ἐλαύνω

ἐλαύνω, Il.12.62, etc.: [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf. ἐλαύνεσκον ([etym.] ἀπ-) Hdt.7.119: [tense] fut. ἐλάσω [ᾰ], part.

A

ἐλάσοντας X.An.7.7.55

codd., cf.D.H.2.36, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Hp.Loc.Hom.46, Nat.Mul.32 (ἐλάσσω ([etym.] παρ-) is f.l. in Il.23.427, and ξυνελάσσομεν is subj. in Od.18.39);

ἐλάω A.R.3.411

; [dialect] Att. ἐλῶ, ᾷς, ᾷ, inf. ἐλᾶν, also Hdt.1.207, etc., and so Hom. in the resolved form

ἐλόω Il.13.315

, Od.7.319: inf. ἐλάαν (though this is also inf. [tense] pres., v. infr.) Il.17.496, Od.5.290: [tense] aor. 1 ἤλᾰσα, [dialect] Ep.

ἔλᾰσα Il.5.80

,

ἔλασσα 18.564

, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3sg.

ἐλάσασκεν 2.199

: [tense] pf. ἐλήλᾰκα ([etym.] ἀπ-, ἐξ-) X.Cyr.4.2.10, Ar.Nu.828: [tense] plpf. ἐληλάκειν ([etym.] ἐξ-) Hdt.5.90:— [voice] Med. (v. infr. 1.2), [tense] fut. ἐλάσομαι ([etym.] παρ-) dub. l. in Arr.An.3.30.3: [tense] aor.

ἠλασάμην Il.11.682

, rare in [dialect] Att., as Pl.Grg.484b; [ per.] 3sg.

ἤλσατο Ibyc.55

; [dialect] Ep. ἐλάσαιο, -ασαίατο, -ασσάμενος, Od.20.51, Il.10.537, Od.4.637:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. ἐλασθήσομαι ([etym.] ἐξ-) D.H.4.9: [tense] aor. ἠλάθην [ᾰ] E.Heracl.430, Ar.Ec.4; later

ἠλάσθην AP7.278

(Arch.), Sammelb.997 (iv A.D.), ([etym.] ἐξ-, συν-) Plb.8.24.9, 18.22.6, etc. (in Hdt. the Mss. vary between the two forms,

ἐξελαθείς 7.165

,

ἀπηλάσθησαν 3.54

): [tense] pf.

ἐλήλαμαι Od.7.113

, Hdt.7.84 ([etym.] ἐξ-), etc.;

ἐλήλασμαι Hp.Mul. 2.133

, Aen.Tact.31.4 (prob.), ([etym.] ἐξ-) Plb.6.22.4, ([etym.] συν-) A.D.Conj.233.30: [tense] plpf.

ἠλήλατο Il.5.400

; poet. also

ἐλήλατο 4.135

; [ per.] 3pl.

ἠλήλαντο Hes.Sc.143

, also ἐληλέδατ', ἐληλέατ', ἐληλάδατ' vv.ll. in Od.7.86.— The [tense] pres. [full] ἐλάω is rare and mainly Poet., imper.

ἔλα Pi.I.5(4).38

, A.Fr. 332, E.HF819, Fr.779.1 (also non-thematic [ per.] 3pl.

ἐλάντω SIG1025.8

([place name] Cos)): inf.

ἐλᾶν Canthar.4

, X.HG2.4.32: inf. ἐλάαν as [dialect] Ep.inf.[tense] pres. is freq. in Hom. (v. infr.1.2): part.

ἐλάουσα Emp.4.5

: [tense] impf. [ per.] 3pl.

ἔλων Od.4.2

, [ per.] 3sg.

ἔλαεν A.R.3.872

;

ἀπ-έλα X.Cyr.8.3.32

; but ἀπ-ήλαον in Ar.Lys.1001 is prob. an error for -ήλα'αν, [dialect] Dor. for -ήλασαν:—radic. sense, drive, set in motion, of driving flocks,

εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα Od.9.237

;

κακοὺς δ' ἐς μέσσον ἔλασσεν Il.4.299

; [tense] aor. [voice] Med. ἠλασάμην in act. sense, 10.537, 11.682: freq. of horses, chariots, ships, drive, ἐλάαν (inf. [tense] pres.)

ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους 23.334

;

ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν τὸ ζεῦγος Hdt. 1.59

; ἐ. ἵππον ride it, Id.4.64, al.; κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα ἐ. ride and drive, Id.7.86; ἐ. νῆα row it, Od.12.109, etc.; στρατὸν ἐ. Pi.O.10(11).66, Hdt. 1.176, 4.91, etc.

b with acc. omitted, intr., go in a chariot, drive, μάστιξεν δ' ἐλάαν (sc. ἵππους) he whipped them on, Il.5.366, al., cf. S.El.734,739; βῆ δ' ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα he drove on over the waves, Il. 13.27; διὰ νύκτα ἐλάαν travel the night through, Od.15.50; ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ἐ. drive into the city, Hdt.1.60; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐ. ib.199; ride, Id.7.88, X.Eq.Mag.3.9, etc.; ἐλῶν ἐς Θρηΐκην marching . ., Hdt.9.89, etc.; row,

μάλα σφοδρῶς ἐλάαν Od.12.124

; ἐλαύνοντες rowers, 13.22, etc.

c in this intr. sense, it sts. took an acc. loci, γαλήνην ἐλαύνειν to sail the calm sea, i.e. over it, 7.319; so τὰ ἕσπερα νῶτ' ἐ. E.El. 731 (lyr.); also ἐλαύνειν δρόμον run a course, Ar.Nu.28;

ὁδόν D.P. 586

.

d [voice] Pass., [νηῦς] ἐλαυνομένη a ship under way, Od.13.155 (but

πλοῖα ὑπὸ σκληρῶν ἀνέμων ἐλαυνόμενα Ep.Jac.3.4

); τὰ κατάντη ἐλαύνεσθαι, of horses, to be ridden on steep ground, X.Eq.Mag.8.3.

2 drive away, carry off, in Hom. of stolen cattle or horses,

βοῶν ἀρίστας Od.12.353

;

ἵππους Il.5.236

;

ἐ. ὅ τι δύναιντο X.HG4.8.18

:—[voice] Med., Od.4.637, 20.51;

ῥύσι' ἐλαυνόμενος Il.11.674

, etc.

3 drive away, expel,

ἐ. [τινὰ] ἐκ δήμου 6.158

;

ἄνδρας ἀπ' Οἰνώνας Pi.N.5.16

: freq. in Trag.,

ἐ. τινὰ γῆς E.Med.70

; μύσος, μίασμα ἐ., A.Ch.967 codd., Eu. 283 ([voice] Pass.), cf. S.OT98; ἄγος ἐ.,= ἀγηλατέω, Th.1.126;

ἐ. λῃστάς Ar.Ach.1188

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνομαι A.Pr.682

.

4 drive (to extremities), persecute, plague, οἵ μιν ἄδην ἐλόωσι . . πολέμοιο who will harass him till he has had enough of war, Il.13.315; ἔτι μέν μίν φημι ἄδην λάαν κακότητος I think I shall persecute him till he has had enough, Od.5.290;

θεὸς ἐλαύνει πόλιν S.OT28

;

Ἰωνίαν ἤλασεν βίᾳ A.Pers.771

;

μή τι δαιμόνιον τὰ πράγματα ἐλαύνῃ D.9.54

;

σὺ δ' ἀπειλεῖς πᾶσιν, ἐλαύνεις πάντας Id.21.135

, cf. 173:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐλαυνομένων καὶ ὑβριζομένων Id.18.48

;

λύπῃ πᾶς ἐλήλαται κακῇ S.Aj.275

;

κακοῖς πρός τινος E.Andr.31

;

ὑπ' ἀνάγκης καὶ οἴστρου Pl.Phdr.240d

;

τὴν ψυχὴν ἐρωτικῇ μανίᾳ Ael.NA14.18

; ἐλαύνεσθαι τὴν γνώμην to be out of one's mind, Philostr.VS2.27.5.

5 = βινέω, Ar.Ec.39, Pl. Com.3.4.

6 intr. in expressions like ἐς τοσοῦτον ἤλασαν they drove it so far (where πρᾶγμα must be supplied), Hdt.5.50;

ἐς πᾶσαν κακότητα Id.2.124

; εἰς κόρον ἐλαύνειν push matters till disgust ensued, Tyrt.11.10; εἰς ἴσον (sc. τισί) Onos.Praef.4: hence, push on, go on,

ἐγγὺς μανιῶν E.Heracl.904

(lyr.); ἔξω τοῦ φρονεῖν Id.*ba.853; πόρρω ἐ. σοφίας go far in . ., Pl.Euthphr.4b, cf. Grg.486a, X.Cyr.1.6.39.

II strike,

ἐλάτῃσιν πόντον ἐλαύνοντες Il.7.6

;

κιθάραν πλήκτρῳ E.HF351

(lyr.).

2 strike with a weapon, but never with a missile,

τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν Il.2.199

;

ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην 5.584

;

κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν 13.614

; ὀδόντας ἐ. knock out, A.R.2.785: c. dupl. acc., τὸν μὲν . . μεταδρομάδην ἔλασ' ὦμον him he struck on . ., Il. 5.80; χθόνα δ' ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ struck earth with his forehead, of a falling man, Od.22.94: c. acc. cogn., inflict a wound,

οὐλὴν τήν ποτέ με σῦς ἤλασε 21.219

:—[voice] Pass., c. acc.

νῶτον ὄπισθ' αἰχμῇ δουρὸς ἐληλαμένος Tyrt.11.20

;

ἐλαύνεται εἰς τὸν μηρόν Luc.Tox.61

.

3 strike one thing against another,

πρὸς γῆν ἐ. κάρη Od.17.237

; of weapons, drive through,

διαπρὸ χαλκὸν ἔλασσε 22.295

; [

δόρυ] διὰ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε Il.5.57

, cf. 20.269;

ἤλασε Λυγκέος ἐν πλευραῖσι χαλκόν Pi.N.10.70

:—[voice] Pass., go through, Il.4.135, 13.595; to be fixed in,

ὀϊστὸς ὤμῳ ἐνὶ στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο 5.400

;

διὰ [σφονδύλου] διαμπερὲς ἐληλάσθαι Pl.R.616e

.

III metaph.,

1 beat out metal, forge,

ἀσπίδα . . ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν Il.12.296

; πέντε πτύχας ἤλασε beat out five plates, 20.270; περὶ δ' ἕρκος ἔλασσε κασσιτέρου make a fence of beaten tin (with a play on signf. 2), 18.564; εὐνὴ Ἡφαίστου χερσὶν ἐληλαμένη χρυσοῦ a bed of beaten gold, Mimn.12.6; σίδηρος λεπτῶς ἐληλ. Plu.Cam.41.

2 draw a line of wall, trench, etc.,

ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν Il.7.450

;

ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει Od.6.9

;

σταυροὺς δ' ἐκτὸς ἔλασσε 14.11

;

τοῖχοι ἐληλέατ' 7.86

; τεῖχος τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐλήλαται the wall has its angles carried down to the river, Hdt.1.180, cf. 185,191; ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον having a wall built round, A.Pers.872 (lyr.); ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν work one's way down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Il.11.68;

ἐ. αὔλακα Hes. Op.443

; ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐ. to draw a line of vines, i.e. plant them in line, Ar.Ach.995: generally, plant, produce,

ἐλᾷ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς αἰών Pi.N.3.74

.

3 κολῳὸν ἐλαύνειν prolong, keep up the brawl, Il. 1.575.

4

ἐξ ὄσσων ἐς γαῖαν ἐ. δάκρυ E.Supp.96

.