ἄω

ao

satiate

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄω (C), Ep. inf. ἄμεναι: fut. ἄσω Il. 11.818: aor. 1 subj. ἄσω 18.281, inf. ἆσαι (v. infr.): aor. 2 subj. 1pl. ἕωμεν 19.402:—Med., Ep. 3sg. ἄᾰται Hes. Sc. 101; cf. ἆται· πληροῦται, Hsch.: fut. ἄσομαι Il. 24.717: aor. ἀσάμην 19.307:—Α. satiate, w. acc. and gen. αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα to give him his fill of blood, 5.289, cf. 9.489, 18.281, al.; w. acc. and dat. Il. 11.818, w. acc. only, ib. 24.211: 2. administer liberally, Nic. Th. 676, Al. 305, 331. II. intr., take oneʼs fill of a thing, ἱεμένη χροὸς ἄμεναι 21.70; λιλαιομένη χροὸς ἆσαι ib.168, cf. 15.317; γόοιο μὲν ἔστι καὶ ἆσαι 23.157:—Med., ἄσεσθε κλαυθμοῖο 24.717; ποτῆτος ἄσασθαι φίλον ἦτορ 19.307. (Root sā: sə, cf. ἄ-ατος, ἅ-δην.)
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