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1 βαφή
βᾰφ-ή, ἡ,A dipping of red-hot iron in water, S.Aj. 651: hence, temper or edge of a blade or tool produced thereby,τὴν β. ἀφιᾶσιν ὥσπερ ὁ σίδηρος εἰρήνην ἄγοντες Arist.Pol. 1334a8
, cf. Plu.Alex. 32, Pyrrh.24; τὰ σιδήρια τὴν β. ἀνίησι lose their edge, Thphr.HP5.3.3, cf. CP1.22.6; χαλκοῦ βαφαί prob. poet. for σιδήρου β. in A.Ag. 612 (v. Sch. ad loc., but cf. βάψις): metaph., temper,τῆς ἀνδρείας οἷον β. τις ὁ θυμός ἐστι καὶ στόμωμα Plu.2.988d
; of wine, ib.650b.II dye, Thphr.HP4.6.5;πορφυρᾶ β. A.Pers. 317
(metaph. of blood), cf. Pl.R. 430a; κρόκου βαφάς the saffron-dyed robe, A.Ag. 239 (lyr.); βαφαὶ ὕδρας the arrows dipped in the hydra's blood, E.HF 1188 (lyr.);χειλέων β. Philostr.Ep.22
: metaph.,β. τυραννίδος Plu.2.779c
.2 gilding, silvering, αἱ δύο β. Zos.Alch.p.168B., cf. p.208B.IV infection, Aret.CD2.13. -
2 θυμός
θῡμός, ὁ,A soul, spirit, as the principle of life, feeling and thought, esp. of strong feeling and passion (rightly derived from θύω (B) by Pl.Cra. 419e ἀπὸ τῆς θύσεως καὶ ζέσεως τῆς ψυχῆς):I in physical sense, breath, life, θ. ἀπηύρα, ἀφελέσθαι, ἐξαίνυσθαι, ὀλέσαι, freq. in Hom., Il.6.17, 5.852, 155, 1.205: c. dupl. acc.,ἄμφω θ. ἀπηύρα 6.17
;ἐπεί κε.. ῥεθέων ἐκ θ. ἕληται 22.68
; λίπε δ' ὀστέα θ. 12.386; ἀπὸ δ' ἔπτατο θ. Od.10.163;ὀλίγος δ' ἔτι θ. ἐνῆεν Il.1.593
;μόγις δ' ἐσαγείρετο θυμόν 21.417
;ἄψορρόν οἱ θ. ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀγέρθη 4.152
;θυμοῦ καὶ ψυχῆς κεκαδών 11.334
; of animals, 3.294, 12.150, etc.: less freq. in Trag., A. Ag. 1388, E.Ba. 620 (troch.).2 spirit, strength,τείρετο δ' ἀνδρῶν θ. ὑπ' εἰρεσίης Od.10.78
;ἐν δέ τε θ. τείρεθ' ὁμοῦ καμάτῳ τε καὶ ἱδρῷ Il.17.744
.3 πάτασσε δὲ θ. ἑκάστου each man's heart beat high, 23.370, cf. 7.216.II soul, as shown by the feelings and passions; and so,1 desire or inclination, esp. desire for meat and drink, appetite,πιέειν ὅτε θ. ἀνώγοι Il.4.263
;πλησάμενος.. θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος Od.17.603
: generally,τά με θ. ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει Il.7.68
; βαλέειν δέ ἑ ἵετο θ. 8.301;αἲ γάρ με μένος καὶ θ. ἀνείη 22.346
; θ. ἐποτρύνῃ [τινά] Od.9.139; θ. ἐπέσσυταί τινι, ἐφορμᾶται, Il.1.173, 13.73; ἤθελε θυμῷ he wished in his heart or with all his heart, 16.255, 21.65;ἵετο θυμῷ 2.589
; so later θυμῷ βουλόμενοι wishing with all their heart, Hdt. 5.49; [ὄσσα ϝ] οι θ. κε θέλῃ γένεσθαι Sapph.Supp.1.3
;θυμὸς ὥρμα Pi. O.3.25
, cf. 38;θυμὸς ἡδονὴν φέρει S.El. 286
;ὧν ἐρᾷ θυμός Herod.7.61
;τῶν σφι θ. ἦν μάλιστα Hdt.1.1
;ἄλλως σφι θ. ἐγένετο θεήσασθαι τὸν πόλεμον Id.8.116
, etc.: with Verb omitted,σὲ γάρ μοι θῦμος ὔμνην Alc. 5
; ἄρχ' αὐτὸς ὥς σοι θ. S.El. 1319; ὅπου ὑμῖν θ. X.Cyr.3.1.37;βῆξαι θυμός ἐγγίνεται Hp.Prog.8
.2 mind, temper, will, θ. πρόφρων, ἵλαος, Il. 8.39, 9.639; θ. ὑπερφίαλος καὶ ἀπηνής, νηλέα θ. ἔχοντας, σιδήρεος θ., 15.94, 19.229, Od.5.191; ἕνα θ. ἔχειν to be of one mind, Il.15.710, etc.;οὐδὲ λύκοι τε καὶ ἄρνες ὁμόφρονα θ. ἔχουσιν 22.263
;ἕτερος δέ με θ. ἔρυκε Od.9.302
; ἐμὸν θ. ἔπειθεν ib.33;θωπείας κολακικάς, αἳ.. τοὺς θ. ποιοῦσιν κηρίνους Pl.Lg. 633d
.3 spirit, courage, μένος καὶ θ. Il.20.174;θ. ἐνὶ στήθεσσι λαβεῖν Od.10.461
; πᾶσιν δὲ παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θ. Il.15.280; ψῦχρος ἔγεντο θ., of doves, Sapph.16;θ. ἔχειν ἀγαθόν Hdt.1.120
;θ. οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν S.El.26
;ὁ θυμὸς εὐθὺς ἦν Ἀμυνίας Ar.Eq. 570
; ἴωμεν ῥώμῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπί .. X.Cyr.4.2.21; : so in Philos., opp. λόγος, ἐπιθυμία, ib. 440b, al., cf. Arist.Pol. 1328a7, 1327b24, Phld.Mus.p.26K., etc.; personified, Passion, Emotion, opp. Λογισμός, Cleanth.Stoic.1.129.4 the seat of anger,χωόμενον κατὰ θυμόν Il.1.429
;νεμεσιζέσθω ἐνὶ θυμῷ 17.254
;θυμὸν ἐχώσατο 16.616
, etc.: hence, anger, wrath,δάμασον θυμόν 9.496
; εἴξας ᾧ θυμῷ ib. 598;θυμὸς μέγας ἐστὶ.. βασιλήων 2.196
;θ. ὀξύς S.OC 1193
;θ. κρείσσων τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων E.Med. 1079
, etc.; θυμῷ f.l. for θυμοῦ in S.Ant. 718;οἱ τῷ θ. πραχθέντες φόνοι Pl.Lg. 867b
; opp. λογισμός, Th.2.11, etc.; ἐπανάγειν τὸν θ. Hdt.7.160;ἐκτείνειν And.3.31
;καταθέσθαι Ar.V. 567
; ;θυμῷ χρᾶσθαι Hdt.1.137
, al.;ὀργῆς καὶ θυμοῦ μεστοί Isoc.12.81
(so τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ τὸν θ., i.e. the outward manifestation of ὀ., Phld.Ir.p.90W.); of horses, X.Eq. 9.2: pl. (not earlier than Pl., f.l. in S.Aj. 718 (lyr.)), fits of anger, passions,περὶ φόβων τε καὶ θυμῶν Pl.Phlb. 40e
;οἵ τε θ. καὶ αἱ κολάσεις Id.Prt. 323e
, cf. Arist.Rh. 1390a11.5 the heart, as the seat of the emotions, esp. joy or grief, χαῖρε, γήθησε δὲ θυμῷ, Il.14.156, 7.189;θ. ἐνὶ στήθεσσι γεγήθει 13.494
;μιν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θ. ἵκανεν 2.171
; ἄχνυτο θ. 14.39, etc.; δόκησε δ' ἄρα σφίσι θ. ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ .. they felt as glad at heart as if.., Od.10.415; μηδ' ὀνίαισι δάμνα.. θ. Sapph.1.4; of fear,δέος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ Il.17.625
, cf. 8.138; of love,τὴν ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον 9.343
;ἐκ θυμοῦ στέργοισα Theoc.17.130
; ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ my heart's beloved, Il.5.243; reversely, ἀπὸ θ. μᾶλλον ἐμοὶ ἔσεαι wilt be alien from my heart, 1.562; ἐκ θ. πεσέειν, i.e. to lose thy favour, 23.595;ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσα E.Med.8
;ἐκ θ. κλαῦσαι Philet. 11
.6 mind, soul, as the seat of thought, ταῦθ' ὥρμαινε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θ. Il.1.193, etc.; ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θ. 2.409, cf. 4.163, etc.;φράζετο θυμῷ 16.646
;ἐν θ. ἐβάλοντο ἔπος 15.566
;τοὺς λόγους θυμῷ βάλε A.Pr. 706
;εἰς θ. βαλεῖν τι S.OT 975
; οὐκ ἐς θ. φέρω I bring him not into my mind or thoughts, Id.El. 1347. -
3 ἀνίημι
ἀνίημι, ης (ἀνιεῖς, as if from ἀνιέω, dub. in Il.5.880), ησι: [tense] impf. ἀνίην, Hom. and [dialect] Att. 2 and [ per.] 3sg. εις, ει, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3sg.A (Abu Simbel, vi B. C., Iterat. ; alsoἠνίει Hp.Epid.7.46
; [ per.] 1sg.ἀνίειν Luc.Cat.4
: [tense] fut. ἀνήσω: [tense] pf. ἀνεῖκα: [tense] aor. 1 ἀνῆκα; [dialect] Ion. ἀνέηκα.:—the Homeric formsἀνέσει Od.18.265
, [tense] aor. opt.ἀνέσαιμι 14.209
, part.ἀνέσαντες 13.657
should be referred to ἀνέζω, butἄνεσαν Il.21.537
is from ἀνίημι: [tense] aor. 2, [ per.] 3pl.ἀνεῖσαν Th.5.32
, imper. , S.Ant. 1101, E.Hel. 442, subj. , [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. subj.ἀνήη Il.2.34
, opt. ἀνείη, inf. ἀνεῖναι, part. ἀνείς:—[voice] Pass., ἀνίεμαι: [tense] pf.ἀνεῖμαι Hdt.2.65
, A.Th. 413, [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf.ἀνέωνται Hdt.2.165
(v.l. ἀνέονται), inf. ἀνἑῶσθαι (sic) Tab.Heracl.1.153: [tense] aor. part. e: [tense] fut.ἀνεθήσομαι Th.8.63
. [ ἀνῐ- [dialect] Ep., ἀνῑ- [dialect] Att.: but even Hom. has ἀνῑει, ἀνῑέμενος, and we find ἀνῐησιν in Pl.Com.153 (anap.).]: — send up or forth,Ζεφύροιο.. ἀήτας Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν Od.4.568
; of Charybdis,τρὶς μὲν γάρ τ' ἀνίησιν.. τρὶς δ' ἀναροιβδεῖ 12.105
;ἀφρὸν ἀ.
spew up, vomit,A.
Eu. 183;σταγόνας [αἵματος] ἀ. S.OT 1277
; of the earth, καρπὸν ἀ. make corn or fruit spring up, h.Cer.333; ; also of the gods,ἀ. ἄροτον γῆς S.OT 270
, etc.; so of females, produce, ib. 1405:—in [voice] Pass., : then in various relations,συὸς χρῆμα ἀ. S.Fr. 401
; ; of a forest,πῦρ καὶ φλόγα Th.2.77
;πνεῦμ' ἀνεὶς ἐκ πνευμόνων E.Or. 277
:— send up from the grave or nether world, A.Pers. 650, Ar.Ra. 1462, Phryn.Com.1 D., Pl.Cra. 403e, etc.:— [voice] Pass., ἐκ γῆς κάτωθεν ἀνίεται ὁ πλοῦτος ibid.; of fruit, Thphr.CP5.1.5.II let go, from Hom. downwds. a very common sense, ἐμὲ δὲ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν, i.e. left me, Il.2.71, etc., cf. Pl.Prt. 310d: —[voice] Pass., wake up,D.S.
17.56; set free,ἐκ στέγης ἀ. S.Ant. 1101
; let go unpunished,ἄνδρα τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν λυμαινόμενον X.HG2.3.51
, cf. Lys.13.93; ἄνετέ μ' ἄνετε leave me alone, forbear, S.El. 229 (lyr.); of a state of mind,ἐμὲ δ' οὐδ' ὣς θυμὸν ἀνίει.. ὀδύνη Il. 15.24
;ὅταν μ' ἀνῇ νόσος μανίας E.Or. 227
;ὥς μιν ὁ οἶνος ἀνῆκε Hdt.1.213
, etc.; ἀ. ἵππον to let him go (by slackening the rein), S.El. 721;ἵππους εἰς τάχος ἀ. X.Eq.Mag.3.2
;τῷ δήμῳ τὰς ἡνίας ἀ. Plu.Per. 11
.b loosen, unfasten,δεσμόν Od.8.359
(v.l. δεσμῶν); δεσμά τ' ἀνεῖσαι Call.Hec.1.2.13
: hence, open,πύλας ἄνεσαν Il.21.537
;ἀ. θύρετρα E.Ba. 448
; ἀ. σήμαντρα break the seal, Id.IA 325:—[voice] Pass.,πύλαι ἀνειμέναι D.H.10.14
.2 ἀ. τινί let loose at one, slip at,ἀ. τὰς κύνας X.Cyn.7.7
: henceἄφρονα τοῦτον ἀνέντες Il.5.761
, cf. 880: c. acc. et inf., Διομήδεα μαργαίνειν ἀνέηκεν ib. 882: generally, set on or urge to do a thing, c. inf., , cf. 17.425, Il.2.276, 5.422: freq. c. acc. pers. only, let loose, excite, asοὐδέ κε Τηλέμαχον.. ῷδ' ἀνιείης Od.2.185
;μέγας δέ σε θυμὸς ἀνῆκεν Il.7.25
; τοῖσιν μὲν Θρασυμήδεα δῖον ἀνῆκεν urged Thrasymedes to their aid, 17.705:—so in [voice] Pass.,ἅπας κίνδυνος ἀνεῖται σοφίας Ar.Nu. 955
.3 ἀ. τινὰ πρός τι to let go for any purpose,τὸν λεὼν.. ἀνεῖναι πρὸς ἔργα τε καὶ θυσίας Hdt.2.129
; ἐς παιγνίην ἑωυτὸν ἀ. ib. 173;τὰ μικρὰ εἰς τύχην ἀνείς E.Fr. 974
(v.l. ἀφείς); τὰ σώματα ἐπὶ ῥᾳδιουργίαν X.Cyr.7.5.75
; ἐὰν δ' ἀνῇς, ὕβριστον χρῆμα κἀκόλαστον [γυνή] if you leave her free, Pl.Com.98.4 let, allow, c. acc. et inf., ;ἀ. τρίχας αὔξεσθαι Hdt.2.36
, cf. 4.175: with inf. omitted,ἀνεῖσα πένθει κόμαν E. Ph. 323
; ἀ. στολίδος κροκόεσσαν τρυφάν ib. 1491;κόμας Plu.Lys.1
: c. dat. pers. et inf., ἀνεὶς αὐτῷ θηρᾶν having given him leave to hunt, X.Cyr.4.6.3.5 [voice] Med., loosen, undo, c. acc., κόλπον ἀνιεμένη baring her breast, Il.22.80; αἶγας ἀνιέμενοι stripping or flaying goats, Od.2.300; soἀνεῖτο λαγόνας E.El. 826
; so in [voice] Act., ἀνιέναι· δέρειν, Hsch.6 let go free, leave untilled, of ground dedicated to a god,τέμενος ἀνῆκεν ἅπαν Th.4.116
;ἀργὸν παντάπασι τὸ χωρίον ἀνιέντες τῷ θεῷ Plu.Publ.8
; generally,τὴν χώραν ἀ. μηλόβοτον Isoc.14.31
;ἀρούρας ἀσπόρους ἀ. Thphr.HP8.11.9
; allowed to run wild, Ge.49.21:—but this sense mostly in [voice] Pass., devote oneself, give oneself up,ἐς τὸ ἐλεύθερον Hdt.7.103
; esp. of animals dedicated to a god, which are let range at large (cf. ἄνετος), ἀνεῖται τὰ θηρία Id.2.65
; of a person devoted to the gods, ; of places, etc.,θεοῖσιν ἀ. δένδρεα Call. Cer.47
; ἄλσος ἀνειμένον a consecrated grove, cj. in Pl.Lg. 761c; of land,ἀ. εἰς νομάς PTeb.60.8
,72.36 (ii B.C.): hence metaph., ἀνειμένος εἴς τι devoted to a thing, wholly engaged in it, e.g.ἐς τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.2.167
; ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μάχιμον they are given up to military service, ib. 165; ἐς τὸ κέρδος λῆμ' ἀνειμένον given up to.., E.Heracl. 3: hence [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass. ἀνειμένος as Adj., going free, left to one's own will and pleasure, at large, S.Ant. 579, El. 516;ἀ. τι χρῆμα πρεσβυτῶν γένος καὶ δυσφύλακτον E.Andr. 727
; πέπλοι ἀνειμένοι let hang loose, ib. 598; τὸ εἰς ἀδικίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν -μένον unrestrained propensity to.., Plu.Num.16;σώματα πρὸς πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνειμένα Id.Lyc.10
.7 slacken, relax, opp. ἐπιτείνω or ἐντείνω, of a bow or stringed instrument, unstring, as Hdt.3.22, cf. Pl.R. 442a, Ly. 209b, X.Mem.3.10.7, etc.; esp. of musical scales, ἁρμονίαι ἀνειμέναι, opp. σύντονοι, Arist.Pol. 1342b22, al.; ἀνειμένα Ἰαστὶ μοῦσα Pratin.Lyr.5: metaph.,ὀργῆς ὀλίγον τὸν κόλλοπ' ἀ. Ar.V. 574
, cf. Pherecr.145.4, Pl.R. 410e;πολιτεῖαι ἀνειμέναι καὶ μαλακαί Arist.Pol. 1290a28
; ; ἀνειμένη τάσις the grave accent, Sch.D.T.p.130H.;οἱ πάγοι τὰς φλόγας ἀ.
temper,Arist.
Mu. 397b2: hence,b remit, neglect, give up,στέρνων ἀραγμούς S.OC 1608
;φυλακὰς ἀνῆκα E.Supp. 1042
; φυλακήν, ἄσκησιν, etc., Th.4.27, X.Cyr.7.5.70, etc.; ἀ. θάνατόν τινι to remit sentence of death to one, let one live, E.Andr. 531;ἔχθρας, κολάσεις τισί Plu.2.536a
; ἀ. τὰ χρέα, τὰς καταδίκας, Id.Sol.15, D.C.64.8, cf. 72.2; ἄνες λόγον speak more mildly, E.Hel. 442; soἀ. τινὸς ἔχθραν Th.3.10
; ἀ. ἀρχήν, πόλεμον, etc., Id.1.76, 7.18, etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be treated remissly,ἀνεθήσεται τὰ πράγματα Id.8.63
; has become effete, powerless,E.
Or. 941: freq. in [tense] pf. part. ἀνειμένος as an Adj., ἐν τῷ ἀνειμένῳ τῆς γνώμης when their minds are not strung up for action, Th.5.9; ἀνειμένῃ τῇ διαίτῃ relaxed, unconstrained, of the Athenians, Id.1.6; δίαιτα λίαν ἀ., of the Ephors, Arist.Pol. 1270b32;ἀ. ἡδοναί
dissolute,Pl.
R. 573a; ἄνανδρος καὶ λίαν ἀ. ib. 549d;ἀ. χείλεα
parched,Theoc.
22.63; of climate,ἀ. καὶ μαλακός Thphr.CP5.4.4
;ὀσμὴ μαλακὴ καὶ ἀ. 5.7.1
: [comp] Comp.ἀνειμενώτερος Iamb.VP15.67
:—but,8 the sense of relaxation occurs also as an intr. usage of the [voice] Act., slacken, abate, of the wind,ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμ' ἀνῇ S.Ph. 639
, cf. Hdt.2.113, 4.152;ἕως ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμα S.Ph. 764
, cf. Hdt.1.94; ἐμφῦσα οὐκ ἀνίει, of a viper, having fastened on him she does not let go, Id.3.109: esp. in phrase οὐδὲν ἀνιέναι not to give way at all, X.HG2.3.46, cf. Cyr.1.4.22; τὰς τιμὰς ἀνεικέναι ἤκουον that prices had fallen, D.56.25, cf. Arist.Rh. 1390a15; σιδήρια ἀ. ἐν τοῖς μαλακοῖς lose their edge, Thphr.HP5.5.1.b c. part., give up or cease doing, ὕων οὐκ ἀνίει [ὁ θεός] Hdt.4.28, cf. 125, 2.121.β, E.IT 318, etc.c c. gen., cease from a thing, ; , D.21.186;φιλονικίας Th.5.32
; ἀνῆκε τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν forbore to come forth, LXX 1 Ki.23.13.9 dilute, dissolve, διά τινος or τινί, Gal.13.520, al., Gp.4.7.3, cf. Arr.An.7.20.5 (Phryn.19 says that διΐημι is more correct in this sense);διυγραινομένων καὶ ἀνιεμένων Thphr.Vent.58
.
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