ἐάω

ἐάω, [var] contr. [full] ἐῶ Il.8.428, etc.; [dialect] Ep. [full] εἰῶ 4.55; [dialect] Ep.2 and [ per.] 3sg. ἐάᾳς, ἐάᾳ, Od.12.137, Il.8.414; inf.

A

ἐάαν Od.8.509

: [tense] impf. εἴων, as, a, Il.18.448, Od.19.25, Th.1.28, etc.; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.

ἔων Hdt.9.2

,

ἔα Il.5.517

, 16.731; also ἔασκον or εἴασκον, 2.832, 5.802, etc.: [tense] fut. ἐάσω [ᾱ] 18.296, etc.: [tense] aor. εἴᾱσα (εἴᾰσεν is v.l. for εἴᾱς' in 10.299) 24.684, etc.; [dialect] Ep.

ἔᾱσα 11.437

: [tense] pf.

εἴᾱκα D.8.37

, 43.78, Cerc.17.35:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. ἐάσομαι in pass. sense, E.IA331, Th.1.142: [tense] aor.

εἰάθην Isoc.4.97

: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.

εἴᾱμαι D.45.22

.—Hdt. never uses the augm. in this Verb. [[pron. full] ᾰ in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., [pron. full] ᾱ in [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. even in [dialect] Ion. (so prob. in Anacr.56,57; forms with -ασς- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7). Synizesis occurs in [ per.] 3sg.

ἐᾷ Il.5.256

, in 1 subj.

ἐῶμεν 10.344

, and prob. in

ἐάσουσιν Od.21.233

; also in Trag., in imper.

ἔα S.OT 1451

, Ant.95, Ar.Nu.932; ind.

ἐῶ Id.Lys.734

: Hsch. has the form ἦσεν· εἴασεν, cf. ἦσαι· παῦσαι]:—suffer, permit, c. acc. pers. et inf., τούσδε δ' ἔα φθινύθειν leave them alone to perish, Il.2.346;

αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με . . ζώειν Od.13.359

, etc.;

ἐᾶν οἰκεῖν Th.3.48

, cf. IG12.1; ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ib.2.17.9;

ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον S.Ant.29

, cf. Tr. 1083;

ἐᾶν τί τινι Plu.2.233d

:—so in [voice] Pass., Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S.OC368.

b concede, allow in argument, c. acc. et inf., Pl.Prm.135b.

2 with neg., οὐκ ἐᾶν not to suffer: hence, forbid, prevent,

τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il.5.256

;

εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι 4.55

; esp. of the law, Aeschin.3.21;

δμωὰς δ' οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν Od.19.25

, etc.: used elliptically with ἀλλά following,

οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν Hdt.7.104

, cf.Th.2.21; also, persuade or advise not to do . . , Id.1.133: an inf. may freq. be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, S.Ant.538; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ even if all men forbid, Id.Aj. 1184, cf. Ph.444:—so in [voice] Pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c. inf., to be hindered, E. IT1344, Th.1.142, D.2.16.

II let alone, let be, c. acc.,

ἔα χόλον Il.9.260

; μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν heed not the suitors' plan, Od. 2.281; ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσας as soon as thou hast dismissed me, Il. 24.557, cf. 569,684; ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς or wilt leave him alone, 20.311, cf. Hdt.6.108, etc.;

ἐάσωμεν ἕκηλον αὐτόν S.Ph.825

; [

πρᾶγμα] ἀκάθαρτον ἐᾶν Id.OT256

;

τὰ παθήματα . . παρεῖσ' ἐάσω Id.OC363

, cf. Th.2.36;

ἐᾶν φιλοσοφίαν Pl.Grg.484c

: c. inf., ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι . . ἔασον let it alone, Hdt.3.134; κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτορα we will have done with stealing Hector, Il.24.71;

ἐᾶν περί τινος Pl.Prt. 347c

, etc.;

ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον D.21.122

: abs., ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον have done, let be, Il.21.221, cf. A.Pr.334;

οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ' ἐᾶν E.Fr.491.5

; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ' ἐάσει he will give one thing, the other he will let alone, Od.14.444:—[voice] Pass.,

ἡ δ' οὖν ἐάσθω S.Tr.329

, etc.

2 for ἐᾶν χαίρειν, v. χαίρω sub fin. (ἐϝάω, cf. ἔβασον· ἔασον, and εὔα· ἔα, Hsch. who also has ἔησον· ἔασον.)