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ἰάομαι

iaomai

heal, cure

Appears 35 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἰάομαι, imper.ἰῶ (v. infr.), Ion. inf. ἰᾶσθαι Hp. Loc.Hom. 24 (ἰῆσθαι v.l. in Id. Morb.Sacr. 13), Cypr. ἰjᾶσθαι Inscr.Cypr. 135.3H.: fut. ἰάσομαι E. HF 1107, Aeschin. 3.69; Ion. and Ep. ἰήσομαι Od. 9.525, Archil. 13, (ἐξ-) Hp. Morb. 1.6: aor. ἰασάμην E. Fr. 1072, Pl. Phd. 89a; Ion. ἰησάμην Il. 5.899, Hp. Int. 2:—Pass.(v. infr.). [ῑ- in Hom., etc.; also ῐ, E. Hipp. 597]:—A. heal, cure, in pres. and impf., attempt to cure, treat, of persons or bodies, etc., τινα Il. 12.2, Hdt. 3.134, etc.; τοὺς κάμνοντας Pl. Plt. 299a, cf. 293b; ὀφθαλμόν Od. 9.525; τὸ σῶμα S. Tr. 1210: abs., Od. 9.520, Il. 5.899: prov., ὁ τρώσας ἰάσεται Mantiss.Prov. 2.28. 2. cure. treat, of diseases, νόσους Pi. P. 3.46, cf. E. Hipp. 597, Pl. Prt. 340e, Chrm. 156b, etc.; σμύρνῃσι ἰ. τὰ ἕλκεα Hdt. 7.181: metaph., remedy, δύσγνοιαν, ἀδικίαν ἰᾶσθαι, E. HF 1107, Or. 650; ἀτυχίας Isoc. 6.101; δωροδόκημα Aeschin. 3.69; ἀσάφειαν Arr. Tact. 1.3: prov., μὴ τῷ κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἰῶ, i.e. do not make bad worse, Hdt. 3.53, cf. Th. 5.65; μὴ κακοῖς ἰῶ κακά A. Fr. 349; κακοῖς ὅταν θέλωσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακά S. Fr. 77: abs., οὔτε τι γὰρ κλαίων ἰήσομαι Archil. 13. 3. cure the effects of, counteract, ἄκρατος ἰ. τὸ κώνειον Plu. 2.653a. 4. repair, τὸ βλαβέν Pl. Lg. 933e; τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην Id. Smp. 191d; θυσιαστήριον LXX 3 Ki. 18.32; δίκελλαν Lib. Decl. 27.3. II. Act. only aor.1 ἰάσαμεν Gal. 10.453; part. ἰάσαντες Sch.E. Hec. 1236: aor. ἰάθην is always Pass., be healed, recover, And. 2.9, AP 6.330 (Aeschin.), IG 4.951.113(Epid.), etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων Ev.Luc. 6.17; Ion. ἰήθην Hp. Mul. 1.3, Int. 1: fut. ἰαθήσομαι Luc. Asin. 14, Gp. 12.25.3, Gal. 10.377; ἰάσομαι Aristid. 2.317 J.: pf. ἴᾱμαι Ev.Marc. 5.29.
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