ἠλαυνόμην

ἠλαῡνόμην, ἐλαύνω

drive: imperf ind mp 1st sg

ἠλαῡνόμην, ἐλαύνω

drive: imperf ind mp 1st sg

ἐλαύνω fut. 2 sg. ἐλάσεις Ex 25:12; pf. ἐλήλακα; impf. pass. ἠλαυνόμην (Hom.+) to urge or propel along, drive of the wind (Jos., Bell. 7, 317, Ant. 5, 205), which drives clouds 2 Pt 2:17 or ships Js 3:4 (Aristaen., Ep. 2, 11; Sb 997 καταπλέων ὑπὸ χειμῶνος ἐλασθείς; 998, 3). Cp. Jd 23 as a cj. by Wohlenberg. Of a spirit who drives a possessed pers. (cp. Appian, Macedon. 18 §2 αὐτὸν ἐλαύνοντος θεοῦ=since a god drove him on) w. εἰς Lk 8:29. Of shepherds εἶδον ἐλαυνόμενα πρόβατα I saw sheep driven on GJs 18:3 (not pap). Abs. intr. either advance, make progress (Il. 13, 27; Soph., El. 734; Hdt. 1, 60, 4; Apollon. Rhod. 3, 1238; Polyaenus 3, 10, 17; Aesop, Fab. 21 P. and H-H.=22 Ch.; Is 33:21 οὐδὲ πορεύσεται πλοῖον ἐλαῦνον) or row (Od. 3, 157; Ps.-Demosth. 50, 53 ἄσιτοι δὲ οὐκ ἂν ἐδύναντο ἐλαύνειν; Isocr., Areop. 20) Mk 6:48; J 6:19 (on the pf. ptc. s. Soph., Lex. I 46)—B. 713; 715. DELG. M-M.