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1 ἀραρίσκω
A join, fit together), only [tense] impf.ἀράρισκε Od.14.23
, Theoc.25.103: the tenses in use (from Αρω) are mostly poet., v. infr.A trans.:—[dialect] Ion. [tense] aor. 1ἦρσα Il.14.167
([etym.] ἐπ-), [dialect] Ep.ἄρσα Od.21.45
, imper.ἄρσον 2.289
, pl.ἄρσετε A.R.2.1062
, part.ἄρσας Il.1.136
(also inf. ἀράραι· ἁρμόσαι, πλέξαι, Hsch.): [tense] aor. 2 ἤρᾰρον, [dialect] Ion. ἄρᾰρον, inf. ἀρᾰρεῖν, part. ἀρᾰρών (but ἄρᾰρον is used intr. in Il.16.214, Od.4.777, Simon.41; while for ἄρηρεν, in trans. sense (Od.5.248), ἄρασσεν is the true reading;ἐς οὐρανὸν ἤραρεν ὄσσε Orph.A. 984
is by confusion with αἴρω:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.ἄρσομαι Lyc.995
acc. to Sch. (possibly fr. αἴρω): [tense] aor. I ἠρσάμην, part. : [ per.] 3pl. [tense] aor. 2 opt. (in pass. sense)ἀραροίατο A.R.1.369
: [tense] pf. subj. ([etym.] προς-):—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. part. ἀρηρεμένος or- έμενος A.R.3.833
, al.; later incorrectly writtenἀρηράμενος Q.S.2.265
, Opp.C.2.384, etc.: [tense] aor. I ἤρθην, only [ per.] 3pl. ἄρθεν, for ἤρθησαν, Il.16.211:—join together, fasten, οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ ἀλλήλους ἄραρον βόεσσι when they had knitted themselves one to another with their shields, Il.12.105 (in [voice] Pass.,μᾶλλον δὲ στίχες ἄρθεν 16.211
); pack up,Od.
2.289.II fit together, construct,ὅτε τοῖχον ἀνὴρ ἀράρῃ πυκινοῖσι λίθοισιν Il.16.212
:—[voice] Med.,ἀρσάμενος παλάμῃσι Hes. Sc. 320
.III fit, equip, furnish with a thing,νῆ' ἄρσας ἐρέτῃσιν 1.280
; καὶ πώμασιν ἄρσον ἅπαντας fit all [the jars] with covers, 2.353, cf. A.R.2.1062; καὶ ἤραρε θυμὸν ἐδωδῇ furnished, i.e. satisfied, his heart with food, Od.5.95:—in [voice] Pass., esp. [tense] pf. part., fitted, furnished with,πύλας ἀρηρεμένας σανίδεσσι A.R.1.787
.B intr.:—[tense] pf. ἄρᾱρα with [tense] pres. sense, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. ἄρηρα, part. ἀρᾱρώς, ἀρηρώς, Hom., Trag., and late Prose (except that X. hasπροσαραρέναι HG4.7.6
), [dialect] Ep. fem. part. , and metri gr.ἀρᾰρυῖα Hom.
,εὖ ἀρᾰρός Opp.H.3.367
: [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [tense] plpf. ἀρήρειν or ἠρήρειν, with [tense] impf. sense, Il.10.265, 12.56, etc.:— [voice] Med. only [tense] aor. 2 part. sync. ἄρμενος, η, ον, also ος, ον Hes.Op. 786 (cf. however ἀρηρεμένος): on [tense] aor. 2 used intr. v. supr.A.1:—to be joined closely together, in close order,Il.
13.800; ; ἑξείης ποτὶ τοῖχον ἀρηρότες [πίθοι] piled close against the wall, Od.2.342: c. dat. instr.,κόλλῃσιν ἀρηρότα Emp.96.4
; in Tactics, ἀραρός, τό, = ὀμφαλός (q. v.), Ascl.Tact.2.6, etc.2 abs., to be fixed,φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἀρηρώς Il.10.553
;θυμὸς ἀρηρώς Theoc.25.113
; shines for ever,Pi.
N.3.64; is fixed,A.
Pr.60: or metaph.,θεῶν.. οὐκέτι πίστις ἄραρε E.Med. 414
(lyr.); ὡς ταῦτ' ἄραρε ib. 322; τὸ σόν τ' ἄραρε is fixed, ib. 745: abs., it is fixed, my mind is made up,Id.
Or. 1330, Men.Epit. 185; steadfastness,J.
AJ14.12.3;δόγματα ἀραρότα D.Chr.12.56
; also of persons, steadfast,Plu.
Dio32; [θεοὶ] ἀραρότες τοῖς κρίμασιν Hierocl.p.48 A.;τοῖς λογισμοῖς ἀ. Id.p.51
A.II fit well or closely, ζωστὴρ ἀρηρώς a close-fitting belt, Il.4.134; πύλαι εὖ, στιβαρῶς ἀραρυῖαι, 7.339, 12.454;σανίδες πυκινῶς ἀ. 21.535
; fit or be fitted to a thing, ἔγχος παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει fitted the hands, Od.17.4; κόρυθα κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖαν, κνημῖδες ἐπισφυρίοις ἀραρυῖαι, Il.13.188, 19.370; κυνέη ἑκατὸν πολίων πρυλέεσσ' ἀραρυῖα fitting a hundred champions, i.e. large enough for them, 5.744; also with Preps.,κυνέη ἐπὶ κροτάφοις ἀραρυῖα Od.18.378
, Hes.Sc. 137;ὄφρ' ἂν.. δούρατ' ἐν ἁρμονίῃσιν ἀρήρῃ Od.5.361
; κεραυνὸς ἐν κράτει ἀ. fit emblem in victory, Pi.O.10(11).83; ἀνθρώποισιν ἀρηρότα μυθίζεσθαι befitting men, Orph.A. 191.III to be fitted, furnished with a thing, [τάφρος] σκολόπεσσιν ὀξέσιν ἠρήρει Il.12.56
;πόλις πύργοις ἀραρυῖα 15.737
;ζώνη θυσάνοις ἀραρυῖα 14.181
: hence, furnished, endowed with,χαρίτεσσιν ἀραρώς Pi.I.2.19
;ἔθνεα θνητῶν παντοίαις ἰδέῃσιν ἀρηρότα Emp.35.17
;κάλλει ἀραρώς E.El. 948
;πολλῇσιν ἐπωνυμίῃσιν ἀρηρώς D.P.28
.IV to be fitting, agreeable, pleasing, (cf. ἀρέσκω ) once in Hom., ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἤραρεν ἡμῖν it fitted our temper well, Od.4.777;ἄκοιτιν ἀρηρυῖαν πραπίδεσσι Hes. Th. 608
.V syncop. [tense] aor. 2 part. [voice] Med. ἄρμενος, η, on (ος, ον Id.Op. 786), fitting, fitted or suited to (cf. ἀρμένως), c. dat., ἱστὸν.. καὶ ἐπίκριον ἄρμενον αὐτῷ fitted or fastened to the mast, Od.5.254 (cf. ἄρμενα, τά);τροχὸν ἄρμενον ἐν παλάμῃσιν Il.18.600
;πέλεκυν.. ἄ. ἐν π. Od.5.234
.2 fit, meet,μάλα γάρ νύ οἱ ἄρμενα εἶπεν Hes.Sc. 116
: rarely c. inf., ἡμέρα κούρῃσι γενέσθαι ἄρμενος a day meet for girls to be born, Id.Op. 786.3 prepared, ready, χρήματα δ' εἰν οἴκῳ πάντ' ἄ. ποιήσασθαι ib. 407;ἄ. πάντα παρεῖχον Id.Sc.84
, cf. Thgn.275;ἄ. ἐς τόδε ἔργον A.R.4.1461
;ἄ. ἐς πόλεμόν τε καὶ ἐν νήεσσι μάχεσθαι Hermonax 1.3
, cf. 8.4 agreeable, welcome, ἄρμενα πράξαις, = εὖ πράξας, Pi.O.8.73;ἐν ἀρμένοις θυμὸν αὔξων Id.N.3.58
; so of men,ἄ. ξείνοισιν Pl.Epigr.6
. (Cf. Lat. arma, armus, artus, Goth. arms, etc.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀραρίσκω
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2 ὕδωρ
A ; [dialect] Boeot. [full] οὕδωρ prob. in IG7.3169 (Orchom.):—water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith.,ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. Od.3.300
, 7.277; butἁλμυρὸν ὕ. 9.227
, al., cf. Th.4.26; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, Il.2.825, 8.369, al.; so in Lyr. and Trag.,ὕ, Ἀσώπιον Pi.N. 3.3
;ὕ. τὸ Νείλου A.Supp. 561
(lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom., ὕδατ'ἀενάοντα Od.13.109
), Καφίσια ὕδατα the waters of Cephisus, Pi.O.14.1;ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων S.OC 1599
;ὕδασιν τοίς Ἀχελῴου Id.Fr. 271
(anap.): spring-water, drinking-water,οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ. Od.1.110
;ἀφυσσάμεθ' ὕδωρ 9.85
;ὕδατα καὶ.. δῖτοι Pl.R. 404a
;πότιμον ὕ. X.HG3.2.19
; ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, D.6.30, cf. 19.46, Ar.Eq. 349;ὕ. δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν Cratin.199
, cf. Aristopho 10.3, Bato 2.9, al.: ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός water for washing the hands, v. χείρ; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ. Il.9.171;ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν 3.270
, Od.1.146, al.;λοέσσας ὕδατι λευκῷ Il.23.282
:—on γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν and διδόναι, v. γῆ 1.2b:—a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, Diph.62, cf. X.Oec.2.15:—prov.,ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕ. γράφω S.Fr. 811
, cf. Men.Mon.25;ἐν ὕδατι γράφειν Pl.Phdr. 276c
; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist.EN 1146a35, cf. .2 rain-water, rain,ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς Il.16.385
;ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ Hdt.1.87
;ἐγίνετο ὕ. ἄπλετον Id.8.12
;πολύ Th.6.70
, D.59.99;ὕ. ἐπιγενόμενον πολύ X.HG1.6.28
;τὸ ὕ. τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός Th.2.5
, cf. Hdt.8.13: more definitely,ὕδωρ ἐζ οὐρανοῦ X.An. 4.2.2
, Aristid.Or.50(26).35 (but ἐζ οὐρανοῦ is a gloss in Th.2.77): pl.,ὕ. ὄμβρια Pi.O.11(10).2
; τὰ Διὸς, orπαρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ. Pl.Lg. 761a
, 761b;τὸ ἐκ Διὸς ὕ. Thphr.HP2.6.5
; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι, Ar.Nu. 1280, V. 261 (lyr.), cf. Thphr.Char.3.4: abs.,ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕ. Id.CP1.19.3
: κεραύνια ὕ. thunder-showers, Plu.2.664f;ὕ. πολλά, συνεχέα μαλθακῶς Hp.Epid.1.1
.4 in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock ([etym.] κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out,ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ D.44.45
;οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸὕ. Id.45.47
; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ., in the time allowed me, Id.18.139, 57.61; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Id.27.12;τὸ ὕ. ἀναλῶσαι Din.2.6
;πρὸς ὕ. σμικρὸν διδάζαι Pl.Tht. 201b
;ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς ὕ. D.29.9
; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Id.45.8;ἐγχεῖται τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὕ. τῷ κατηγόρῳ.., τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ὕ. τῷ φεύγοντι Aeschin.3.197
; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ., to give him the turn of speaking, Id.1.162, Din.1.114.5 generally, liquid,ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός Arist.Mete. 382b13
, cf. Hp.Cord.12.II part of the constellation Aquarius, Arat.399.2 a name for the winter solstice, Paul.Al.A.4.III Ὕδατα, τά, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol.Geog.2.10.8, 3.3.7, etc. [[pron. full] ῠ by nature,ὕ?ὕδωρXδωρ Il. 18.347
, al. (usu. with ὕ?ὕδωρX when not at end of line),ὕ?ὕδωρXδατος 16.229
, al.,ὕ?ὕδωρXδατι Od.12.363
, al.,ὕ?ὕδωρXδατ' 13.109
, and so always in [dialect] Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar.Ra. 1339); Hom. freq. has ὕ ¯ δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phraseΣτυγὸς ὕδωρ Il.15.37
), alsoὕ ¯ δατος Il. 21.300
, 312, Od.5.475,ὕ ¯ δατι Il.23.282
, Od.22.439; later [dialect] Ep. admits ὕ ¯ δωρ more freely, A.R.4.601, so that we find [pron. full] ῡ in the second half of the foot in h.Cer. 381, Batr.97, A.R.4.290, etc.; also in Alc.Supp.11.8.] (Cf. Skt. udán-, gen. udn-ás 'water', OE. woeter, O Norse vatn; I.-E. u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ-ṇ- τος): cogn. with Skt. u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), [ per.] 3pl. u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Lat. unda.) -
3 μύλη
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `handmill, mill, (Od.), (the nether) millstone', metaph. `molar' (LXX), `knee-cap, hard formation in a woman's womb' (Hp., Arist.).Other forms: hell. a. late also μύλος m. (LXX, NT, Str.; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2,58)Compounds: Compp., e.g. μυλο-ειδής `as a millstone' (H 270), μυλή-φατος `ground by a mill' (β 355, A. R., Lyc.; after ἀρηΐ-φατος a.o.; diff. Chantraine Sprache 1, 145); χειρο-μύλη `handmill' (X.), also - μυλος ( Edict. Diocl.), - μυλον (Cass. Fel.; cf. on βούτυρον); dimin. - μύλιον (Dsc., pap.).Derivatives: A. Subst. 1. μύλαξ, - ακος m. `millstone, big rounded stone' (M161, AP, Opp.), cf. λίθαξ a.o. (Chantraine Form. 379). 2. From this with ρ-suffix μύλακρος m. `millstone' (Alcm.), pl. = γομφίοι ὀδόντες (H.); f. - ακρίς, - ίδος as attr. of λᾶας `millstone' (Alex. Aet.), as subst. `cockroach', also (influenced by ἀκρίς) `locust' (Ar. Fr. 583, Poll.); also - αβρίς `id.' (Pl. Com., Poll.; prob. after ἁβρός, ἅβρα), - ηθρίς `id.' (Poll.). 3. μυλών, - ῶνος m. `millhouse, mill' (Att.) with - ωνικός `miller' (pap.), - ώνιον dimin. (gloss.). 4. μυλωθρός m. `miller' (Att., Arist.); on the formation which is not quite clear cf. Chantraine Form. 373; from this - ωθρίς f. `milleress' name of a comedy of Eubulos; - ωθρικός `belonging to a miller' (Plu.), - ωθρέω `grind' (Men.); backformation - ωθρον = μυλών (Phot.)?; also - ωθριαῖοι adjunct of καλυπ-τῆρες (= `roof-tiles'?; Delos IIa, reading uncertain); beside it μυλωρός `miller' (Aesop., Poll.), after πυλωρός a.o. 5. μυλάριον dimin. `small handmill' (pap.). 6. μυλεύς m. surn. of Zeus as keeper of mills (Lyc.; Bosshardt 67). 7. μυλίας m. ( λίθος) `millstone, stone, from which millstones were made' (Pl., Arist., Str.; Chantraine Form. 96). 8. μυλίτης m. ( λίθος, ὀδούς) `millstone, molar' (Gal.). 9. Μυλόεις ποταμὸς Άρκαδίας H.; s. Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 2. 233. -- B. Adj., all rare and late: 1. μύλ-ιος `belonging to a mill' (Procop.); 2. μυλ-ικός `id.' (Ev. Luk., Gal.); 3. - ινος `consisting of millstones' (Smyrna); 4. - αῖος `working in a mill' (AP), - αῖον n. `handmill' (pap.); 5. - ιαῖοι ὀδόντες `molars' (medic.); 6. - όεις `consisting of a millstone, belonging to a mill' (Nic., Nonn.); 7. - ητικη ἔμπλαστρος `remedy for toothache' (Gal.). -- C. Verbs, all rare. 1. μυλιάω only in ptc. μῡλιόωντες `gnashing with the teeth' (Hes. Op. 530; on - ιάω Schwyzer 732); 2. μυλόομαι `be hardened, cicatrized' (Hp.). -- On itself stands μύλλω = βινέω (Theoc. 4,58) with μυλ(λ)άς f. `whore' (Phot., Suid.), μυλλός m. `cake in the form of the pudenda muliebria' (Ath. 14, 647 a; Sicilian).Etymology: The primary verbal noun μύλη (accent as e.g. μάχη) with the secondarily arising μύλος (after λίθος or ὄνος ἀλέτης?) like the primary yot-present μύλλω deviate through the υ-vowel from the other cognate words for `grind', which show an e: o-vocalism: Celt., OIr. melim, Slav., e.g. OCS meljǫ (IE * mel-); Germ., e.g. Goth. malan, Lith. malù, Hitt. 3. sg. mallai (IE * mol-); Lat. molō, on itself ambiguous, prob. from * melō like OIr. melim. In μυλ- we must assume a zero- [or reduced] grade variant (ml̥-; mel-?) (Schwyzer 351). With μύλλω from *ml̥-i̯ō agree in Germ. OHG muljan, OWNo. mylia `crush'; on the meaning s. below, on the υ -vowel cf. φύλλον against Lat. folium. A weak grade appears also in Welsh malu `grind', as well as in Arm. malem `crush'. An u-vowel could also be found in the reduplicated Arm. ml-ml-em `rub'; (it could however also be drived from lengthened grade mēl- or mōl). The technical meaning `grind' might have been specialized from the general `rub'. As verbal noun μύλη has in Greek the character of an archaism, while μύλλω, which was degraded to an obscene meaning, was further replaced by the also old ἀλέω (s.v. and Porzig Gliederung 156), which was limited to the eastern languages. -- On itself stands μάλευρον (s.v.); remarkable and\/but suspect is the e-vowel of Myc. mereuro `meal' and meretirija `milleresses'. -- More forms in WP. 2, 284ff., Pok. 716f., W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. molō, Fraenkel Wb. s. málti.Page in Frisk: 2,268-270Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μύλη
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4 νύσσω
νύσσω 1 aor. ἔνυξα (Hom. et al.; Sir 22:19; PsSol 16:4; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 42; Jos., Bell. 3, 335 δόρατι; 5, 64 κατὰ πλευρὰν ν.) prim. ‘prick’① to penetrate with a pointed instrument, ordinarily not a violent or deep piercing, prick, stab τινά τινι someone w. someth. καλάμῳ αὐτόν GPt 3:9 (cp. Diog. L. 2, 109 νυχθῆναι καλάμῳ [Eubulides dies after a sharp reed pierced him while he was swimming]; Hesychius Miles., Viri Ill. c. 5 JFlach [1880]; SibOr 8, 296). τί τινι someth. w. someth. λόγχῃ τὴν πλευράν J 19:34 (to ensure that Jesus was actually dead, with modification of the more intense wounding suggested by ἐκκεντέω [q.v.] in the citation of Zech 12:12 in a reading of uncertain origin; s. Field, Notes 108); cp. Mt 27:49 v.l. (Plut., Cleom. 37, 16: Panteus pricks Cleomenes in the ankle w. a dagger to determine whether he is dead).② to touch gently, nudge, poke to waken someone fr. sleep (Od. 14, 485; Plut., Mor. 7e; Diog. L. 6, 53; 3 Macc 5:14) νύξας τ. πλευρὰν τ. Πέτρου ἤγειρεν αὐτόν Ac 12:7 D. ὁ κύριος … νύσσει τὸν Παῦλον AcPl Ha 7, 28.—DELG. M-M. TW.
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