ἀΐσσω

ἀΐσσω, Hom., Hdt.; in Pi. and Trag. [var] contr. [full] ᾄσσω; [dialect] Att. [full] ᾄττω, or [full] ἄττω (without ι subscr.) in Mss. of Pl., etc.: [tense] impf.

A

ἤϊσσον Il.18.506

, [dialect] Ion. ἀΐσσεσκον ([etym.] παρ-) A.R.2.276, [dialect] Att.

ᾖσσον A.Pr.676

, E.Ph. 1382: [tense] fut. ἀΐξω ([etym.] ὑπ-) Il.21.126, [dialect] Att.

ᾄξω E.Hec.1106

(lyr.), Ar. Nu.1299: [tense] aor.

ἤιξα Hom.

, B.12.144, ([etym.] δι-) Hdt.4.134; [dialect] Dor.

ᾆξα B.9.23

(prob.); [dialect] Att. and Trag.

ᾖξα A.Pr.837

, S.OC890, etc., part.

ᾄξαντες Is.4.10

; [dialect] Ion.

ἀΐξασκον Il.23.369

:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἀΐξασθαι Il.22.195

:—[voice] Pass., Hom.: [tense] aor.

ἠίχθην, ἀΐχθην Il.

(v. infr.).—Trag. use the un[var] contr. forms in lyr., S.OC1499, Tr.843, E.Tr.156, 1086, Supp. 962; once in trim., E.Hec.31. Poet., chiefly [dialect] Ep., Verb, rarely found in Prose:—of rapid motion, shoot, dart, glance, as light,

αὐγή Il.18.212

, etc.;

νόος 15.80

;

διά μου κεφαλῆς ᾄσσουσ' ὀδύναι E.Hipp.

1351 :—of one darting upon his enemy, ἀΐσσειν ἔγχει, φασγάνῳ, ἵπποις, Il.11.484.5.81, 17.460, etc.; τοῖσιν (sc. σκήπτροισιν) 18.506; of the rapid flight of birds, 23.868, etc.;

ἤιξεν πέτεσθαι 21.247

; of ghosts gliding about,

τοὶ δὲ σκιαὶ ἀΐσσουσιν Od.10.495

; of javelins, Il. 5.657; of a tree, shoot up, Pi.N.8.40; of veins, etc., in the body, Hp.Epid.2.4.1, cf. Morb.4.54: c. acc. cogn.,

ἦξαν δράμημα E.Ph. 1379

;

κέλευθον A.Pr.837

: once in [tense] aor. [voice] Med.,

ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι Il.22.195

: also in [voice] Pass., [

ἔγχος] ὦσεν . . ἐτώσιον ἀϊχθῆναι Il.5.854

;

ἐς οὐρανὸν ἀϊχθήτην 24.97

; ἐκ χειρῶν ἡνία ἠίχθησαν slipped from his hands, 16.404;

ἀμφὶ δὲ χαῖται ὤμοις ἀΐσσονται 6.510

;

κόμη δι' αὔρας . . ᾄσσεται S.OC1261

; shoot forth, of limbs, Emp.29 :—[voice] Act., to be driven,

πνευμάτων ὑπὸ δυσχίμων ἀΐσσω E.Supp.962

.

2 later, turneagerly to a thing, be eager after,

εἴς τι Id.Ion328

; ἐπὶ τά τινος ᾄξαντες making onslaught on his property, Is.4.10;

πρὸς τὰ πολιτικὰ ᾄ. Pl.Alc.1.118b

, cf. Phld. Mus.p.12 K., Plu.2.87d: c. inf.,

εἰπεῖν Pl.Lg.709a

.

II trans., αὔραν . . ἀΐσσων putting the air in motion (with a fan), E.Or.1430;

ᾖξεν χέρα S.Aj.40

. [[pron. full] ᾱ in Hom., save in the compd.

ὑπᾰΐξει Il.21.126

, cf. A.R.3.1302; [pron. full] ᾰ Lyr., Trag. (exc. E.Tr.1086), Arat.334.]