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ἐναίρω

enairo

slay

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐναίρω, also ἐνναίρω v.l. in Batr. 274: aor. 2 ἤνᾰρον Pi. Pae. 6.114, E. Andr. 1182(lyr.), (κατ-) S. Ant. 871(lyr.); poet. ἔνᾰρον Pi. N. 10.15, E. Supp. 821(hex.); inf. ἐναρεῖν (ἐξ-) Hes. Sc. 329: later, aor. 1 ἔνηρα (κατ-) Orph. A. 666:—Med., Il. 16.92: 3sg. aor. 1 ἐνήρατο 5.43, Hes. Th. 316:—Pass. (v. infr.):—Α. poet. Verb (used by Trag. mostly in lyr. passages), slay in battle, freq. in Il.; ῥηΐτεροι ἐναιρέμεν easier to kill, 24.244; but also κατʼ οὔρεα θῆρας ἐ. 21.485; θῆοα . . τόξοις ἐ. S. Ph. 956; τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν Id. Fr. 724; of a hunter, κάπρους ἔναιρε Pi. N. 3.47 (cf. ἔναρα):—Med., much like Act., Ἰδομενεὺς δʼ ἄρα Φαῖστον ἐνήρατο Il. 5.43, cf. 59,6.32, Od. 24.424, Hes. Th. 316; Τρῶας ἐναιρόμενος Il. 16.92; once in the Od., of things, to make away with, destroy, μηκέτι νῦν χρόα καλὸν ἐναίρεο destroy, disfigure it not, 19.263:—Pass., ἀδελφαῖς χερσὶν ἠναίρονθʼ ἅμα A. Th. 811; πόλις ἐναίρεται σθένει S. OC 842 (lyr.).
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