ἀλέξω
alexo
ward off, turn aside
Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀλέξω [ᾰ], Ep. inf. ἀλεξέμεναι, -έμεν , v. infr.: fut. ἀλεξήσω Il. 9.251: aor. opt. ἀλεξήσειε Od. 3.346:—Med., fut. ἀλεξήσομαι 8.81,108.—Besides these tenses (formed as if from ἀλεξέω), we find others formed from ἀλέκω, fut.ἀλέξω, aor. ἤλεξα (v.sub ἀπ-αλέξω):— Med., fut. ἀλέξομαι OT 171,539, An. 7.7.3: aor. ἀλέξασθαι Il., Salubr. 1, 7.207, An. 1.3.6,al.:—for aor. 2 ἄλαλκε, ἀλκαθεῖν, v. sub vocc. (Cf. Skt. raákṣati ‘protectʼ):—A. ward off, turn aside, constructed like ἀμύνω:—c. acc. rei, Ζεὺς τό γʼ ἀλεξήσειε Od. 3.346: c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Δαναοῖσιν ἀλεξήσειν κακὸν ἦμαρ will ward it off from them, Il. 9.251, cf. 20.315; ἀλλήλοις . . ἀλεξέμεναι φόνον αἰπύν 17.365, etc.: c. dat. pers. only, assist, defend, ἀλεξέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν Il. 3.9, cf. 5.779, al., Cyr. 4.3.2: abs., lend aid, Il. 1.590:—Med., ἀλέξασθαι keep off from oneself, κύνας ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρας Il. 13.475, cf. 7.207; ἀλέξεσθαι περί τινι or τινος, 4.551,1488: abs., defend one self, Il. 11.348, 15.565, 66, 1.211, 2.63,al., l.c., OT 539, Cyr. 1.5.13: c. dat. instrum., οὐδʼ ἔνι φροντίδος ἔγχος, ᾧ τις ἀλέξεται OT 171. 2. in Med., also, recompense, requite, τοὺς εὖ καὶ κακῶς ποιοῦντας ἀλεξόμενος An. 1.9.11.—Not in or (exc. ἀπ-).
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