LogeionPerseus analysis of ἤλασαν:
ἐλαύνω (drive, set in motion): aor ind act 3rd pl
LSJ entry
ἐλαύνω
ἐλαύνω,
Il. 12.62,
etc.: Ion. impf. ἐλαύνεσκον (
ἀπ-)
Hdt. 7.119:
fut. ἐλάσω [ᾰ],
part. ἐλάσοντας X. An. 7.7.55 codd., cf.D.H. 2.36, (
ἐξ-)
Hp. Loc.Hom. 46,
Nat.Mul. 32 (
ἐλάσσω (
παρ-)
is f.l. in Il. 23.427,
and ξυνελάσσομεν is subj. in Od. 18.39);
ἐλάω A.R. 3.411;
Att. ἐλῶ, ᾷς, ᾷ,
inf. ἐλᾶν,
also Hdt. 1.207,
etc., and so Hom. in the resolved form ἐλόω Il. 13.315,
Od. 7.319:
inf. ἐλάαν (though this is also inf. pres.,
v. infr.) Il. 17.496,
Od. 5.290:
aor. 1
ἤλᾰσα,
Ep. ἔλᾰσα Il. 5.80,
ἔλασσα 18.564,
Ion. 3
sg. ἐλάσασκεν 2.199:
pf. ἐλήλᾰκα (
ἀπ-, ἐξ-)
X. Cyr. 4.2.10,
Ar. Nu. 828:
plpf. ἐληλάκειν (
ἐξ-)
Hdt. 5.90:—
Med. (v. infr. I.2), fut. ἐλάσομαι (
παρ-)
dub. l. in Arr. An. 3.30.3:
aor. ἠλασάμην Il. 11.682,
rare in Att.,
as Pl. Grg. 484b; 3
sg. ἤλσατο Ibyc. 55;
Ep. ἐλάσαιο, -ασαίατο, -ασσάμενος,
Od. 20.51,
Il. 10.537,
Od. 4.637:—
Pass.,
fut. ἐλασθήσομαι (
ἐξ-)
D.H. 4.9:
aor. ἠλάθην [ᾰ]
E. Heracl. 430,
Ar. Ec. 4;
later ἠλάσθην AP 7.278 (
Arch.),
Sammelb. 997 (iv A.D.), (
ἐξ-, συν-)
Plb. 8.24.9,
18.22.6,
etc. (in Hdt. the Mss. vary between the two forms, ἐξελαθείς 7.165,
ἀπηλάσθησαν 3.54):
pf. ἐλήλαμαι Od. 7.113,
Hdt. 7.84 (
ἐξ-),
etc.; ἐλήλασμαι Hp. Mul. 2.133,
Aen.Tact. 31.4 (prob.), (
ἐξ-)
Plb. 6.22.4, (
συν-)
A.D. Conj. 233.30:
plpf. ἠλήλατο Il. 5.400;
poet. also ἐλήλατο 4.135; 3
pl. ἠλήλαντο Hes. Sc. 143,
also ἐληλέδατʼ, ἐληλέατʼ, ἐληλάδατʼ vv.ll. in Od. 7.86.—
The pres. ἐλάω is rare and mainly Poet., imper. ἔλα Pi. I. 5(4).38,
A. Fr. 332,
E. HF 819,
Fr. 779.1 (also non-thematic 3
pl. ἐλάντω SIG 1025.8 (
Cos)):
inf. ἐλᾶν Canthar. 4,
X. HG 2.4.32:
inf. ἐλάαν as Ep.inf.pres. is freq. in Hom. (v. infr. I.2): part. ἐλάουσα Emp. 4.5:
impf. 3
pl. ἔλων Od. 4.2, 3
sg. ἔλαεν A.R. 3.872;
ἀπ-έλα X. Cyr. 8.3.32;
but ἀπ-ήλαον in Ar. Lys. 1001 is prob. an error for -ήλαʼαν,
Dor. for -ήλασαν:—
Α. radic. sense, drive, set in motion,
of driving flocks, εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα Od. 9.237;
κακοὺς δʼ ἐς μέσσον ἔλασσεν Il. 4.299;
aor. Med. ἠλασάμην in act. sense, 10.537,
11.682:
freq. of horses, chariots, ships, drive,
ἐλάαν (
inf. pres.)
ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους 23.334;
ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν τὸ ζεῦγος Hdt. 1.59;
ἐ. ἵππον ride it, Id. 4.64,
al.; κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα ἐ.
ride and drive,
Id. 7.86;
ἐ. νῆα row it, Od. 12.109,
etc.; στρατὸν ἐ.
Pi. O. 10(11).66,
Hdt. 1.176,
4.91,
etc. b. with acc. omitted, intr., go in a chariot, drive,
μάστιξεν δʼ ἐλάαν (sc. ἵππους)
he whipped them on,
Il. 5.366,
al., cf. S. El. 734,
739;
βῆ δʼ ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα he drove on over the waves, Il. 13.27;
διὰ νύκτα ἐλάαν travel the night through, Od. 15.50;
ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ἐ.
drive into the city, Hdt. 1.60;
ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐ.
ib.199;
ride,
Id. 7.88,
X. Eq.Mag. 3.9,
etc.; ἐλῶν ἐς Θρηΐκην marching . .,
Hdt. 9.89,
etc.; row,
μάλα σφοδρῶς ἐλάαν Od. 12.124;
ἐλαύνοντες rowers,
13.22,
etc. 3. drive away, expel,
ἐ. [τινὰ] ἐκ δήμου 6.158;
ἄνδρας ἀπʼ Οἰνώνας Pi. N. 5.16:
freq. in Trag., ἐ. τινὰ γῆς E. Med. 70;
μύσος, μίασμα ἐ.,
A. Ch. 967 codd., Eu. 283 (
Pass.),
cf. S. OT 98;
ἄγος ἐ.,=
ἀγηλατέω,
Th. 1.126;
ἐ. λῃστάς Ar. Ach. 1188,
etc.:—Pass.,
γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνομαι A. Pr. 682.
2. strike with a weapon, but never with a missile, τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν Il. 2.199;
ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην 5.584;
κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν 13.614;
ὀδόντας ἐ.
knock out,
A.R. 2.785:
c. dupl. acc., τὸν μὲν . . μεταδρομάδην ἔλασʼ ὦμον him he struck on . .,
Il. 5.80;
χθόνα δʼ ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ struck earth with his forehead, of a falling man, Od. 22.94:
c. acc. cogn., inflict a wound, οὐλὴν τήν ποτέ με σῦς ἤλασε 21.219:—
Pass.,
c. acc. νῶτον ὄπισθʼ αἰχμῇ δουρὸς ἐληλαμένος Tyrt. 11.20;
ἐλαύνεται εἰς τὸν μηρόν Luc. Tox. 61.
2. draw a line of wall, trench, etc., ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν Il. 7.450;
ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει Od. 6.9;
σταυροὺς δʼ ἐκτὸς ἔλασσε 14.11;
τοῖχοι ἐληλέατʼ 7.86;
τεῖχος τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐλήλαται the wall has its angles carried down to the river, Hdt. 1.180,
cf. 185,
191;
ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον having a wall built round, A. Pers. 872 (lyr.); ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν work oneʼs way down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Il. 11.68;
ἐ. αὔλακα Hes. Op. 443;
ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐ.
to draw a line of vines, i.e. plant them in line,
Ar. Ach. 995:
generally, plant, produce,
ἐλᾷ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς αἰών Pi. N. 3.74.