4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of χραισμεῖν:
χραισμέω (ward off): aor inf act (attic epic doric)
χραισμέω (ward off): pres inf act (attic epic doric)
LSJ entry
χραισμέω
χραισμέω
,
Ep.
Verb
(not
in
Od.
or
Hes.
),
pres.
only
in
Nic. Th. 914
:
fut.
3
sg.
χραισμήσει
Il. 20.296
,
Ep.
inf.
-ησέμεν
21.316
:
aor.
1
Ep.
3
sg.
χραίσμησε
16.837
;
inf.
χραισμῆσαι
11.120
:
used
by
Hom.
most
freq.
in
aor.
2, 3
sg.
ἔχραισμε
14.66
,
Ep.
χραῖσμε
5.53
,
7.144
;
subj.
3
sg.
χραίσμῃ,
χραίσμῃσι,
1.28
,
11.387
; 3
pl.
χραίσμωσι
1.566
;
inf.
χραισμεῖν
ib.
242
,
al.:—
A.
prop.
ward
off
something
destructive
from
one,
c.
acc.
rei
et
dat.
pers.,
οὐ
κορύνη
οἱ
ὄλεθρον
χραῖσμε
σιδηρείη
Il. 7.144
;
οὐδέ
τί
οἱ
χραισμήσει
λυγρὸν
ὄλεθρον
20.296
;
τοῖς
οὔ
τις
δύνατο
χραισμῆσαι
ὄλεθρον
Τρώων
11.120
:
once
c.
acc.
pers.
(supplied),
μή
νύ
τοι
οὐ
χραίσμωσιν
[με]
ἆσσον
ἰόνθʼ
keep
[me]
off
from
you,
1.566
.
2.
more
freq.
c.
dat.
pers.
only,
defend,
succour
(though
the
notion
of
warding
off
injury
is
always
implied),
freq.
in
Il., 1.28
,
5.53
,
al.:
c.
neut.
Adj.
,
χραισμεῖν
τι
assist,
avail
at
all,
1.242
,
21.193
,
al.;
abs.,
14.66
,
15.652
.—
Hom.
uses
χραισμεῖν
with
negs.
expressed
or
implied
(in
Il. 21.193
,
εἰ
δύναταί
τι
χραισμεῖν
is
ironical
for
οὔτι
χ.
δύναται
),
cf.
15.32
.
In
positive
clauses
first
in
A.R. 2.249
,
al.;
imper.
χραίσμετε
Id. 2.218
.
(Said
by
Sch.
A.R. 2.218
to
belong
to
the
dialect
of
the
Clitorians
in
Arcadia.)