ἧς εἵνεκ' ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά

ἕνεκα, Il.1.110, etc., or [full] ἕνεκεν (twice in Hom., Od.17.288, 310, rare in Trag., as E.Med. 999 (lyr.), and early Prose, Th.6.2, X.HG2.1.14, Pl.Smp. 210e; in Com., Men.Epit. 330; twice in fourth-cent. [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG2.987A2, 611b13, but prevalent in later Inscrr., cf. SIG 577.7 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); in late Prose, Sch.Pi.O.7.10), [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Ion., and poet. [full] εἵνεκα (also in Pl., Lg. 778d, al.), or [full] εἵνεκεν (both forms in Hdt. and Hp. and not uncommon in codd. of later writers;

A

εἵνεκεν B.12.136

, Pi.I.8(7).35 codd.; [full] εἵνεκε Aret.CA1.2, f.l. in Hdt.7.133): [full] ἕνεκε SIG333.14 (Samos, iv B.C.), Supp.Epigr.1.351.10 (ibid.), CIG 3655.18 (Cyzicus, iii/ii B.C.): [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἔννεκα Alc.Supp.9.1, IG12(2).258.8 (Lesbos, i A.D.), but [full] ἔνεκα ib. 11(4).1064b32 ([place name] Delos), 12(1).645a38 ([place name] Nesus): late [full] ἕνεκον JHS37.108 ([place name] Lydia), etc.:—Prep. with gen., usu. after its case; also before, Il.1.94, B.12.136, Hdt.3.122, etc. When it follows its case, it is sometimes separated from it by several words, as in Hdt.1.30, D.20.88, etc.

1 on account of,

Τρώων πόλιν.. ἧς εἵνεκ' ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά Il.14.89

, etc.;

ὕβριος εἵνεκα τῆσδε 1.214

; τοῦδ' ἕνεκα for this, ib. 110;

ὧν ἕ.

wherefore,

20.21

;

τίνος ἕ. βλάβης; A.Fr. 181

;

παῖσαι ἄνδρας ἕνεκεν ἀταξίας X.An. 5.8.13

;

στεφανοῦσθαι ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα Aeschin.3.10

; for the sake of,

τοῦ ἕ.; Pl.Prt. 31c

b; τῶν δὲ εἵνεκα, ὅκως .., or ἵνα .., Hdt.8.35,40;

κολακεύειν ἕ. μισθοῦ X.HG5.1.17

; διὰ νόσον ἕ. ὑγιείας by reason of sickness for the sake of health, Pl.Ly. 218e, cf. Smp. 185b; τὸ οὗ ἕ. the final cause, Arist.Ph. 194a27, Metaph. 983a31;

τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν Id.Ph. 243a3

, Metaph. 1059a35.

2 as far as regards, ἐμοῦ γ' ἕνεκα as far as depends on me, Ar.Ach. 386, D.20.14;

τοῦ φυλάσσοντος εἵνεκεν Hdt. 1.42

; εἵνεκεν χρημάτων as for money, Id.3.122, etc.;

ἕνεκά γε φιλονικίας Pl.R. 548d

, cf. 329b; ἐμπειρίας μὲν ἄρα ἕ. ib. 582d;

ὁμοῖοι τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἂν ἦμεν ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν X.Mem.4.3.3

.

3 in consequence of, εἵνεκα τέχνας by force of art, AP9.729.

4 pleon.,

ἀμφὶσοὔνεκα S.Ph. 554c

odd.; ὅσον ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕ. as far as shouting went, Th.8.92, X.HG2.4.31;

τίνος χάριν ἕ.; Pl.Lg. 701d

, cf.Plt. 302b.

II Conj., for οὕνεκα (q.v.), because, h.Ven.199, Call.Aet.3.1.6,Fr. 287.

2 εἵνεκεν, = ὁθούνεκα, that, Pi.I.8(7).35 codd.

ὀϊζ-ύω, [tense] aor. ὀΐζῡσα,

A wail, mourn, ἀλλ' αἰεὶ περὶ κεῖνον ὀΐζυε (imper.) Il.3.408.

II c. acc. rei, suffer,

ἧς εἵνεκ' ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά 14.89

: abs., to be miserable or suffer,

ὀϊζύσας ἐμόγησεν Od.4.152

, 23.307. [υ of [tense] pres. short in Hom., long in A.R. 4.1324, 1374 ; in [tense] aor. always long.]