4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἕλε:
αἱρέω (take with the hand, grasp, seize): aor imperat act 2nd sg
αἱρέω (take with the hand, grasp, seize): aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
αἱρέω (take with the hand, grasp, seize): aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)
LSJ entry
αἱρέω
αἱρέω
,
impf.
ᾕρεον
Il. 24.579
,
Ion.
αἵρεον
Hdt. 6.31
,
but
contr.
ᾕρει
even
in
Il. 17.463
,
ᾕρευν
Hes. Sc. 302
:
fut.
αἱρήσω
Il. 9.28
,
etc.:
aor.
1
ᾕρησα
late
(
ἀν-
)
Q.S. 4.40
,
etc.:
pf.
ᾕρηκα
A. Ag. 267
,
Th. 1.61
,
etc.,
Ion.
ἀραίρηκα
or
αἵρηκα
(
ἀν-
)
Hdt. 5.102
:
plpf.
ἀραιρήκεε
3.39
:—
Med.
,
fut.
αἱρήσομαι
Il. 10.235
,
etc.:
aor.
1
ᾑρησάμην
Plb. 38.13.7
s.
v.l.,
Gal.
19.53,
etc.:
pf.
in
med.
sense
ᾕρημαι
Ar. Av. 1577
,
X. An. 5.6.12
,
D. 2.15
,
etc.:
3
pl.
plpf.
ᾕρηντο
Th. 1.62
:—
Pass.
,
fut.
αἱρεθήσομαι
Hdt. 2.13
,
Pl. Mx. 234b
;
rarely
ᾑρήσομαι
Id. Prt. 338c
:
aor.
ᾑρέθην
and
pf.
ᾕρημαι
D. 20.146
,
al.;
pf.
part.
ἀραιρημένος
Hdt. 4.66
:
plqf.
ᾕρηντο
X. An. 3.2.1
,
ἀραίρητο
Hdt. 1.191
,
etc.—From
[root
]ἑλ-:
fut.
ἑλῶ
only
late
(
δι-
)
Test.Epict.
6.18, (
ἀν-
)
D.H. 11.18
, (
καθ-
)
APl. 16.334
(
Antiphil.
):
aor.1
εἷλα
(
ἀν-
)
Act.Ap. 2.23
, (
ἀν-
)
Epigr.Gr.
314.24 (
Smyrna
):
elsewh.
aor.2
εἷλον
Il. 10.561
,
etc.,
Ep.
ἕλον
17.321
,
Ion.
ἕλεσκε
24.752
:—
Med.
,
fut.
ἑλοῦμαι
D.H. 4.75
, (
ἀφ-
)
Timostr. 5
, (
δι-
)
D.H. 4.60
, (
ἐξ-
)
Alciphr. 1.9
:
aor.
1
εἱλάμην
Epigr.Gr.
314.5 (
Smyrna
), (
ἀφ-
)
v.l.
in
Ath. 12.546a
, (
δι-
)
AP 9.56
(
Phil.
):
elsewh.
aor.
2
εἱλόμην
Il. 16.139
,
etc.,
2
sg.
ἤλεο
Sapph. Oxy. 1787.6.3
:—Cret.
forms
αἰλεθῇ
Leg.Gort.
2.21
,
ἀν-αιλῆθαι
ib.7.10,
al.:—the
etym.
is
doubtful,
and
ἀγρέω
(q.v.)
prob.
has
a
difft.
root.
A.
Act.
,
take
with
the
hand,
grasp,
seize
,
αἱ.
τι
ἐν
χερσίν
Od. 4.66
;
αἱ.
τινὰ
χειρός
to
take
one
by
the
hand,
Il. 1.323
;
κόμης
τινά
ib.
197
;
μʼ
ἑλὼν
ἐπὶ
μάστακα
χερσίν
Od. 23.76
:
part.
ἑλών
adverbially,
κατακτεῖναί
μʼ
ἑλών
S. Ant. 497
;
ἄξω
ἑλών
Il. 1.139
,
cf.
Pi. O. 7.1
;
but
ἔνθεν
ἑλών
having
taken
up
[the
song],
Od. 8.500
.
2.
take
away
,
ἀπʼ
ἀπήνης
ᾕρεον
ἄποινα
Il. 24.579
.
II.
take,
get
into
oneʼs
power
,
νῆας
ib.
13.42
;
esp.
take
a
city,
2.37
,
S. Ph. 347
,
etc.;
overpower,
kill
,
Il. 4.457
,
etc.;
ἕλοιμί
κεν
ἤ
κε
ἁλοίην
22.253
:—freq.
of
passions,
etc.,
come
upon,
seize
,
χόλος
Il. 18.322
;
ἵμερος
3.446
;
ὕπνος
10.193
;
λήθη
2.34
,
etc.:
c.
dupl.acc.,
τὸν
δʼ
ἄτη
φρένας
εἷλε
16.805
;
of
disease,
Pl. Tht. 142b
.
2.
catch,
take
,
ζωὸν
ἑλεῖν
Il. 21.102
;
take
in
hunting
,
Hes. Sc. 302
,
Hdt. 1.36
,
etc.;
overtake
,
in
a
race,
Il. 23.345
;
get
into
oneʼs
power,
entrap
,
S. OC 764
,
etc.;
in
good
sense,
win
over
,
X. Mem. 2.3.16
,
cf.
3.11.11
,
Pl. Ly. 205e
,
etc.
b.
c.
part.
,
catch,
detect
one
doing
a
thing,
S. Ant. 385
,
655
;
ἐπʼ
αὐτοφώρῳ
ἑλεῖν
E. Ion 1214
;
φῶρα
ἐπὶ
κλοπῇ
ἑλεῖν
Pl. Lg. 874b
.
3.
generally,
win,
gain
,
κῦδος
Il. 17.321
;
στεφάνους
Pi. P. 3.74
,
etc.;
esp.
in
games,
Ἴσθμιʼ
ἑλὼν
πύξ
Simon. 158
;
with
double
sense,
overcome
and
win
,
ἑλέτην
δίφρον
τε
καὶ
ἀνέρε
Il. 11.328
;
ἕλεν
Οἰνομάου
βίαν
παρθένον
τε
σύνευνον
Pi. O. 1.88
,
cf.
S. Tr. 353
:—
Pass.
,
ἁγὼν
ᾑρέθη
the
fight
was
won
,
S. OC 1148
.
b.
generally,
get,
obtain
,
Pl. R. 359a
,
Ti. 64b
,
etc.
4.
as
law-term,
convict
,
τινά
τινος
Ar. Nu. 591
,
Is. 9.36
,
Aeschin. 3.156
;
εἷλέ
σʼ
ἡ
Δίκη
E.
Heracl. 941
,
cf.
Supp. 608
:
c.
part.
,
αἱ.
τινὰ
κλέπτοντα
to
convict
of
theft,
Ar. Eq. 829
,
Pl. Lg. 941d
;
ᾑρῆσθαι
κλοπεύς
(sc.
ὤν)
S. Ant. 493
,
cf.
406
.
b.
αἱ.
δίκην,
γραφήν
get
a
verdict
for
conviction
,
Antipho 2.1.5
,
etc.;
also
ἑλεῖν
τινα
obtain
a
conviction
against
one,
Is. 7.13
;
ἑλεῖν
τὰ
διαμαρτυρηθ
έντα
convict
the
evidence
of
falsehood,
Isoc. 18.15
.
c.
abs.,
get
a
conviction
,
οἱ
ἑλόντες,
opp.
οἱ
ἑαλωκότες,
D. 21.11
;
δολίοις
ἕλε
Κύπρις
λόγοις
Aphrodite
won
her
cause
. . ,
E. Andr. 289
,
cf.
Pl. Lg. 762b
,
etc.
d.
of
a
thing
or
circumstances
which
convict
,
τοῦτʼ
ἔστιν
ὃ
ἐμὲ
αἱρεῖ
Id. Ap. 28a
.
5.
ὁ
λόγος
αἱρέει
reason
or
the
reason
of
the
thing
proves
,
Hdt. 2.33
:
c.
acc.
pers.,
reason
persuades
one,
i.e.
it
seems
good
to
one,
Id. 1.132
,
7.41
;
ὡς
ἐμὴ
γνώμη
αἱ.
Hdt. 2.43
;
ὅπῃ
ὁ
λόγος
αἱ.
βέλτιστʼ
ἂν
ἔχειν
Pl. R. 604c
,
cf.
Lg. 663d
:
c.
inf.
,
R. 440b
;
ὁ
αἱρῶν
λόγος
Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.92
;
αἱρεῖ
alone,
proves
,
Plu.
2.651b.
b.
τὸ
αἱροῦν
the
sum
due,
PRyl.
167.25
(i
A.
D.)
;
τὰ
αἱροῦντα
[τάλαντα]
PGrenf. 2.23.14
(ii
B.
C.)
,
PRyl. 88.19
(ii
A.
D.)
.
III.
grasp
with
the
mind,
understand
,
Pl. Phlb. 17e
,
20d
,
Plt. 282d
.
B.
Med.
,
with
pf.
ᾕρημαι
(v.
supr.),
take
for
oneself
,
ἔγχος
ἑλέσθαι
take
oneʼs
spear,
Il. 16.140
,
etc.;
ἐκ
γαίας
λίθον
A. Fr. 199
;
δόρπον,
δεῖπνον
take
oneʼs
supper,
Il. 7.370
,
2.399
;
πιέειν
δʼ
οὐκ
εἶχεν
ἑλέσθαι
Od. 11.584
;
Τρωσὶν
.
.
ὅρκον
ἑλ.
obtain
it
from
. . ,
Il. 22.119
;
and
so
in
most
senses
of
the
Act.
,
with
the
reflexive
force
added.
II.
take
to
oneself,
choose
,
ἕταρον
Il. 10.235
,
cf.
9.139
,
Od. 16.149
,
etc.;
prefer
,
τι
πρό
τινος
Hdt. 1.87
;
τι
ἀντί
τινος
X. An. 1.7.3
,
D. 2.15
;
τί
τινος
S. Ph. 1101
,
cf.
Theoc. 11.49
.
b.
c.
inf.
,
prefer
to
do,
Hdt. 1.11
,
etc.;
ἑλέσθαι
μᾶλλον
τεθνάναι
X. Mem. 1.2.16
,
cf.
Pl. Ap. 38e
;
μᾶλλον
ἂν
ἕλοιτό
μʼ
ἢ
τοὺς
πάντας
Ἀργείους
λαβεῖν
S. Ph. 47
:
without
μᾶλλον,
Pi. N. 10.59
,
Lys. 2.62
.
c.
αἱ.
εἰ
.
.
to
be
content
if..,
AP 12.68
(
Mel.
).
2.
αἱ.
τά
τινων
take
anotherʼs
part,
join
their
party
,
Th. 3.63
,
etc.;
αἱ.
γνώμην
to
adopt
an
opinion,
Hdt. 4.137
.
3.
choose
by
vote,
elect
to
an
office,
αἱ.
τινὰ
δικαστήν,
στρατηγόν,
etc.,
Id. 1.96
,
Eup. 117
,
etc.;
τινὰς
ἀριστίνδην
Lex
ap.
D. 43.57
;
αἱ.
τινὰ
ἐπʼ
ἀρχήν
Pl. Men. 90b
;
αἱ.
τινὰ
ἄρχειν
Id. Ap. 28e
,
cf.
Il. 2.127
.
C.
Pass.
,
to
be
taken
,
Hdt. 1.185
,
191
,
9.102
;
more
commonly
ἁλίσκομαι.
2.
v.
supr.
A.
II.3.
II.
Pass.
to
med.
sense,
to
be
chosen
,
in
pf.
ᾕρημαι
A. Ag. 1209
,
etc.;
Ion.
ἀραίρημαι
Hdt. 7.118
,
172
,
173
,
al.;
στρατηγεῖν
ᾑρημένος
X. Mem. 3.2.1
;
ἐπʼ
ἀρχῆς
ᾑρῆσθαι
ib.
3.3.2
;
ἐπὶ
τὴν
τῶν
παίδων
ἀρχήν
Pl. Lg. 809a
;
τοῦ
ἔτους
.
.
ᾑρημένοι
elected
for
the
year
. . ,
IGRom.
3.1422
(Bithyn.):—
aor.
ᾑρέθην
is
always
so
used,
A. Th. 505
,
Ar. Av. 799
,
Th. 7.31
,
etc.;
pres.
rarely,
αἱροῦνται
πρεσβευταί
are
chosen
,
Arist. Pol. 1299a19
,
cf.
And. 4.16
.