ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον

ἐπερ-είδω,

A drive against, ἐπέρεισε δὲ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη [ἔγχος] νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα drove it home, Il.5.856, cf. 17.48; ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον put vast strength to it, 7.269, Od.9.538; thrust a door to, shut it close, Q.S.12.331; ἐ. γένειόν τινι lean it upon.., Ael.NA5.56: metaph., ἐ. τὸν νοῦν attend to a thing, A.D.Synt.148.20;

τὴν διάνοιαν Plu.2.392b

; ἐ. τῷ φιλεῖν ἐμαυτόν give oneself up to, ib.463c; direct, πρὸς τὴν θεὸν τὸν λόγον Sch.Pi.N.7.1:—[voice] Med., rest in or upon,

βαυκάλη ἐπὶ διαγωνίων λίθων ἐπηρεισμένη Sor.1.109

: metaph.,

ψυχαὶ -όμεναι πνεύματι Porph.Abst.2.38

;

οὐσίᾳ Plot.6.1.3

;

ἄλλῳ Id.5.5.7

;

ἐπ' ἄλλου Iamb.Comm.Math.8

.

2 ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγά τινι bring the whole force of the phalanx against, Plu.Flam.8: abs.,

ἐ. τοῖς ἀντιτεταγμένοις Id.Pyrrh.21

, cf. Arr.Tact.16.13:—[voice] Med., Ael. Tact.14.5.

3 [voice] Med., λαίφη προτόνοις ἐπερειδομένας staying their sails with ropes, E.Hec. 112:—[voice] Pass., lean or bear upon,

βακτηρίαις Ar.Ec. 277

, cf. Pl.Lg. 789e: metaph., lean upon,

ἡμετέρῃ ἐ. Ἑλλὰς ἐφορμῇ A.R.4.204

: abs., resist with all one's force, Ar.Ra. 1102.

4 [voice] Pass., to be leaned on, J.AJ9.4.4.

b to be subject to pressure or impact, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.142.

II intr. in [voice] Act., τῇ χειρὶ ἐπερείδειν press heavily with the hand, Hp.Art.11.

(gen. heljar, dat. helju), f.

1) Hel (the goddess of death);

blár sem hel, black as Hel;

2) abode of the dead (gráta Baldr ór helju);

leysa höfuð sitt ór helju, to save oneself from death;

rasa í helina opna, to rush into open death;

liggja á heljar þremi, to be on the verge of death;

3) death (þykkir ekki betra líf en hel);

berja e-n grjóti í hel, to stone one to death.

* * *

f., gen. heljar, dat. helju or hel (less correct); a nom. helja never occurs in old writers, although a gen. helju is used in the mod. phrase, milli heims ok helju (old and better heljar); [Ulf. halja = αδης, Matth. xi. 23, Luke xvi. 23, 1 Cor. xv. 55; A. S. and Engl. hell; Hel. and O. H. G. hellia; Germ. hölle; cp. Dan. i hjel]:—the abode of the dead:

1. in a heathen sense answering to the Greek Hades, and distinguished from Valhalla; í Helju, Alm. 15, 19, 21, 27, 33; til Heljar, Skm. 27, Vtkv. 6, Vþm. 43; ok létta ekki fyrr en vér höfum Sigmund í Helju, Fær. 166; væntir mik, at hann sé nú í Helju, Fas. i. 233; at þau undr beri fyrir þik at þú sér brátt í Helju ok víst mun þetta þín furða vera, Ísl. ii. 351; fara til Heljar, to fare to Hel. to die, Gísl. 107.

2. phrases or sayings, heimta e-n ór Helju, to draw one out of Hel, i. e. to rescue him from imminent death or peril; þóttusk þeir hafa hann ór Helju heimtan, Eg. 533, Fs. 8, Fms. iii. 80; cp. gráta Baldr ór Helju, Edda 38, 39, Bs. i. 648 (in a verse); búask til Heljar, to busk one for a journey to Hel. i. e. to put him in a shroud; ok er þat því mælt at maðr þykki til Heljar búask, sá er sik klæðir mjök, þá er hann gengr út eðr klæðir sik lengi, Gísl. 107; liggja (vera) milli heims ok Heljar (see heimr II), Grett. 114, Fas. ii. 437, Fb. i. 260; liggja á Heljar þremi, to lie on the threshold of Hel. O. H. L. 71; eigi eru vér svá á Heljar þröm komnir, at þú hafir allt ráð várt í hendi þér, 655 x. 1; rasa í Helina opna, to rush into open Hel. i. e. to seek death, Fms. viii. 437; leysa höfuð ór Helju, to release one’s head out of Hel. Skv. 2. 1.

II. death; unnusk þeir Hákon mikit, svú at þá skildi ekki nema hel, Fms. vii. 733; höggr á tvær hendr ok þykkir eigi betra líf en hel, without caring for his life, Ísl. ii. 368; mér er verra líf en hel, Stj. 495; bíða heljar, to bide for death, Stor. 24; nema þeim liggi við hel eða húsgangr, N. G. L. i. 54; þat er vant at sjá, félagsmaðr, hvárt fyrr kemr, hel eðr langframi, Orkn. 466.

2. abverb. phrases,

α. til heljar, to death; hafðr til heljar, put to death, Grág. i. 34; drepa mann til heljar, 161; bíta e-u til heljar, N. G. L. i. 341; svelta til heljar, to starve to death, Bret. 8; færa e-n til heljar, to slay one, Fms. vi. 166.

β. í hel, to death (Dan. i hjel); sofa í hel, to sleep oneself to death, Rb. 356; vella möðkum í hel, 414; berja grjóti í hel, to stone to death, Landn. 236, Eb. 98, Ld. 152, Gísl. 118; berja e-n í hel, Fms. v. 181; drepa e-n í hel, Hbl. 27, Am. 38.

III. the ogress Hel, the Proserpine of Scandin. mythol., Edda 18, 37–39, Gm. 31, Vtkv. 3; með Helju, id.; bjóða Helju útlausn, etc., id.; haldi Hel því er hefir, Edda 38 (in a verse): Hel was represented as of a black, livid hue, whence the phrase, blár sem Hel, black as Hel, Nj. 177; blár sem Hel ok digr sem naut, Eb. 314: Heljar-skinn, n. ‘Hel-skin,’ Black-skin; hann lézk eigi slík Heljarskinn séð hafa, Landn. 121; also as a nickname, id. The inmates of Hel (ghosts called up from below) were supposed to be endowed with a supernatural strength, whence the phrases, heljar-afl, n. strength of Hel, gigantic strength; tók hann þá á sínu heljarafli, Od. ix. 538 (ἐπέρεισε δε ιν ἀπέλεθρον): heljar-karl, m. a ‘hell-carle,’ a person of gigantic strength, Fb. i. 212: heljar-maðr, m. (heljar-menni, n.), a man of Hel, like heljar-karl, Ld. 160; er þat jafnan reynt, at heljarmaðrinn er harðr við at eiga, Al. 109; Oddr kvað eigi hógligt við heljarmann þann, en við fjölkyngi móður hans, Fs. 32; ok er íllt at fásk við heljarmanninn, Grett. 134; görðu eigi þat at hætta þér einn undir vápn heljarmannsins, Þorst. S. St. 52; hann er h. ok ván at íllt hljótisk af, Fs. 36; ekki mun heljarmaðr þessi láta hér við lenda, Od. xxii. 70: Heljar-sinnar, m. pl. the champions of Hel, demons, ghosts, Edda (Sksm.) 41; salir Heljar, the halls of Hel, Vsp. 35: cp. also Heljar-grind, f. the gates of Hel; Heljar-meyjar, f. pl. the maids of Hel; Heljar-reip, n. the ropes of Hel, Sól. 37–39; Heljar-rann, n. the hall of Hel, Vtkv. 6; Heljar-diskr, m. the dish of Hel, Edda (Gl.), Sturl. (in a verse); Heljar-epli, n., Ísl. ii. 351 (in a verse); Heljar-askr, m. the ash of Hel, Sturl. (in a verse), cp. Vsp. 2.

ἴς (A) [ῑ], ἡ, gen. ἰνός, acc. ἶνα, nom.pl. ἶνες, dat.

A

ἴνεσι Il.23.191

, also

ἰσίν Sor.

(v. infr.), Suid. s.v. ἶνες, cj. Nauck for εἰσίν in A.Fr. 229:— sinew, tendon, sg. once in Hom.,

ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν.. ἀνὴρ.. ἶνα τάμῃ διὰ πᾶσαν Il.17.522

: usu. in pl., sinews,

οὐ γὰρ ἔτι σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα ἲνες ἔχουσιν Od.11.219

, cf. Il.23.191;

ἶνες ἄρθρων Ar. Pax86

, cf. Archil.138; ἶνες αὐτὸ μόνον καὶ λεπτὴ δορά, of a person wasted by disease, Ph.2.432; δοράς, σάρκας, ἶνας ib. 527: metaph.,

Τρωίας ἶνας ἐκταμὼν δορί Pi.I.8(7).57

.

2 later, the fibrous vessels in the muscles, Pl.Ti. 84a, Arist.HA 515b27, al.; in blood, fibrine, Id.PA 650b14, cf. Pl.Ti. 82c, Meno Iatr.17.34: metaph., of metals, Plu.2.434b.

3 rib in the leaves of plants, Thphr.HP3.12.7 (sg.).

4 strip of papyrus,

ταῖς τῶν χαρτῶν ἰσίν Sor.1.13

: sg., Gal.10.1000.

b λεπτὴ ἴς a small fibre of papyrus, Id.17(1).795.

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ἴς (B) [ῑ], ἡ, three times in acc. sg. ἶνα (elided ἶν') Il.5.245,7.269, Od.9.538, freq. in instr. ἶφι (q.v.), elsewh. only nom. sg.:—

A strength, force, of persons,

ἀλλ' ἄρα καὶ ἲς ἐσθλή Il.12.320

;

ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον 7.269

;

ἤ μοι ἔτ' ἐστὶν ἴς, οἵη πάρος.. Od.21.283

, cf. 11.393, 18.3: freq. in periphr., ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο the strong Telemachus, 2.409;

κρατερὴ ἲς Ὀδυσῆος Il.23.720

;

ἲς Ἡρακλῆος Hes.Th. 951

; and in twofold periphr., ἲς βίης Ἡρακληείης ib. 332; also of things, ἲς ἀνέμου or ἀνέμοιο, Il.15.383, 17.739, Od.9.71;

ἲς ποταμοῖο Il.21.356

; κράται' ἴς was read by Ptol.Asc.in Od.11.597; v. κρατύς. ( ϝῑ-, cf. γίς· ἰσχύς, Hsch., pr. n.

ϝιφιάδας IG7.3172.70

, Lat. vis, vim; prob. cogn. with ἵεμαι but not with ἴς (A).)