ἐπαίρω,
Ionic dialect and
poetry ἐπᾰείρω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
future ἐπᾱρῶ (
contraction from ᾰερ-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐπῆρα,
participle ἐπάρας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
perfect ἐπῆρκα [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive,
aorist ἐπήρθην,
participle ἐπαρθείς:
lift up and set on, [αὐτὸν] ἀμαξάων ἐπάειρραν
lifted and set him
upon, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
lift, raise, κεφαλὴν ἐπαείρας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντες ἐπῆραν (i.e. τὴν χεῖρα) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπαιρόμενα ἱστία, opposed to ὑφιέμενα, [
Refs 1st c.AD+] —
middle, με τεῷ ἐπαείραο μαζῷ
didstliftand put me
to thy breast, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; [λόγχην] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
exalt, magnify, ἐπαείρειν Αοκρῶν ματέρ᾽ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
intransitive,
lift up one's leg or
rise up, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
rise from table, [
Refs]
5)
passive,
swell up, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε, in mal.
participle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6) Grammars, ἐ. τὴν προσῳδίαν
make the accent
acute, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II)
stir up, excite, πολλά τέ μιν καὶ μεγάλα τὰ ἐπαείροντα. ἦν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
urge on, [
Refs 4th c.AD+];
induce, persuade to do, c.
infinitive, εἰρωτᾶν εἰ οὔτι ἐπαισχύνεται ἐπάρας Κροῖσον στρατεύεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅστις μ᾽ ἐπάρας ἔργον (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [
Refs]:—
passive,
to be roused, led on, excited, τῷ μαντηΐῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλούτῳ, τιμῇ, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, ἐπήρθην γράψαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ or τὸ λέγειν (uncertain reading) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
flattering themselves that they were superior, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
to be excited, on tiptoe, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
passive, also,
to be elated at a thing, εὐδαιμονίῃ μεγάλῃ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]