prev. work] 369; εἴσω φέρω σ᾽ ἐντεῦθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1444, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914b; πόδες φέρον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.514; πέδιλα τά μιν φέρον 24.341, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of horses,[[ 2.838; ἵππω.. ἅρμα οἴσετον 5.232, etc.] Refs]; of ships, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.323, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.306; τὰ σώματα τῶν ζῴων συνέστηκεν ἐκ τοῦ φέροντος καὶ τοῦ φερομένου Diocl. fragment 17. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.b of persons, bring to bear, μένος or μένος χειρῶν ἰθύς τινος φέρειν hurl one's strength right upon or against him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.602, 5.506 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. τὴν ὀργήν, τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπί τινα, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.31.8, 33.11.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__A.II.c lead, direct, τὴν πόλιν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.II.2 of wind, bear along, [πνοιὴ Ζεφύρου] φ. νῆάς τε καὶ αὐτούς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.26; [σχεδίην] ἄνεμοι φέρον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα 5.330, compare 4.516, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.378, etc.; ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.300, 7.277, compare 5.111, etc.: _absolutely_, ὁ βορέας ἔξω τοῦ Πόντου εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα φέρει] Refs 8th c.BC+] is fair for Greece, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.77: _metaphorically_, ὅπῃ ἂν ὁ λόγος ὥσπερ πνεῦμα φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394d; φ. τινὰ φρένες δύσαρκτοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1023, compare “Th.” 687 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III endure, suffer, λυγρά [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.135; ἄτην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλινόν, ζυγόν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1066, 1226 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πημονάς, τύχας, [[ [prev. author] “Pers.” 293, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1024; ξυμφοράς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τὰς οὐ προσηκούσας ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of food, ἐσθίουσι πλείω ἢ δύνανται φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of strong wine, bear, admit, καὶ τὰ τρία φέρων καλῶς, i.e. three parts of water, instead of ἴσον ἴσῳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1188, compare “Ach.” 354 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τὰς ἐπιδείξεις.. φέρουσιν αὐτοῦ (i.e. Ἰσοκράτους) οἱ λόγοι, τοὺς δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίαις.. ἀγῶνας οὐχ ὑπομένουσι [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 2: _metaphorically_, ᾗ φέρειν πέφυκε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 48a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.2 frequently with modal words, πήματα κόσμῳ φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.82; σιγῇ κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 738; ὀργῇ τὸν πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31; θυμῷ φ. [prev. author] 5.80; χαρᾷ φ. τι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially with an adverb, [ὕβριν] ῥηϊδίως φ. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 215 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεινῶς, βαρέως, πικρῶς, χαλεπῶς φέρειν τι, bear a thing impatiently, take it ill or amiss, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.γ, 5.19, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 610, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυσπετῶς, βαρυστόνως φ., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 752, “Eu.” 794 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; προθύμως φέρειν τὸν πόλεμον to be zealous about the war, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, 40; προθύμως τὰ τοῦ πολέμου ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.36; αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 104; συμφορὴν ὡς κουφότατα φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35; ῥᾳδίως φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 522d, +others; εὐπετῶς φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 585, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐπόρως (εὐφόρως Brunck) ἐνεγκεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 873 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐμενῶς, εὐχερῶς φ., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; these phrases are used mostly with accusative of things; also with participle, βαρέως ἤνεικε ἰδών [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 385, etc.; φ. ἐλαφρῶς.. λαβόντα ζυγόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93; ῥᾳδίως φέρεις ἡμᾶς ἀπολείπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63a: with _genitive_, τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς χαλεπώτερον φ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, compare 2.62; ἐπί τινι, χαλεπῶς φ. ἐπὶ τῇ πολιορκίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.232; πράως ἐπὶ τοῖς γιγνομένοις φ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.55: with _dative_ only, βαρέως φέρειν τοῖς παροῦσι, τῇ ἀτιμίᾳ, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.3, “HG” 3.4.9, compare 5.1.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, χαλεπῶς φ. διά τι, πρός τι, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.111, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.17c codices ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.IV bring, fetch, εἰ.. θεὸς αὐτὸν ἐνείκαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.196; φ. ἄποινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.502; ἄρνε 3, 120, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 95] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕδωρ, οἶνον, [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 62.1; ἔντεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.191; τόξα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.359; κνημῖδας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 675; δᾷδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1490, etc.; γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.131 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, carry or bring with one, or for one's own use, ποδάνιπτρα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.504; οἶνον 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67, 7.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.1; φερνὰς δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1282 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; fetch, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.410; χοὰς ἐκ κρήνης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.IV.2 bring, offer, present, δῶρα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.428, etc.; μέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.3; χοάς τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 487; φ. πέπλον δώρημά τινι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 602; πρός τινα δῶρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.31 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χάριν τινὶ φ. grant any one a favour, do him a kindness, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.211, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.307, +others; ἐπὶ ἦρα φ. τινί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.572, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.164, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. τισὶ εὐνοίας, ὄνησιν ἀστοῖς, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 489, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 287; but after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, χάριν τινὶ φ.] Refs 8th c.BC+] show gratitude to him, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆνιν φ. τινί cherish wrath against.. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Niob.” in “PSI” 11.1208.12. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.IV.2.b ={ἄγω}[[ iv. 1, ἄχρι νῦν καθ᾽ ὥραν ἔτους λέγονται πένθος ἐπὶ Μελεάγρῳ φέρειν 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 2.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ἰάλεμος· ὁ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀπολωλόσιν ἀνίαν φέρων, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs]:—middle, τοῦ γονέως ἐφ᾽ ᾧ γε τὸ πένθος φέρεσθε [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 103.1. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.IV.3 bring, produce, cause, [ἀστὴρ] φέρει πυρετὸν βροτοῖσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.31; ὄσσαν.. ἥ τε φ. κλέος ἀνθρώποισι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.283, compare 3.204 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. κακόν, πῆμα, ἄλγεα, etc., work one woe, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.541, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.231, 427, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δηϊοτῆτα φ. bring war,[[ 6.203; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι φ. Ἄρηα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.132, compare 8.516; πόλεμον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 150; θάνατον φ. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.134; τοῦτο εὐδοξίαν σοι οἴσει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 312c; τὸ σωθῆναι τὸ ψεῦδος φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 109; τέχναι.. φόβον φέρουσιν μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1135 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ τὸ δίκαιον ἔφερε as justice brought with it, brought about, i.e. as was just, no more than just, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.58; ἀν᾽ ὄ κα φέρῃ ὁ λόγος ὁ ταμία Φιλοκλέος “IG” 42(1).77.13 (Epid., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a calculation, yield a result, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 349.27 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; produce, adduce, bring forward, παραδείγματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.6, etc.; πάσας αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.22; ἁρμόττουσαν εἰκόνα [prev. author] 61.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, εἰς τὴν συνηγορίαν.. τοιαῦτά τινα φέρεται [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.IV.3.b bring or carry with one, involve, τὸ πᾶν ἡμῖν τοῦ πολέμου φέρουσιν αἱ νέες [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; οὐ ξύλων ἀγὼν ὁ τὸ πᾶν φέρων ἐστὶ ἡμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν [prev. work] 100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV.4 μῦθον φ. τινί bring one word, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.288, 15.202 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγγελίην φ. bring a message,[[ [prev. work] 175, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.408; λόγον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.38; ἐπιστολὰς φ. τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 781, compare “Tr.” 493; ἐπιστολήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 8.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, tell, announce, πευθώ, φάτιν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 370, “Ag.” 9; σαφές τι πρᾶγος [prev. author] “Pers.” 248 (troch.), compare “Ag.” 639, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; report, ἀγήν (breakages) [[ “PCair.Zen.” 15r27 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φ. κεχωνευκώς reports that he has.., [[[prev. work] 741.26, compare 147.4, 268.24 (all 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; enter, book a payment made, [[ “PBaden” 47.12 ] Refs]:—middle, λόγους φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 583 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ἀγγελίας ἔπος οἴσῃ thou shalt have it brought thee, receive, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1546 (Lyric poetry); μαντήϊα.. φέρονται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 134.9:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου the death of the testator must be announced, [[ NT.Heb.9.16. ] NT]
__A.IV.5 pay something due or owing, φόρον τέσσαρα τάλαντα φ. pay as a tax or tribute, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.57, compare “IG” 12.57.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298a, “PCair.Zen.” 467.7 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δασμόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύνοδον φ. subscribe to the expense of a meeting, [[ “IG” 22.1012.14, 1326.6; χρήματα πᾶσι τάξαντες φ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19; μισθὸν φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but usually, receive, draw, pay, μισθὸν δύο δραχμὰς τῆς ἡμέρας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 66; τέτταρας τῆς ἡμέρας ὀβολοὺς φέρων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 357; αἱ νῆες μισθὸν ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.21, “Oec.” 1.6); φ. ἐννέα ὀβολοὺς τῆς μνᾶς τόκους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 1.2, compare 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of property, bring in, yield as rent, φ. μίσθωσιν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.35. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.IV.6 apply, refer, τι ἐπί τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37e, “Chrm.” 163d, “R.” 478b, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.36.7, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. τὰ πράγματα ἐπί τινα confer powers upon, [[ [prev. author] 2.50.6. ] Refs]
__A.IV.7 ψῆφον φ. give one's vote, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 674, 680, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψῆφος καθ᾽ ἡμῶν οἴσεται (passive) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 440; περὶ ταύτης ἡ ψῆφος οἰσθήσεται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.45; ὑπὲρ ἀγῶνος 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7, compare 11: hence φ. τινά] Refs 5th c.BC+] appoint or nominate to an office, φ. χορηγόν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.130, 39.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 753d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a10:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [[, [prev. passage]] Refs]; ὅπως φέρηται ἐν τῷ στρατιωτικῷ [[ “UPZ” 15.10 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν φερομένων ἐν Κλεοπάτρᾳ κληρούχων [[ “PRein.” 10.13, +others (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; φερομένου μου ἐν τῇ συνοχῇ since I am enrolled in prison, i.e. am in prison, [[ “BGU” 1821.21 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, choose, adopt, ταύταν φ. βιοτάν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 785 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.V bring forth, produce, whether of the earth or of trees, φ. ἄρουρα φάρμακα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.229; ἄμπελοι φ. οἶνον 9.110 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [νῆσος] φ. ὥρια πάντα[[ [prev. work] 131, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 117; [οὐ] γῆ καρπὸν ἔφερε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.139; γύαι φ. βίοτον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 196.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.41, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 593, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, bear fruit, be fruitful, εὖτ᾽ ἂν τάδε πάντα φέρῃσι [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 91 ] Refs]; ἡ γῆ ἔφερε (καρπόν add. codices quidam) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.82; αἱ ἄμπελοι φέρουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of living beings, τόπος ἄνδρας φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 24c; ἤνεγκεν αὐτὸν Λαοδίκεια 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.25.1; ἡ ἐνεγκοῦσα ] Refs 5th c.BC+]one's country, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.29, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 2.66, +others, Chor. p.81 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.26, uncertain in “Supp.epigram” 4.439 (Milet.) without _Article_ (also ἡ ἐνεγκαμένη 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 202)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or Mother Earth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.48 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, create, form, Πηνειὸς Τέμπη φ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.25; [τὰ βρέφη] ἄρχεται φέρειν τοὺς ὀδόντας 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 4.9; φ. τοὺς κυνόδοντας “Geoponica” 16.1.14. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.VI carry off or away, Κῆρες ἔβαν θανάτοιο φέρουσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.302; φ. τινὰ ἐκ πόνου 14.429, 17.718, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of winds, [ἔπος] φέροιεν ἀναρπάξασαι ἄελλαι may the winds sweep away the word, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.409 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a river, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, carry off with one, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.19. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.VI.2 carry away as booty or prize, ἔναρα, τεύχεα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.480, 17.70; αἶγα λέοντε φ. 13.199 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεῖπνον φ., of Harpies, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 51; ἐνέχυρα βίᾳ φ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the phrase φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν [[compare (ἄγω 1.3), “IG” 12.69.19] Refs]; φέροντα ἢ ἄγοντα Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.60; αἴ κα.. ἄγῃ ἢ φέρῃ “Leg.Gort.” 5.37; ἥρπαζον καὶ ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.17; κείρων ἢ φέρων “IG” 12(9).90.10 (Tamynae, 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴ τίς κα.. φέρει τι τῶν ἐν τᾷ ἱαρᾷ γᾷ [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.128 ] Refs]; of a divorced wife, αἰ δέ τι ἄλλο φέροι τῶ ἀνδρός, πέντε στατῆρανς καταστασεῖ κὤτι κα φέρῃ αὐτόν [[ “Leg.Gort.” 3.2 ] Refs]; φέρειν alone, rob, plunder, θεῶν ἱερά [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 804; ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7; _absolutely_, “SIG” 38.23 (Teos, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, φερόμενοι Βακχῶν ὕπο [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 759 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle in same sense, ἔναρα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.245; πελέκεας οἶκόνδε φ. 23.856; ἀτερπέα δαῖτα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.124, compare 15.378. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.VI.3 carry off, gain, especially by toil or trouble, win, achieve, both active and middle, ἤ κε φέρῃσι μέγα κράτος ἦ κε φεροίμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.308; φέρειν τρίποδα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 657; τἀπινίκια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 692; τιμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1278 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τἀριστεῖα, τὰ νικητήρια, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468c, “Lg.” 657e; πέρα.. οὐδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 651; ἐκ σοῦ πάντ᾽ ἄνευ φόβου φ. [prev. author] “OT” 590; τίς.. πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει ἤ..; [prev. work] 1190 (Lyric poetry),compare “El.” 1088 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in bad sense, μείζω τὴν αἰσχύνην φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 671e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, receive one's due, φ. χάριν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 764; ὡς τοῦτό γ᾽ ἔρξας δύο φέρῃ δωρήματα [prev. author] “Ph.” 117; μισθὸν φέρειν (see. above iv. 5)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a priest's perquisites, φέρει ὁ ἱαρεὺς γέρη σκέλη κτλ. [[ “BMus.Inscription” 968 A 9 (from Cos), compare “IG” 12.24.10, +others, “SIG” 56.35 (Argos, 5th c.BC):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle (see. ad [near the start]), win for oneself, κῦδος οἴσεσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.217 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δέπας, τεύχεα, carry off as a prize, [[ 23.663, 809, +others] Refs]; ἀέθλια or ἄεθλον φ. carry off, win a prize, [[ 9.127, 23.413 ] Refs]; τὰ πρῶτα φέρεσθαι (i.e. ἄεθλα) [[ 23.275, 538 ] Refs]; οὐ σμικρὸν ἆθλον τῆς ἐρωτικῆς μανίας φέρονται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of perquisites, τὸ.. σκέλος τοὶ ἱαρομνάμονες φερόσθω (i. e. φερούσθω from *φερόνσθω) [[ “IG” 42(1).40.13 (Epid., 5th-4th c.BC): hence οὐ τὰ δεύτερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον φέρεσθαι get more or a larger share for onself, gain the advantage over any one, τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 500 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 308 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα ἐπὶ σμικρόν τι ἐφέροντο τοῦ πολέμου this they received as a small help towards the war, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129; ἠνείκατο παρὰ Ἐγεσταίων τὰ οὐδεὶς ἄλλος 5.47; ἴδια κέρδεα προσδεκόμενοι παρὰ τοῦ Πέρσεω οἴσεσθαι 6.100; χάριν φέρεσθαι παρ᾽ ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9; φ. τὴν ἀπέχθειαν αὐτῶν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ὀνείδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762a; εὐσέβειαν ἐκ πατρὸς οἴσῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 969; δάκρυ πρὸς τῶν κλυόντων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 638; ἀπό τινος βοσκάν [prev. author] “Eu.” 266 (Lyric poetry); ἐξ ἀνανδρίας τοὔνομα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.131 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, get for one's own use and profit, take and carry away, especially to one's own home, τοῦ.. πάμπρωτα παρ᾽ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα φέροιο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.97: hence φέρειν or φέρεσθαι is often used pleonastic, see below xi. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.VII absolutely, of roads or ways, lead to a place, ὁδὸν φέρουσαν ἐς ἱρόν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122, compare 138 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν φέρουσαν ἄνω (i.e. ὁδόν) [[ [prev. author] 9.69; τῆς μὲν ἐς ἀριστερὴν ἐπὶ Καρίης φ., τῆς δὲ ἐς δεξιὴν ἐς Σάρδις [prev. author] 7.31; ἐπὶ Σοῦσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.15; ἁπλῆ οἶμος εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 239; ἡ ἐς Θήβας φέρουσα ὁδός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24 (but ἡ ἐπ᾽ Ἀθηνῶν φέρουσα [prev. passage])] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἡ θύρα ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φ. the door leading to the garden, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.53 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ εἰς τὴν πόλιν φ. πύλαι, αἱ ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος φ. κλίμακες, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.7, compare “PMich.Zen.” 38.27 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VII.2 of a district or tract of country, stretch, extend to or towards, φέρειν ἐπί or ἐς θάλασσαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.99 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὴν μεσόγαιαν[[ [prev. work] 100; πρὸς νότον [prev. author] 7.201 ] Refs]; ἡ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς Κιμβρικῆς) καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄλβιν φέρουσα [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 2.11.2, compare 3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.VII.2.b of time, τῇ νυκτὶ τῇ φερούσῃ εἰς τὴν β τοῦ Παχών [[ “PPetr.” 3p.x (3rd c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 61 (b) 288 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1832.5 (1st c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.VII.3 metaphorically, lead to or towards, be conducive to, ἐς αἰσχύνην φέρει [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; τὰ ἐς ἄκεσιν φέροντα [prev. author] 4.90 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς βλάβην, ἐς φόβον φέρον, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 517, 991; εἰς ὄκνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 295 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in good sense, tend, conduce to one's interest, ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερά τοι φέρει (impersonal) ταῦτα ποιέειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3. 134; so τὰ πρὸς τὸ ὑγιαίνειν φέροντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.31; τροφαὶ μέγα φ. εἰς ἀρετάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 562 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγα τι οἰόμεθα φέρειν (i.e. κοινωνίαν γυναικῶν τε καὶ παίδων) εἰς πολιτείαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ καλὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα εἰς ἀρετῆς κτῆσιν φ.[[ [prev. work] 444e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο ἔφερεν αὐτῷ was for his good, [[ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 5.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.VII.3.b point to, refer to a thing, ἐς τί ὑμῖν ταῦτα φαίνεται φέρει; [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνὴ φέρουσα πρός τινα addressed to him, [[ [prev. author] 1.159; ἐς ἀρηΐους ἀγῶνας φέρον τὸ μαντήϊον [prev. author] 9.33, compare 6.19 ] Refs]; [ὄψις] φέρει ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν refers to.., extends over.., [[ [prev. author] 7.19 ] Refs]; τὰ ἴχνη τῆς ὑποψίας εἰς τοῦτον φ. point to him, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.10; πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 538c; ταύτῃ [ὁ] νόος ἔφερε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ δήμου φέρει γνώμη, ὡς.., the people's opinion inclines to this, that.., [[ [prev. author] 4.11; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.79: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τῶν ἡ γνώμη ἔφερε συμβάλλειν whose opinion inclined to giving battle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.110, compare 5.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι his opinion inclined rather to the view.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100, compare 3.77. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.VIII carry or have in the mouth, i. e. speak of, πολύν τινα ἐν ταῖς διαβολαῖς φέρειν [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.223 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; use a word, οὐκ οἶδα καθ᾽ ὁποτέρου τούτων οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸ τῆς ζειᾶς ἔφερον ὄνομα [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ λεπτυνούσης διαίτης - CMG” 6, compare 7.644, 15.753, 876 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; record an event, οἱ δευτέρῳ μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον.. ἔτει φέροντες αὐτήν [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.63: more frequently in ] Refs 1st c.BC+]passive, πονηρῶς, εὖ, φέρεσθαι, to be ill or well spoken of, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.17, 2.1.6; ἀτίμως ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 328e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; absolutely, φέρεται [the report] is carried about, i.e. it is said, with accusative et infinitive, τοιόνδε φέρεται πρῆγμα γίνεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104 (variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χρόνοις φέρεται μνημονευομένοις is recorded as occurring within historical times, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.15; ὅτε καὶ Δημόκριτος φέρεται τελευτήσας 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit.Hippocr.” 11; κρίνομεν.. τὰ γραφέντα ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν προστάγματα ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς νόμοις φέρεσθαι παρ᾽ ὑμῖν “OGI” 331.60 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα φέρεται are in use, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 7.4.11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of literary works, to be in circulation, ἐπιστόλιον αὐτοῦ τοιοῦτον φέρεται [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.808a, compare 209e, 832d, 833c, +others, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.189b, “Geoponica” 2.35.8, 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.456 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόλογοι διττοὶ φέρονται [[ 5th c.BC: Arg. Euripides Tragicus “Rh.” ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ στίχος οὗτος ἔν τισιν οὐ φέρεται [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 377, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.557. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.VIII.2 of words, φέρεσθαι ἐπί τι to refer to something, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 61.5, “Synt.” 21.14, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.IX imperative φέρε like{ἄγε}, as adverb, come, now, well,
__A.IX.1 before another imperative, φέρε γὰρ σήμαινε [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 296 (_anapaest meter_); φέρ᾽ εἰπὲ δή μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 534; φ. δή μοι τόδε εἰπέ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 385b; so φέρετε.. πειρᾶσθε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IX.2 before 1st pers. singular or plural of subjunctive used imperatively, φέρε ἀκούσω, φέρε στήσωμεν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 97; φ. δὲ νῦν.. φράσω [prev. author] 2.14; φέρ᾽ ἴδω, τί δ᾽ ἥσθη; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 4; φέρε δὴ κατίδω [prev. author] “Pax” 361, compare 959 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. δὴ ἴδωμεν, φ. δὴ σκεψώμεθα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455a, “Prt.” 330b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1281 (Lyric poetry), “Ph.” 276, etc.: less frequently before 2 _person_, φέρε.. μάθῃς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 300. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IX.3 before a rhetorical question, φέρε.. τροπαῖα πῶς ἀναστήσει; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 571; φ. δὴ νῦν.. τί γαμεῖθ᾽ ἡμᾶ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 788 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Ach.” 541, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. μῶν οὐκ ἀνάγκη..; [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 805d ] Refs]; φ. πρὸς θεῶν πῶς..; [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 514d; frequently in phrase φέρε γάρ, φέρε τίς γὰρ οὗτο; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 218; φ. γὰρ πρὸς τίνας χρὴ πολεμεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.183, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.36; also φ. δή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: usually first in a sentence, but τὴν ἀνδρείαν δὲ φ. τί θῶμε; [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 633c, etc. ] Refs]
__A.IX.4 φέρε δή, ἐάν πῃ διαλλαχθῶμεν.. come let us see if we can.., [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 430a. ] Refs]
__A.IX.5 φέρε with infinitive, suppose, grant that.. φ. λέγειν τινά [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.98b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; φ. εἰπεῖν let us say, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 31.93, 163, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.3; οἷον φ. εἰ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.47 P., +others (οἷον φέρε alone, 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 11p.439M.). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.X participle neuter τὸ φέρον, as substantive, destiny, fate, τὸ φ. ἐκ θεοῦ [καλῶς] φέρειν [χρή] ye must bear nobly what heaven bears to you, awards you, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1693 (Lyric poetry, codices, sed secl. καλῶς, χρή); εἰ τὸ φερον σε φέρει, φέρε καὶ φέρου “Anthologia Graeca” 10.73 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.X.2 participle φέρων in all genders frequently joined with another Verb:
__A.X.2.a to express a subsidiary action, φέρων ἔδωκε he brought and gave, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.146 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δὸς τῷ ξείνῳ ταῦτα φέρων take this and give it him, [[ 17.345 ] Refs]; ἔγχος ἔστησε φέρων brought the spear and placed it, [[ 1.127 ] Refs]; σῖτον παρέθηκε φέρουσα [[[prev. work] 139, +others,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 622; τοῦτο ἐλθὼν οἴκαδε φέρων τῷ πατρὶ ἔδωκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 282e, compare “R.” 345b; so ὁ μὲν Ἐπίχαρμον.. εἰς δέκα τόμους φέρων συνήγαγεν 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 24; ἑκάστῃ ἐννεάδι τὰ οἰκεῖα φέρων συνεφόρησα [prev. passage], etc.;] Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes translatable by with, ᾤχοντο φέροντες τὰ γράμματα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.X.2.b intransitive, in passive sense, to denote unrestrained action, νῦν σε μάλ᾽ οἴω.. φέροντα.. φιλητεύσειν [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 159 ] Refs]; φέρουσα ἐνέβαλε νηΐ φιλίῃ she went and rammed, rammed full tilt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν ἐπὶ θάτερ᾽ ὥσπερ εἰς τρυτάνην ἀργύριον προσενέγκῃς, οἴχεται φέρον down it sinks, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.12; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα μέρη τοῦ πολέμου παρῆκαν, φέροντες δὲ παντὶ τῷ στρατεύματι πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀκράγαντα προσήρεισαν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]hurling themselves, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.8; εἰς τοῦτο φέρων περιέστησε τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.82; ὑπέβαλεν ἑαυτὸν φέρων Θηβαίοις [prev. work]90, compare 1.175, 3.143,146] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in the following passages φέρων accompanies a Verb of throwing, giving, entrusting, or dedicating, and expresses wholehearted action, whether wise or unwise; there is always an accusative, frequently of the reflexive pronoun, governed by the principal Verb (or perhaps by φέρων): ἐπεὶ ἐς τοὺς κρατῆρας ἐμαυτὸν φέρων ἐνέβαλον (i.e. ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς) when I went (or took) and threw myself.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 13, compare “Fug.” 1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp.Arist. Cat.” 1, “Fab.” 6, “Per.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.30.1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 8.14, “Frr.” 10,69, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.4; τὴν κατασκευὴν.. φέρων ἐδωρήσατο τῇ μητρί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.27, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.7; σεαυτὸν.. φέρων ἀπημπόληκας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 24; τί παθόντες.. τοῖς ἀτέκνοις τῶν γερόντων ἐσποιεῖτε φέροντες αὑτού; 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 6.3, compare “Ind.” 19, “Laps.” 22 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ταύτῃ (i.e. τῇ ὀργῇ) φέρων ὑπέθηκεν ἑαυτόν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 24, compare “Per.” 7; τούτῳ φέροντες ὑποβάλλουσι τοὺς υἱούς [prev. author] 2.4b, compare “Luc.” 6, “Pomp.” 27, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 6.1, 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 1.2; προσέθετο φέρων ἑαυτὸν ἐκείνῳ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.456 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, comparepp.461,465 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {Σεβηριανό; ἀλλὰ σοὶ μὲν, ὦ θεῶν πάτερ, ἐμαυτὸν φέρων ἀναθήσω} 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.231b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.X.3 ἔκκρισις.. ἐκ μικρῶν φέρουσα διαστημάτων occurring at short intervals, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.45. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.XI φέρειν, φέρεσθαι are frequently added epexegetically to δίδωμι and similar Verbs, δῶκεν.. τρίποδα φέρειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.513, compare 16.665, 17.131; τεύχεα.. δότω φέρεσθαι 11.798, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.349, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 419, 454 (troch.). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B passive is used in most of the above senses:—special cases:
__B.I to be borne or carried involuntarily, especially to be borne along by waves or winds, to be swept away, φέρεσθαι ἀνέμοισι, θυέλλῃ, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.82, 10.54, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 276 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; πᾶν δ᾽ ἦμαρ φερόμην, of Hephaestus falling from Olympus, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.592 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἧκε φέρεσθαι he sent him flying, [[ 21.120 ] Refs]; ἧκα πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι I let go my hands and feet, let them swing free [in the leap], [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.442, compare 19.468 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέγα φέρεται πὰρ σέθεν, of a word uttered, comes with weight, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.87; βίᾳ φέρεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254a; πνεῦμα φερόμενον [prev. author] “R.” 496d; τὸ πνεῦμα κατὰ τὰς ἀναπνοὰς εἴσω τε καὶ ἔξω φέρεται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.520; ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411c; φ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον [prev. author] “Phd.” 114b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, move, go, ποῖ γᾶς φέρομα; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1309 (_anapaest meter_); οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅποι γῆς οὐδ᾽ ὅποι γνώμης φέρῃ [prev. author] “El.” 922, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1076 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of the excreta, τὰ φερόμενα.. εἰ μὲν αὐτομάτως φέροιτο [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.12; πρὸς κοιλίαν φερομένην 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 4.19: _metaphorically_, εἰς τὸ λοιδορεῖν φέρῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 729; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ κάλλους φύσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ φέρονται have the same tendency, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.42 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ἀπὸ δογμάτων καὶ ἀπὸ θεωρημάτων φ. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 238.30 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of veins, to be conveyed, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.531] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also ἡ φερομένη οὐσία (the doctrine of) universal motion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 177c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ φερόμενοι θεοί the moving gods, i. e. the stars and planets, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.9. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.I.2 frequently in participle with another Verb of motion, φερόμενοι ἐσέπιπτον ἐς τοὺς Αἰγινήτας they fell into their hands with a rush, at full speed, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.91; ἀπὸ.. ἐλπίδος ᾠχόμην φερόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98b; ἧκε φερόμενος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φύσιν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.89. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 of voluntary and impulsive motion, ἰθὺς φέρεται μένει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.172 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁμόσε τινὶ φέρεσθαι come to blows with him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.21; δρόμῳ φ. πρός τινα [prev. author] “HG” 4.8.37; φυγῇ εἰς ἑαυτοὺς φ. [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.23; ἥξει ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λόγον φερόμενος 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 59; φερόμενος ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II metaphorically, καλῶς, κακῶς φέρεσθαι, of things, schemes, etc., turn out, prosper well or ill, succeed or fail, οὔτ᾽ ἂν.. νόμοι καλῶς φέροιντ᾽ ἄν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1074; κακῶς φ. τὰ ἑαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.25; εὖ φέρεται ἡ γεωργία [prev. author] “Oec.” 5.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀλιγώρως ἔχειν καὶ ἐᾶν ταῦτα φέρεσθαι to neglect things and let them take their course, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.67 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; less frequently of persons, fare well or ill, εὖ φερόμενος ἐν στρατηγίαις being generally successful.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16, compare 15; καλῶς φερόμενος τὸ καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν [prev. author] 2.60; φ. ἐν προτιμήσει παρά τινι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.5; χεῖρον φερομένη παρὰ τἀδελφῷ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.7.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of euphonious writing, σύνθεσις καλῶς φερομένη [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.26. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.II.2 behave, ὑποκριτικῶς, ἀστάτως, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 38.20, 197.8, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.3 have an opinion, ὅπως ἠνέχθη περὶ τοῦ σφυγμοῦ what his opinion was about.., [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Marcellinus Medicus “de Pulsibus - Festschrift zur 49. Versammlung deutscher Philologen und Schulmänner” 233. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__C middle: for its chief usages, see above [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus VI. 3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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