ἄημι

ἄημι, [ per.] 3sg.

A

ἄησι Hes.Op.516

, A.Fr.178 A., [ per.] 3dual

ἄητον Il.9.5

, [ per.] 3pl.

ἄεισι Hes.Th.875

; imper. [ per.] 3sg.

ἀήτω A.R.4.768

; inf.

ἀῆναι Od.3.183

, [dialect] Ep. ἀήμεναι ib.176; part. ἀείς, ἀέντος, etc., Emp.84.4, Il.5.526, al.: [tense] impf. [ per.] 3sg.

ἄη Od.12.325

, 14.458:—[voice] Pass., [ per.] 3sg. ἄηται, [tense] impf. ἄητο, part. ἀήμενος, v. infr. (ἄϜημι, cf. Skt. vā´ti 'blows', Lith. vējas 'wind'):—[dialect] Ep. Verb, prop. breathe hard; hence, blow, of winds,

τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον Il.9.5

, cf. Od.3.176,183, etc.;

οἵ τε νέφεα . . διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες Il.5.526

;

ἀνέμων . . μένος ὑγρὸν ἀέντων Od.19.440

, cf. Hes.Th.869,875:—[voice] Pass., to be beaten by the wind,

ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος Od.6.131

; of sound, of be carried by the wind, A.R.2.81: more freq. metaph., toss, wave to and fro, of the mind in doubt or fear,

δίχα θυμὸς ἄητο Il.21.386

;

περὶ παίδων θυμὸς ἄηται A.R.3.688

:— also μαρτύρια ἄηται ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους are wafted to and fro, Pi.I.4(3).9; περί τ' ἀμφί τε κάλλος ἄητο beauty breathed all about her, h.Cer.276;

ἀπὸ κρῆθεν τοῖον ἄητο Hes.Sc.8

, cf. Fr.245.

II [voice] Act., breathe,

διὰ πνευμόνων ὕπνον A.Fr.178A.