γεραίρω

gerairo

honour, reward

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Epinomis 1
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Chapter ?

980b1
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

799a9
Republic 1
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Book V 1
Chapter ?

468d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

γεραίρω, Ep. impf. γέραιρον Il. 7.321: fut. γερᾰρῶ Jusj. ap. D. 59.78, Epigr.Gr. 992 (Balbilla): aor. 1 ἐγέρηρα CIG 2936 (Tralles), APl. 16.183.7, Orph. A. 507, γέρηρα IG 4.1475 (Epid.); ἐγέρᾱρα Pi. O. 5.5, N. 5.8: (γεραρός):—Α. honour, reward with a gift, νώτοισιν δʼ Αἴαντα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν Il. 7.321, cf. Od. 14.437,441, etc.: generally, honour, τινά Pi. O. 3.2: c. dat. modi, βωμοὺς ἑορταῖς ib.5.5; τινὰ ἐπινικίοις B. 2.8; γένος θεῶν γ. φωνῇ Ar. Th. 961 (lyr.); δώροις καὶ ἀρχαῖς καὶ ἕδραις καὶ πάσαις τιμαῖς X. Cyr. 8.1.39; στεφάνοις τοὺς νικῶντας Id. HG 1.7.33; ὃν . . ἐπεστεφάνωσε γεραίρων IG 3.713:—Pass., τίμιος γεραίρεται E. Supp. 553; τιμαῖς X. Cyr. 8.8.4. 2. γεραίρει· τέρπει, Hsch.:—Pass., γεραιρόμενα μνίοισι prob. in Nic. Al. 396. 3. reversely, γ. τινί τι present as an honorary gift, τὰ Ἰοβάκχεια τῷ Διονύσῳ Jusj. ap. D.l.c. II. celebrate, τὰ πάθεα τραγικοῖσι χοροῖσι Hdt. 5.67; χορείαις θυσίαν Pl. Lg. 799a, cf. Epin. 980b.—Not in early Prose, exc. Hdt., X., and Pl.: in later Prose, Ph. 1.186, Arr. Ind. 8.5 (Pass.), Porph. Abst. 2.16, etc.

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