ἡμερόω

hemeroo

tame, make tame

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book IV 1
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720d7
Book X 2
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890c8
906d4
Book XI 2
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937e1
935a5
Republic 3
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Book IV 1
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442a2
Book VI 1
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493b4
Book IX 1
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591b3
Sophist 1
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230b9
Statesman 1
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309e1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἡμερόω, (ἥμερος) A. tame, make tame, 1. prop. of wild beasts, Arist. HA 488a29 (Pass.), Gp. 16.21.2; but simply, to be pacified, Pl. R. 493b (Pass.); δώροις Id. Lg. 906d. 2. of plants and trees, reclaim, cultivate, ἡ. ἐξ ἀγρίων Hp. Aër. 12, cf. Thphr. CP 2.14.1, 5.15.6; also of land, Crates Com. 55. 3. of countries, clear them of robbers and wild beasts, as Hercules and Theseus did, ναυτιλίαισι πορθμὸν ἁμερώσαις Pi. I. 4(3).57; χθόνα ἀνήμερον τιθέντες ἡμερωμένην A. Eu. 14; or to cultivate them, Thphr. CP 5.15.6,al. 4. of men also, civilize, humanize, λόγῳ Pl. R. 554d; ἁρμονίᾳ τε καὶ ῥυθμῷ ib.442a; δίκη πάντα ἡμέρωκεν τὰ ἀνθρώπινα Id. Lg. 937e; τὸ θυμούμενον Eus.Mynd. 1:— Pass., ὑπὸ παιδείας Pl. Lg. 935a. b. tame by conquest, subdue, ἡμερώσας δὲ Αἴγυπτον ἐξυβρίσασαν Hdt. 7.5:—Med., πᾶν ἔθνος ἡμερούμενος βασιλέϊ Id. 5.2, cf. 4.118:—Pass., πόθεν σου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ἡμέρωται; whence that crest-fallen look? Mim.Oxy. 413.153.

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