ὠθέω

ὠθέω, Att. impf. ἐώθουν Ar. Pax 637 (troch.), D. 9.65, (ἐξ-) Th. 7.52, etc., and ἐώθει even in h.Merc. 305; Ion. and Ep. 3sg. ὤθει Il. 21.241; Ion. ὤθεσκε Od. 11.596: but ὤθει E. IT 1395 is f.l. for ὠθεῖ (Kirchhoff): fut. ὠθήσω Id. Cyc. 592, Ar. Ec. 300 (lyr.), (ἐξ-) S. Aj. 1248; but ὤσω E. Med. 379, Andr. 344, and always in Prose; ἀπ-ώσω Od. 15.280, Ep. inf. ἀπ-ωσέμεν Il. 13.367: Att. aor. ἔωσα Pl. Ti. 60c, etc., (ἐξ-) S. OC 1296, 1330, etc.; Ion. and Ep. ὦσα Il. 1.220, Hdt. 7.167, Ep. ὤσασκε Od. 11.599; but ἔωσα Il. 16.410, (ἀπ-) Od. 9.81; later ὤθησα Ael. NA 13.17, etc.: pf. ἔωκα (ἐξ-) Plu. 2.48c: plpf. ἐώκει (ἐξ-) Id. Brut. 42:—Med., fut. ὤσομαι (ἀπ-) S. El. 944, etc., (δι-) A. Fr. 199.9, etc.:—Att. aor. ἐωσάμην Th. 4.43, Ar. V. 1085 (troch., with vv. ll.); Ion. and Ep. ὠσάμην Il. 16.592, Hdt. 9.25, v.l. in Ar. V.l.c.:—Pass., fut. ὠσθήσομαι E. Med. 335 (v.l. ὠθήσομαι), (ἐξ-) D. 24.61: Att. aor. ἐώσθην (ἐξ-) X. HG 2.4.34, etc.; later ὤσθην (ἐξ-) Arr. An. 4.25.3, Plot. 4.4.45: Att. pf. ἔωσμαι X. Cyr. 7.1.36, (ἀπ-, περι-) Th. 2.39, 3.57; Ion. part. ἀπωσμένος Hdt. 5.69:— A. thrust, push, I. mostly of human force, as of Sisyphus, σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε λᾶαν ἄνω ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον he kept pushing it . . , Od. 11.596, cf. 599; ἀπὸ εἷο τράπεζαν ὦσε ποδὶ πλήξας 22.20; [ἔγχος] ὑπὲκ δίφροιο pushed it away from . . , Il. 5.854; ἂψ ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε ξίφος 1.220; τοῖσι δʼ ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν νέφος ἀχλύος ὦσεν Ἀθήνη 15.668; τὸν δεʼ Ζεὺς ὦσεν ὄπισθε χειρί ib.694, cf. 13.193; ὦσαί [τινα] ἀφʼ ἵππων 5.19; ἀφʼ ἵππων χαμᾶζε ib.835, etc.; so ὦσαι ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ rush into the fire, Hdt. 7.167; ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ κεφαλήν throw him headlong down, Pl. R. 553b (Pass., ὠθέεσθαι ἐπὶ κ. Hdt. 7.136); ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ τράχηλον Luc. DMort. 27.1; πετρῶν ὦσαι κάτω E. Cyc. 448, cf. Pl. Phdr. 229c; εἰς λιθοτομίας D. 53.17: freq. of weapons, ὠ. ξίφος δἰ ἀμφοτέρων thrust it through both, Hdt. 3.78; τεκούσης ἐς σφαγὰς ὦσαι ξίφος E. Or. 291; διὰ μέσου αὐχένος ὠθεῖ σίδηρον Id. Ph. 1458; φάσγανον δἰ ἥπατος Id. Med. 379; ξίφος πρὸς ἧπαρ Id. Hel. 983; δαλοῦ κώπην ἔσω βλεφάρων Id. Cyc. 485 (anap.), cf. 636; ἐκ μηροῦ δόρυ ὦσε θύραζε forced it out from the thigh, Il. 5.694; τὸ ἱμάτιον ὦσαι εἰς τὸ στόμα stuff it into his mouth, Thphr. Char. 2.4: τὴν θύραν ὠθεῖ forces the door, Ar. V. 152, cf. Lys. 1.24; πύλας E. Or. 1562: sts. of other than human force, as of a stream, ὦσε δὲ νεκρούς Il. 21.235, cf. 241; of the wind, Νότος μέγα κῡμα ποτὶ . . ῥίον ὠθεῖ Od. 3.295; [ὁ ποταμὸς] ὠθεῖ κῦμα Metagen.6.3; ὠ. κολόκυμα Ar. Eq. 692: metaph., ἀ δʼ ἀτέρα τὰν ἀτέραν κύλιξ ὠθήτω Alc. 41. 2. force back in battle, Il. 8.336, 13.193, etc.; ἄνδρας προτὶ ἄστυ 16.45; v. infr. II. 3. thrust out, banish, ὠ. ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ S. OT 1382; ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν τινα A. Pr. 665; ἀπʼ οἴκων S. OT 241; ἐκ δόμων E. Andr. 344; ἔξω τινὰ φυγάδα Pl. R. 560d; σπονδῶν ἄπο, ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν, E. Ba. 46, Aeschin. 2.86; ὠ. τινας ἀθάπτους S. Aj. 1307:—Pass., ὠθούμεθʼ ἔξω Id. Fr. 583.7. 4. metaph., ὠ. τὰ πρήγματα push matters on, hurry them, Hdt. 3.81; ἐπιθυμία ὠθεῖ ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπολαύσεις Arist. VV 1250a24. 5. abs., ὦσα παρέξ pushed off from land, Od. 9.488; ὤθει βιαίως E. Tr. 356, cf. X. HG 7.4.31; τὸ ὠθοῦν the motive power, Pl. Cra. 401d. II. Med., mostly in aor., thrust or push away from oneself, force back, esp. in battle, freq. in Il., ὄφρα τάχιστα ὤσαιτʼ Ἀργείους 5.691; τείχεος ἂψ ὤσασθαι 12.420; ὤσασθαι προτὶ Ἴλιον, προτὶ ἄστυ, 8.295, 16.655; τὴν ἵππον ὤσαντο Hdt. 9.25, cf. 3.72, 6.37; ὤσασθαί τινας κατὰ βραχύ Th. 4.96; ὠσαμένων τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας Id. 6.70, etc.; once in Trag., E. IT 326: of a horse, throw its rider, Thgn. 260 (s.v.l.). 2. intrans., push, press forward, Th. 4.11,35, Plu. Ages. 32; ὠθεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν X. HG 7.1.31; πρὸς τὴν πληγὴν ὁμόσε ὠθεῖσθαι Pl. Euthd. 294d; εἰς χεῖρας ὠθεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις Plu. Thes. 5. III. Pass., to be thrust, pushed, or forced, rush or fall violently, ἐπὶ κεφαλήν Hdt. (v. supr. Ι.1); πρὸς βίαν E. Hec. 406; βίᾳ Id. Med. 335, etc.; ἱδρῶτες ταχέως ὠθούμενοι Hp. Aph. 7.85. 2. Med., crowd, throng, jostle, X. Cyr. 3.3.64; ὠ. ὥσπερ ὕες Theoc. 15.73, cf. Arist. HA 572b25: impers. in Pass., ἐπὶ μέζον ὠθεῖται the crush gets worse, Herod. 4.54.