ὠθέω

ὠθ-έω, [dialect] Att. [tense] impf.

A

ἐώθουν Ar.Pax637

(troch.), D.9.65, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Th. 7.52, etc., and ἐώθει even in h.Merc.305; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

ὤθει Il.21.241

; [dialect] Ion.

ὤθεσκε Od.11.596

: but

ὤθει E.IT1395

is f.l. for ὠθεῖ ([place name] Kirchhoff): [tense] fut.

ὠθήσω Id.Cyc.592

, Ar.Ec.300 (lyr.), ([etym.] ἐξ-) S.Aj.1248; but

ὤσω E.Med.379

, Andr.344, and always in Prose;

ἀπ-ώσω Od.15.280

, [dialect] Ep. inf.

ἀπ-ωσέμεν Il.13.367

: [dialect] Att. [tense] aor.

ἔωσα Pl.Ti.60c

, etc., ([etym.] ἐξ-) S.OC1296, 1330, etc.; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.

ὦσα Il.1.220

, Hdt.7.167, [dialect] Ep.

ὤσασκε Od.11.599

; but

ἔωσα Il.16.410

, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Od.9.81; later

ὤθησα Ael.NA13.17

, etc.: [tense] pf. ἔωκα ([etym.] ἐξ-) Plu.2.48c: [tense] plpf. ἐώκει ([etym.] ἐξ-) Id.Brut.42:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. ὤσομαι ([etym.] ἀπ-) S.El.944, etc., ([etym.] δι-) A.Fr.199.9, etc.:—[dialect] Att. [tense] aor.

ἐωσάυην Th.4.43

, Ar.V.1085 (troch., with vv. ll.); [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.

ὠσάμην Il.16.592

, Hdt.9.25, v.l. in Ar.V.l.c.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ὠσθήσομαι E.Med.335

(v.l. ὠθήσομαι), ([etym.] ἐξ-) D.24.61: [dialect] Att. [tense] aor. ἐώσθην ([etym.] ἐξ-) X.HG2.4.34, etc.; later ὤσθην ([etym.] ἐξ-) Arr.An.4.25.3, Plot.4.4.45: [dialect] Att. [tense] pf.

ἔωσμαι X.Cyr.7.1.36

, ([etym.] ἀπ-, περι-) Th.2.39, 3.57; [dialect] Ion. part.

ἀπωσμένος Hdt.5.69

:— thrust, push,

I mostly of human force, as of Sisyphus, σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε λᾶαν ἄνω ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον he kept pushing it . . , Od.11.596, cf. 599;

ἀπὸ εἷο τράπεζαν ὦσε ποδὶ πλήξας 22.20

; [ἔγχος] ὑπὲκ δίφροιο pushed it away from . . , Il.5.854;

ἂψ ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε ξίφος 1.220

;

τοῖσι δ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν νέφος ἀχλύος ὦσεν Ἀθήνη 15.668

; τὸν δε' Ζεὺς ὦσεν ὄπισθε χειρί ib.694, cf. 13.193;

ὦσαί [τινα] ἀφ' ἵππων 5.19

; ἀφ' ἵππων χαμᾶζε ib.835, etc.; so ὦσαι ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ rush into the fire, Hdt.7.167; ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ κεφαλήν throw him headlong down, Pl.R.553b ([voice] Pass.,

ὠθέεσθαι ἐπὶ κ. Hdt.7.136

);

ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ τράχηλον Luc.DMort.27.1

;

πετρῶν ὦσαι κάτω E.Cyc. 448

, cf. Pl.Phdr.229c;

εἰς λιθοτομίας D.53.17

: freq. of weapons, ὠ. ξίφος δἰ ἀμφοτέρων thrust it through both, Hdt.3.78;

τεκούσης ἐς σφαγὰς ὦσαι ξίφος E.Or.291

;

διὰ μέσου αὐχένος ὠθεῖ σίδηρον Id.Ph. 1458

;

φάσγανον δἰ ἥπατος Id.Med.379

;

ξίφος πρὸς ἧπαρ Id.Hel.983

;

δαλοῦ κώπην ἔσω βλεφάρων Id.Cyc.485

(anap.), cf. 636; ἐκ μηροῦ δόρυ ὦσε θύραζε forced it out from the thigh, Il.5.694; τὸ ἱμάτιον ὦσαι εἰς τὸ στόμα stuff it into his mouth, Thphr.Char.2.4: τὴν θύραν ὠθεῖ forces the door, Ar.V.152, cf. Lys.1.24;

πύλας E.Or.1562

: sts. of other than human force, as of a stream,

ὦσε δὲ νεκρούς Il.21.235

, cf. 241; of the wind,

Νότος μέγα κῡμα ποτὶ . . ῥίον ὠθεῖ Od.3.295

; [ὁ ποταμὸς] ὠθεῖ κῦμα Metagen.6.3;

ὠ. κολόκυμα Ar.Eq.692

: metaph.,

ἀ δ' ἀτέρα τὰν ἀτέραν κύλιξ ὠθήτω Alc.41

.

2 force back in battle, Il.8.336, 13.193, etc.;

ἄνδρας προτὶ ἄστυ 16.45

; v. infr. 11.

3 thrust out, banish,

ὠ. ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ S.OT1382

;

ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν τινα A.Pr.665

;

ἀπ' οἴκων S.OT241

;

ἐκ δόμων E.Andr.344

;

ἔξω τινὰ φυγάδα Pl.R.560d

; σπονδῶν ἄπο, ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν, E.Ba.46, Aeschin. 2.86;

ὠ. τινας ἀθάπτους S.Aj.1307

:—[voice] Pass.,

ὠθούμεθ' ἔξω Id.Fr.583.7

.

4 metaph., ὠ. τὰ πρήγματα push matters on, hurry them, Hdt.3.81;

ἐπιθυμία ὠθεῖ ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπολαύσεις Arist.VV1250a24

.

5 abs., ὦσα παρέξ pushed off from land, Od.9.488;

ὤθει βιαίως E.Tr. 356

, cf. X.HG7.4.31; τὸ ὠθοῦν the motive power, Pl.Cra.401d.

II [voice] Med., mostly in [tense] aor., thrust or push away from oneself, force back, esp. in battle, freq. in Il.,

ὄφρα τάχιστα ὤσαιτ' Ἀργείους 5.691

;

τείχεος ἂψ ὤσασθαι 12.420

; ὤσασθαι προτὶ Ἴλιον, προτὶ ἄστυ, 8.295, 16.655;

τὴν ἵππον ὤσαντο Hdt.9.25

, cf. 3.72, 6.37;

ὤσασθαί τινας κατὰ βραχύ Th.4.96

;

ὠσαμένων τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας Id.6.70

, etc.; once in Trag., E.IT326: of a horse, throw its rider, Thgn.260 (s.v.l.).

2 intrans., push, press forward, Th.4.11,35, Plu.Ages.32;

ὠθεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν X.HG7.1.31

;

πρὸς τὴν πληγὴν ὁμόσε ὠθεῖσθαι Pl.Euthd. 294d

;

εἰς χεῖρας ὠθεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις Plu.Thes.5

.

III [voice] Pass., to be thrust, pushed, or forced, rush or fall violently,

ἐπὶ κεφαλήν Hdt.

(v. supr.1.1);

πρὸς βίαν E.Hec.406

;

βιᾳ Id.Med.335

, etc.;

ἱδρῶτες ταχέως ὠθούμενοι Hp.Aph.7.85

.

2 [voice] Med., crowd, throng, jostle, X.Cyr.3.3.64;

ὠ. ὥσπερ ὕες Theoc.15.73

, cf. Arist.HA572b25: impers. in [voice] Pass., ἐπὶ μέζον ὠθεῖται the crush gets worse, Herod.4.54.