Α. win, gain, esp. of honour or reward, in pres. and impf. often with additional idea of striving, ἀρνύμενος πατρός τε μέγα κλέος maintaining . . , Il. 6.446; κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἄροιτο 5.3; κῦδος ἀρέσθαι 9.303, Od. 22.253, Pi. N. 9.46; ἵνʼ οἴκαδε κέρδος ἄρηαι Hes. Op. 632; οὐχ ἱερήϊον οὐδὲ βοείην ἀρνύσθην Il. 22.160; ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο 9.124; ἀρνύμενος ἥν τε ψυχὴν καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων trying to win, striving to secure . . , Od. 1.5; exact, of atonement, τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ Il. 1.159; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ πατρὸς δίκας ἀροίμην τῶν φονευσάντων πάρα S. El. 34; simply, receive, καί κεν τοῦτʼ ἐθέλοιμι Διός γε διδόντος ἀρέσθαι Od. 1.390; ὧν . . τὴν μάθησιν ἄρνυμαι S. Tr. 711, etc.; κράτος ἄρνυται Id. Ph. 838 (lyr.); τὴν δόκησιν ἄ. E. Andr. 696; ἕλκος ἀρέσθαι Il. 14.130; = λαβεῖν in ποδοῖν κλοπὰν ἀ. S. Aj. 247 (lyr.); ἄγος ἀ. A. Eu. 168 (lyr.); win reputation for . . , δειλίαν ἀρῇ S. Aj. 75 (cf. Hsch.); τόλμαν . . ἀρομένῳ Pi. N. 7.59: rare in Prose, exc. in the phrase μισθὸν ἄρνυσθαι Pl. Prt. 349a, R. 346c, Lg. 813e, Arist. Pol. 1287a36, cf. ἀρ[ές]θαι μισθόν IG 12(9).1273-4iii1 (Eretria); also ἣ δʼ ἂν ἄνδρα ἑωυτῇ ἄρηται Hp. Aër. 17; δίκαν ηαρέσται καὶ δόμεν ( = λαβεῖν καὶ δοῦναι) IG 9(1).334.32 (Locr.); ζωὴν αἰσχρὰν ἄ. strive to save, Pl. Lg. 944c: rarely in bad sense, ἀρνύμενος λώβαν λύμας ἀντίποινʼ ἐμᾶς reaping destruction as the penalty of . . , E. Hec. 1073 (lyr.).

II. take up, bear, carry (perh. by confusion with ἄρασθαι) , οὐδʼ ἂν νηῦς . . ἄχθος ἄροιτο Il. 20.247. (Root ṛ: er: or, cf. τιμά-ορος ‘one who exacts atonement’.)