ἀρήγω

arego

aid, succour

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 18
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Book 1 3
Chapter ?

177
1408
1521
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2363
Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5507
5833
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

811
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11242
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1268
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

139
Book 14 3
Chapter ?

14192
14265
14391
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

1542
15493
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16701
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17630
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2025

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀρήγω [ᾰ], fut. -ξω Com.Adesp. 12.5D., etc.:—Α. aid, succour, τινί Il. 2.363, al. (never in Od.); in Hom. always, succour in war, freq. c. dat. pers. et modi, μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀ. 1.521, 5.507; ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι . . ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀ. 1.77: generally, help, succour, λέχει Ἀλκμήνας Pi. N. 1.49; νεότατι ἀ. θράσος Id. P. 2.63; θνητοῖς A. Pr. 269, etc.; in mock Trag. passages of Com., γυναῖκες, οὐκ ἀρήξετʼ; Ar. Th. 696, cf. Pl. 476: rare in Prose, Hecat. 30J., etc.; ὁ ναυτικὸς τῷ πεζῷ ἀρήξει Hdt. 7.236; τοῖς φίλοις ἀ. X. Cyr. 1.5.13; ἀ. σὺν ὅπλοις τῇ χώρᾳ Id. Oec. 5.7; to be good for a patient or his case, Hp. Prorrh. 2.30, cf. Acut. 65. 2. impers., c. inf., it is good or fit, φέρειν ἀρήγει Pi. P. 2.94; σιγᾶν ἀρήγει A. Eu. 571. II. c. acc. rei, ward off, prevent, ὄλεθρον v.l. in Batr. 279; ἄρηξον . . ἅλωσιν A. Th. 119 (lyr.); ἀ. τινί τι ward off from one, φόνον τέκνοις E. Med. 1275 (lyr.), cf. Tr. 777. (Perh. cognate with Lat. rēx, Skt. rā´jati ‘rule’.)

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