ἐξαίρω

ἐξαίρω, Ep. ἐξᾰείρω Hom. (v. infr.), also in Ion. Prose, Hp. Fract. 21, cf. ἀείρω, αἴρω: aor.1 ἐξῆρα S. OC 358, etc.:—Α. lift up, lift off the earth, ἐκ μὲν ἄμαξαν ἄειραν Il. 24.266; ἐκ δὲ κτήματʼ ἄειραν Od. 13.120 (elsewh. Hom. uses only Med., v. infr.); ἐξάρας [αὐτὸν] παίει ἐς τὴν γῆν Hdt. 9.107; ἐ. χεῖρας in prayer, Plb. 3.62.8; κοῦφον ἐξάρας πόδα S. Ant. 224; βάθρων ἐκ τῶνδέ μʼ ἐξάραντες having bidden me rise (from suppliant posture), Id. OC 264, cf. Tr. 1193; τίς σʼ ἐξῆρεν οἴκοθεν στόλος; made thee start, Id. OC 358; ἡδοναῖς ἄμοχθον ἐ. βίον Id. Tr. 147; ἐ. θώρακα take it out (of its case), Ar. Ach. 1133; πυρσόν Hero Aut. 22.5:—Pass., ib.22.6. b. seemingly intr., rise from the ground, of a bird, D.S. 2.50; ἐ. τῷ στρατεύματι start, Plb. 2.23.4, cf. LXXNu. 2.9. 2. raise in dignity, exalt, magnify, Κλεισθένης [τὴν οἰκίην] ἐξῆρε (v.l. -ήγειρε) Hdt. 6.126; ἐξάρας με ὑψοῦ καὶ τὴν πάτρην Id. 9.79; ἄνω τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐ. exaggerate it, Aeschin. 2.10; ἐπὶ μεῖζον ἐ. τὰ γενόμενα D.H. 8.4; ὑψηλὸν ἐ. αὑτὸν ἐπί τινι Pl. R. 494d; ἐ. ὑπόθεσιν Procl. in Prm.p.522S.; Rhet., treat in elevated style, Hermog. Id. 2.3; τὸν τῆς ἑρμηνείας τύπον ἐ. παρὰ τὸ εἰωθός Procl. in Prm.p.484S.; ἐπιστολαὶ μικρὸν ἐξηρμέναι Demetr. Eloc. 234; of music, ἐξηρμένον καὶ τεθαρρηκός Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath. 14.624d. 3. arouse, stir up, θυμὸν ἐς ἀμπλακίην Thgn. 630; μηδὲν δεινὸν ἐξάρῃς μένος S. Aj. 1066; ἐ. σε θανεῖν excites thy wish to die, E. Hipp. 322; ἐ. φρένα λακεῖν Id. Alc. 346; ἐ. χάριν χορείας Ar. Th. 981. 4. pervert, λόγους δικαίων LXXDe. 16.19. 5. remove, ἔπιπλα PLond. 1.177.21 (i A. D.); make away with, get rid of, ἐξάρατε τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν 1 Ep.Cor. 5.13:—Pass., to be carried away, of a dam, PRyl. 133.19 (i A. D.). II. Med. (Hom. only in 3sg. aor. ἐξήρατο), carry off for oneself, earn, δοιοὺς μισθούς Od. 10.84; ὅσʼ ἂν οὐδέ ποτε ἐκ Τροίης ἐξήρατʼ Ὀδυσσεύς 5.39; ἐξάρατο ἕδνον won it as a dower, Pi. O. 9.10; θοῶν ἐξήρατʼ ἀγώνων . . κειμήλια Theoc. 24.122. (In Hom. ἐξήρατο may have displaced ἐξήρετο, aor. of ἐξάρνυμαι, v. ἀείρω.) 2. ἐξαίρεσθαι νόσον take a disease on oneself, catch it, S. Tr. 491. 3. carry off, Pl. Prt. 319c. III. Pass., to be raised, [τὸ τεῖχος] ἐξῄρετο διπλήσιον τοῦ ἀρχαίου Hdt. 6.133; rise up, rise, ἐξαιρόμενον νέφος οἰμωγῆς E. Med. 106; φλόξ Plb. 14.5.1; κονιορτός Id. 3.65.4. 2. swell, dub. in Hp. VC 15; ἐξαειρόμενα (-εύμενα codd.) ὑπὸ τῆς πιέξιος swellings caused by compression, Id. Fract. 21. 3. to be excited, agitated, ἐλπίδι S. El. 1461; ἐξαρθεὶς ὑπὸ μεγαλαυχίας puffed up, Pl. Lg. 716a: c. part., ἐξήρθης κλύων E. Rh. 109. 4. ἐξηρμένος prob. f.l. in Plb. 4.4.5.