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ῥέζω

hrezo

do, act, deal

Appears 83 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥέζω (A), freq. in Ep. and Trag. (v. infr.), but rare in Att. Prose and Com. (Pherecr. 152 is mock heroic): impf. ἔρεζον Il. 2.400, Ep. ῥέζον Od. 3.5, Ion. ῥέζεσκον Il. 8.250: fut. ῥέξω Od. 11.31, A. Eu. 788 (lyr.), al.: aor. ἔρρεξα Il. 9.536, 10.49, Pl. Lg. 642c; poet. also ἔρεξα Hom. (v. infr.), Hes. Fr. 174, S. OC 538 (lyr.), etc.; Aeol. part. ῥέξαις Pi. O. 9.94:—Pass., aor. 1 opt. ῥεχθείη Hp. Epid. 7.11; part. ῥεχθείς Il. 9.250, 20.198. (ῥέζω from ϝρέγ-yω, cogn. with ἔρδω from ϝέργ-yω [through ϝέρzδω]: Dor. and Boeot. ῥέδδω Eust. 226.8, 984.1, Hsch.; aor. part. ϝρέξαντα IG 4.1607 (Cleonae).) I. do, act, deal, opp. εἰπεῖν, Od. 4.205, 22.314; opp. παθεῖν, v. infr.:—Constr., 1. abs., ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι Il. 2.802; οὐ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔρεξας Od. 9.352, etc. 2. more freq. trans. c. acc. rei, do, accomplish, make, ὅσʼ ἂν πεπνυμένος ἀνὴρ εἴποι καὶ ῥέξειε 4.205; μέρμερα ἔργα, ὅσσʼ ἄνδρες ῥέξαντες . . Il. 10.525, cf. Od. 22.314; τί ῥέξομεν; Il. 11.838; μέγα ῥέξας τι καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι 22.305, cf. 2.274; ὅ τι ποσσίν τε ῥέξῃ καὶ χερσίν Od. 8.148; so in Lyr. and Trag., ῥέζοντά τι καὶ παθεῖν ἔοικε Pi. N. 4.32; τί ῥέξω; A. Eu. 788, cf. Th. 104 (both lyr.); τί ῥέξας τύχοιμʼ ἂν . . ; Id. Ch. 316 (lyr.):—Pass., οὐδέ τι μῆχος ῥεχθέντος κακοῦ ἔστʼ ἄκος εὑρεῖν for the mischief if once done, Il. 9.250; ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω 17.32. 3. c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, do something to one, κακὰ ῥέξαι τινά 3.354, Od. 2.73; ἀγαθὰ ῥ. τινά 22.209, cf. Il. 9.647; οὐδέν σε ῥέξω κακά 24.370, cf. 4.32, Od. 2.72: with Adv., κακῶς μιν ἔρ. wronged him, 23.56; so ἡ πόλις ἡμᾶς οὐ καλῶς ἔρρεξε Pl. Lg. 642c: but c. dat. pers., μηκέτι μοι κακὰ ῥέζετε do me (ethic dat.) no more mischiefs, Od. 20.314; ὅσα βροτοῖς ἔρεξας κακά E. Med. 1292 (lyr.). 4. with strengthd. signf., εἴ τι νόος ῥέξει if it shall avail aught, be of any service, Il. 14.62. II. in special sense, perform sacrifices, ἱερὰ ῥ. Od. 1.61, 3.5; ῥ. ἑκατόμβας ἀθανάτοις offer a hecatomb to the gods, Il. 23.206, cf. Od. 5.102, Pi. P. 10.34; ῥ. θαλύσιά τινι Il. 9.535; θύματα Ζηνὶ τῆς ἁλώσεως S. Tr. 288: abs., do sacrifice, ῥ. θεῷ Il. 2.400, 8.250, etc.: sts. with the victim in acc., σοί . . ῥέξω βοῦν ἦνιν will sacrifice it, 10.292, cf. Od. 9.553, 10.523.
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