ἱλάσκομαι
hilaskomai
appease
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἱλάσκομαι, fut. ἱλάσομαι [ᾰ] Phd. 95a, Ep. ἱλάσσομαι Orac. ap. 8.42.6, also ἱλάξομαι 2.808: aor. 1 ἱλᾰσάμην, Ep. part. ἱλασσάμενοι Il. 1.100, Ep. subj. 2sg. ἱλάσσεαι 1.147, -ηαι 3.1037; inf. ἱλάσσασθαι 25.2 codd.; also ἱλάξασθαι 1.1093:—Pass. (v. infr. II). [ῑ regularly (written ι, not ει, SIG 1044.6,9 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.)); ῐ Il. 1.100, 147]: (ἵλαος):—A. appease, in always of gods, θεὸν ἱ. ib.386, cf. 100, al., Od. 3.419; μολπῇ θεὸν ἱλάσκοντο Il. 1.472; σπονδῇσι θύεσσί τε ἱλάσκεσθαι (sc. θεούς) Op. 338; ὄφρʼ ἡμῖν ἑκάεργον ἱλάσσεαι Il. 1.147; c. part., ἱλάσκομαι πέμπων by presenting, O. 7.9; τοῦτον (sc. θεὸν) ἱλάσκου ποῶν μηδὲν ἄτοπον Epit. 558; of the dead as heroized, θυσίῃσί τινα ἱ. 5.47. 2. of men, conciliate, ἱ. τινὰ χρήμασι 8.112; πῶς ἱλασόμεθα καὶ τίνι λόγῳ; Phd.l.c.; ἱ. τὴν ὀργήν τινος Cat.Mi. 61. 3. expiate, τὰς ἁμαρτίας Ep.Hebr. 2.17. II. Pass. with fut. ἱλάσομαι, also ἱλασθής ομαι v.l. in 4 Ki. 5.18: aor. 1 ἱλάσθην ib.Ex. 32.14,al.:—to be merciful, gracious, τινι ll.cc.; ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ Ev.Luc. 18.13; ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις τινῶν Ps. 77(78).38: c. inf., ἱλάσθη κύριος περιποιῆσαι τὸν λαόν ib.Ex. 32.14.
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