Strong G138αἱρέω

αἱρέω,
imperfect ᾕρεον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.579)], Ionic dialect αἵρεον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.31, but _contraction_ ᾕρει even in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.463, ᾕρευν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 302)]: future αἱρήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.28, etc.:)]aorist 1 ᾕρησα late (ἀν-) [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.40, etc.)]: perfect ᾕρηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 267, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, etc., _Ionic dialect_ ἀραίρηκα or αἵρηκα)] (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102)]: pluperfect ἀραιρήκεε[Refs (3.39)]:—middle, future αἱρήσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.235, etc.)]: aorist 1 ᾑρησάμην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.13.7 assuming variant, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.53, etc.)]: perfect in middle sense ᾕρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1577, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15, etc.)]: 3rd.pers.plural pluperfect ᾕρηντο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.62)]:—passive, future αἱρεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234b; rarely ᾑρήσομαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 338c:)]aorist ᾑρέθην and perfect ᾕρημαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.146, +others)]; perfect participle ἀραιρημένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66: plqf. ᾕρηντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.1, ἀραίρητο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.191, etc.)] —From [root]ἑλ-: future ἑλῶ only late (δι-) [Refs (“Test.Epict.” 6.18)], (ἀν-) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.18)], (καθ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.334 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus):)]aorist 1 εἷλα (ἀν-) [NT (NT.Act.2.23)], (ἀν-) [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 314.24 (from Smyrna))]: elsewhereaorist 2 εἷλον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.561, etc.)], Epic dialect ἕλον[Refs (17.321)], Ionic dialect ἕλεσκε[Refs (24.752)]:— middle, future ἑλοῦμαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.75)], (ἀφ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 5)], (δι-) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.60)], (ἐξ-) [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.9)]: aorist 1 εἱλάμην[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 314.5 (from Smyrna))], (ἀφ-) variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.546a)], (δι-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.56 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]: elsewhere aorist 2 εἱλόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.139, etc.)], 2nd pers.singular ἤλεο[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in 1787.6.3:—Cretan dialect forms αἰλεθῇ “Leg.Gort.” 2.21, ἀν-αιλῆθαι [prev. work]7.10, +others:) —the etymology is doubtful, and ἀγρέω (which see) probably has a different root.]
A active, take with the hand, grasp, seize, αἱ. τι ἐν χερσίν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.66)]; αἱ. τινὰ χειρός to take one by the hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.323)]; κόμης τινά[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 197; μ᾽ ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.76:)]participle ἑλών adverbially, κατακτεῖναί μ᾽ ἑλών[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 497; ἄξω ἑλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.139, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.1)]; but ἔνθεν ἑλών having taken up [the song], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.500.)]
A.2 take away, ἀπ᾽ ἀπήνης ᾕρεον ἄποινα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.579.)]
A.II take, get into one's power, νῆας [Refs ([prev. work] 13.42)]; especially take a city,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 347, etc.)]; overpower, kill, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.457, etc.; ἕλοιμί κεν ἤ κε ἁλοίην 22.253)]:—frequently of passions, etc., come upon, seize, χόλος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.322; ἵμερος 3.446; ὕπνος 10.193; λήθη 2.34, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὸν δ᾽ ἄτη φρένας εἷλε 16.805)]; of disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142b.)]
A.II.2 catch, take, ζωὸν ἑλεῖν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.102)]; take in hunting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 302, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36, etc.)]; overtake, in a race, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.345)]; get into one's power, entrap, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 764, etc.)]; in good sense, win over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.16, compare 3.11.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205e, etc.)]
A.II.2.b with participle, catch, detect one doing a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 385, 655; ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἑλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1214; φῶρα ἐπὶ κλοπῇ ἑλεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874b.)]
A.II.3 generally, win, gain, κῦδος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.321; στεφάνους 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.74, etc.; especially in games, Ἴσθμι᾽ ἑλὼν πύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 158)]; with double sense, overcome and win, ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.328; ἕλεν Οἰνομάου βίαν παρθένον τε σύνευνον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.88, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 353:)] — passive, ἁγὼν ᾑρέθη the fight was won, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1148.)]
A.II.3.b generally, get, obtain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 359a, “Ti.” 64b, etc.)]
A.II.4 as law-term, convict, τινά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 591, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.36, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.156; εἷλέ σ᾽ ἡ Δίκη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” 941, compare “Supp.” 608: with)]participle, αἱ. τινὰ κλέπτοντα to convict of theft, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 829, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941d)]; ᾑρῆσθαι κλοπεύς (i.e. ὤν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 493, compare 406.)]
A.II.4.b αἱ. δίκην, γραφήν get a verdict for conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5, etc.)]; also ἑλεῖν τινα obtain a conviction against one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.13)]; ἑλεῖν τὰ διαμαρτυρηθ έντα convict the evidence of falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.15.)]
A.II.4.c absolutely, get a conviction, οἱ ἑλόντες, opposed to οἱ ἑαλωκότες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.11)]; δολίοις ἕλε Κύπρις λόγοις Aphrodite won her cause.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 289, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762b, etc.)]
A.II.4.d of a thing or circumstances which convict, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὃ ἐμὲ αἱρεῖ[Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 28a.)]
A.II.5 ὁ λόγος αἱρέει reason or the reason of the thing proves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33)]: with accusative person, reason persuades one, i.e. it seems good to one, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.132, 7.41)]; ὡς ἐμὴ γνώμη αἱ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43; ὅπῃ ὁ λόγος αἱ. βέλτιστ᾽ ἂν ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604c, compare “Lg.” 663d)]: with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“R.” 440b; ὁ αἱρῶν λόγος 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.92)]; αἱρεῖ alone, proves, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.651b.)]
A.II.5.b τὸ αἱροῦν the sum due, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 167.25 (1st c.AD))]; τὰ αἱροῦντα [τάλαντα][Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PGrenf.” 2.23.14 (2nd c.BC), “PRyl.” 88.19 (2nd c.AD).)]
A.III grasp with the mind, understand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 17e, 20d, “Plt.” 282d.)]
B middle, with perfect ᾕρημαι (see. above), take for oneself, ἔγχος ἑλέσθαι take one's spear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.140, etc.; ἐκ γαίας λίθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199)]; δόρπον, δεῖπνον take one's supper, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.370, 2.399)]; πιέειν δ᾽ οὐκ εἶχεν ἑλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.584)]; Τρωσὶν.. ὅρκον ἑλ. obtain it from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.119)]; and so in most senses of the active, with the reflexive force added.
B.II take to oneself, choose, ἕταρον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.235, compare 9.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.149, etc.)]; prefer, τι πρό τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87; τι ἀντί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; τί τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1101, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.49.)]
B.II.b with infinitive, prefer to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, etc.; ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον τεθνάναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38e; μᾶλλον ἂν ἕλοιτό μ᾽ ἢ τοὺς πάντας Ἀργείους λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 47: without μᾶλλον, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.59, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.62.)]
B.II.c αἱ. εἰ.. to be content if., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.68 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
B.II.2 αἱ. τά τινων take another's part, join their party, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.63, etc.)]; αἱ. γνώμην to adopt an opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.137.)]
B.II.3 choose by vote, elect to an office, αἱ. τινὰ δικαστήν, στρατηγόν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.96, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117, etc.)]; τινὰς ἀριστίνδην Legal cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.57; αἱ. τινὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 90b; αἱ. τινὰ ἄρχειν [prev. author] “Ap.” 28e, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.127.)]
C passive, to be taken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, 191, 9.102)]; more commonly ἁλίσκομαι.
C.2 see above [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3.)]
C.II passive to middle sense, to be chosen, in perfect ᾕρημαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1209, etc.)]; Ionic dialect ἀραίρημαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.118, 172, 173, +others; στρατηγεῖν ᾑρημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.2.1)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ᾑρῆσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.3.2; ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν παίδων ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 809a)]; τοῦ ἔτους.. ᾑρημένοι elected for the year.., [Refs (“IGRom.” 3.1422 (Bithyn.):)] —aorist ᾑρέθην is always so used, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 505, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 799, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.31, etc.)]; present rarely, αἱροῦνται πρεσβευταί are chosen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299a19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.16.)]