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ἐρητύω

eretyo

restrain, check

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐρητύω, Dor. ἐρᾱτύω, impf. ἐρήτυον (without augm.) Il. 18.503, Ion. -ύεσκον A.R. 1.1301, Q.S. 11.341 : fut. -ύσω A.R. 1.296, (κατ-) S. Ph. 1416(anap.): aor. 1 opt. ἐρητύσειε Il. 1.192, imper. ἐρήτυσον E. Ph. 1260, Iterat. ἐρητύσασκε Il. 2.189, 11.567, Theoc. 25.75:—Pass. (v. infr.). [ῠ before a vowel, unless it be a long syll., as ἐρητῡοντο μένοντες Il. 8.345 (exc. ἐρατύει [ῠ] S. OC 164 (lyr.)); long before σ, and in 3pl. aor. 1 Pass. ἐρήτῡθεν.]:—Α. Ep.Verb (used twice in Trag.), restrain, check, κήρυκες δʼ ἄρα λαὸν ἐρήτυον Il. 18.503 ; ἐρητύσασκε φάλαγγας 11.567 ; ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυε φῶτα ἕκαστον 2.164, cf. Od. 9.493 ; ἐρητύσειέ τε θυμόν Il. 1.192 ; πολλὰ κέλευθος ἐρατύει a long road parts us, S. OCl.c. (ἐρατύοι Musgr.):—Med., ἐρητύοντό τε λαόν Il. 15.723 : —Pass., παρὰ νηυσὶν ἐρητύοντο μένοντες 8.345 ; ἐρητύετʼ ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός 9.462 ; ἐρήτυθεν (3pl.) δὲ καθʼ ἕδρας 2.99,211. 2. later c. gen., to keep away from, τέκνα δεινῆς ἁμίλλης E. Ph. 1260 ; [κύνας] ὑλαγμοῦ Theoc. 25.75 ; τινὰ κακότητος A.R. 1.296:—Pass., c. inf., ναυτιλίης ..ἐρητύοντο μέλεσθαι Id. 2.835. 3. c. inf., prevent, ἐ. τινὰ μίμνειν Nonn. D. 14.63.
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