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ἐλαττωθῇ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττωθῶσιν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττωμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττόω (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσαντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσει (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσειε (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσεισ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσετε (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττώσω (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττώσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττώσῃσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττῶ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττῶν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαττῶνται (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττῶσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττῶσι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλά̄σσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄σσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττω (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττου (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττων (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾰ́σσων (data provider: perseus), ἠλασσώθην (data provider: perseus), ἠλασσῶσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττοῦντο (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττοῦτο (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττωμένοι (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττωμένον (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττωμένοσ (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττώθη (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠλαττώθημεν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠλαττώθησαν (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττώθητε (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττώμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἠλαττῶσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἠλάττου (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠλάττωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἠλάττωσα (data provider: perseus), ἠλάττωσασ (data provider: perseus), ἠλάττωσε (data provider: perseus), ἠλάττωσεν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠλάττωτο (data provider: perseus)ἐλαύνω (external link: ἐλαύνω )Forms: ἤλασεν (data provider: perseus), τοὔλασσον (data provider: perseus), τοὔλαττον (data provider: perseus), ἁλοώντων (data provider: perseus), ἁλωμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἁλάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἁλάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἁλώμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἁλᾶσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαθείσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαθείσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαθέντοσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαθέντων (data provider: perseus), ἐλαθῇ (data provider: perseus), ἐλασαίατο (data provider: perseus), ἐλασθεισῶν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλασθήσομαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσουμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσούμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσούμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσοῖτο (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσοῦν (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνομένασ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαυνομένη (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνομένην (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνομένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνομένων (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνούσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνέμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόμενα (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόμενον (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόντεσσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαυνόντων (data provider: perseus), ἐλαί̈την (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίη (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίην (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίησ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίοισ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίον (data provider: perseus), ἐλαίω (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνει (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνειν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνεισ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνεσθαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαύνεσκον (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνεται (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνετε (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνετον (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνηται (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνητε (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοιεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοιτο (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνομαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνομεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντ' (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντα (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνονται (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνοντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνου (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνουσ' (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνουσα (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνουσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνουσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνω (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνωμεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνων (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνωσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνωσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαύνῃσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαῦνον (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλαῶν (data provider: perseus), ἐληλακότεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐληλαμέναι (data provider: perseus), ἐληλαμένασ 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(data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαιο (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαντα (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαντι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσαντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασα (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασκε (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσασκεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσει (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσει' (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσειαν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσειασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσειε (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσειν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσεισ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσομαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσονται (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσοντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσαισ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσῃσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσων (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσωσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσωσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσῃσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάτην (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττωμ' (data provider: perseus), ἐλάτων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάᾶν (data provider: perseus), ἐλήλαμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλήλασμαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλήλαται (data provider: perseus), ἐλήλατο (data provider: perseus), ἐλήλᾰκα (data provider: perseus), ἐλήσθην (data provider: perseus), ἐλόω (data provider: perseus), ἐλόωσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλόωσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾰ́σσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾰῶν (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶ (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶαι (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶν (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶται (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾶτε (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾷ (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾷσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶ (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶν (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶντα (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶντασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶσ' (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλῶσιν (data provider: perseus), ἔλα (data provider: perseus), ἔλα' (data provider: perseus), ἔλαθεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλαν (data provider: perseus), ἔλασ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλασ' (data provider: perseus), ἔλασαν (data provider: perseus), ἔλασε (data provider: perseus), ἔλασεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλασκε (data provider: perseus), ἔλασκον (data provider: perseus), ἔλασον (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσα (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσαν (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσε (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσον (data provider: perseus), ἔλασάν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλαυνε (data provider: perseus), ἔλαυνεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλαυνεσ (data provider: perseus), ἔλησ (data provider: perseus), ἔλων (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾰσα (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾰσε (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾱσασ (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾶθεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾶσσον (data provider: perseus), ἠλασάμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἠλασάμην (data provider: perseus), ἠλαυνέτην (data provider: perseus), ἠλαυνόμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἠλαύνετο (data provider: perseus), ἠλαύνοντο (data provider: perseus), ἠληλάμην (data provider: perseus), ἠλάθη (data provider: perseus), ἠλάθην (data provider: perseus), ἠλάθησαν (data provider: perseus), ἠλάσατε (data provider: perseus), ἠλάσατο (data provider: perseus), ἠλάσθην (data provider: perseus), ἠλήλαντο (data provider: perseus), ἠλήλατο (data provider: perseus), ἠλώμην (data provider: perseus), ἠλᾶτ' (data provider: perseus), ἠλᾶτο (data provider: perseus), ἠλῶντο (data provider: perseus), ἤλασ' (data provider: perseus), ἤλασα (data provider: perseus), ἤλασαν (data provider: perseus), ἤλασασ (data provider: perseus), ἤλασε (data provider: perseus), ἤλασεν (data provider: perseus), ἤλασσαν (data provider: perseus), ἤλασσε (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυν' (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυνε (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυνεν (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυνεσ (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυνον (data provider: perseus), ἤλαυνέ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἤλων (data provider: perseus), ἤλᾰσα (data provider: perseus), ἤλᾰσε (data provider: perseus)ἐλάσσων (external link: ἐλάσσων )Forms: τοὐλάσσονοσ (data provider: perseus), τοὔλασσον (data provider: perseus), τοὔλαττον (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσόνων (data provider: perseus), ἐλασσόνωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττόνων (data provider: perseus), ἐλαττόνωσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄σσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄σσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττονεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττονι (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττονοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττω (data provider: perseus), ἐλά̄ττων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσον' (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονα (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσονά (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσσονέσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσσοσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσοσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσοσί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάσσουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάσσων (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττον' (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονα (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονασ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονοσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττονά (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάττονέσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάττονόσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάττοσι (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττοσιν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττουσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττω (data provider: perseus), ἐλάττων (data provider: perseus), ἐλᾰ́σσων (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσον (data provider: perseus), ἔλασσόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλαττον (data provider: perseus), ἔλαττόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλᾱττον (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾶσσον (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾶττον (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon ἐλαύνω ἐλαύνω, ἐλάω , inf. ἐλάᾶν , ipf. ἔλων , fut. ἐλόωσι , aor. ἤλασσε, ἔλασσε , iter. ἐλάσασκε , pass. plup. ἠλήλατο, ἐλήλατο , 3 pl. ἐληλάδατο or ἐληλέδατο : drive, impel, strike , mid., for oneself, Od. 4.637, Il. 10.537, etc.; freq. of rowing a vessel, with and without νῆα , Od. 13.22, pass. Od. 13.155; so of driving horses, without obj. expressed, Il. 5.264 ; μάστῖξεν δ' ἐλάᾶν , Od. 3.484; hence apparently often intrans., πόντον ἐλαύνοντες, Il. 7.6, Ν 27 , Od. 7.319; of driving away cattle, horses, etc., Il. 1.154; in the sense strike the verb occurs often, esp. of forging, Il. 12.296; of drawing, or laying out a fence or wall, or a swath in reaping, ἕρκος, τεῖχος, τάφρον, Il. 7.450, Il. 9.349, Il. 18.564; σταυρούς, Od. 14.11; χάλκεοι τοῖχοι ἐληλέδατο , were extended, Od. 7.86 ; ὄγμον , Il. 11.68; metaph., of persecuting, Od. 5.290; being racked with pain, Il. 16.518; raising a din, Il. 1.575.ἐλάσσων ἐλάσσων (ἐλαχύσ ), irreg. comp. of μῖκρόσ : only neut. ἔλασσον , less , Il. 10.357.Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon ἐλασσόω ἐλασσ-όω , Att. ἐλασσ-ττόω : aor. ἠλάττωσα Lys. 13.9 , Plb. 16.21.5: pf. ἠλλάττωκα D.H. Comp. 6 , etc.:— Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι Th. 5.34 , D. 21.66: fut. Med. in same sense, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104: aor. ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην , Id. 1.77, D. 10.33: pf. ἠλάττωμαι Apollod.Com. 7.3 , Plb. 18.4.3:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, PTeb. 19.11 (ii B.C.) , PLips. 105.28 (i A.D.) :— Pass., POxy. 918xi3 (ii A.D.) .
2. in early writers, lower, degrade , τὴν πόλιν Lys. 13.9 , Isoc. 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλουσ LXX Ps. 8.6 ; cut down, shorten , συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα D.H. Comp. 6 : c. gen., detract from , μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσησ Th. 3.42 :— Med., reduce the power of , τινάσ Plb. 22.15.1 .
II. Pass.,
1. abs., to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated , of things, Th. 2.62; of persons, Id. 4.59,al., OGI 139.10(ii B.C.) , PTeb. 382.13(i B.C.) , Phld. Lib. p.32 O., al., Ev.Jo. 3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ' οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα Apollod.Com. 7.3 ; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges , Th. 1.77, D. 56.14; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly , Isoc. 1.49.
2. c. dat. rei, have the worst of it , Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ Id. 1.115 ; to be inferior , τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ Id. 5.72 ; πολλαῖς ναυσί X. HG 1.5.15 ; πᾶσι τούτοισ ib.6.2.28; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι , of a one-eyed man, Plb. 18.4.3; πρός τινα POxy. 215ii18 : c. gen., fall short of , τῶν ἀρχετύπων Ph. 1.606 .
3. c. gen. pers., to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ' ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν' Αἰσχίνου D. 18.3 ; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl. Alc. 1.121b ; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν Id. Grg. 459c .
4. c. gen. rei, suffer loss in respect of , κεφαλαίου, τόκων , BGU 155.10 (ii A.D.) ; to be in want of , LXX 1 Ki. 21.15(16): also c. dat., ib.2 Ki. 3.29.ἐλαύνω ἐλαύνω , Il. 12.62, etc.: Ion. impf. ἐλαύνεσκον (ἀπ- ) Hdt. 7.119: fut. ἐλάσω [ᾰ ], part. ἐλάσοντασ X. An. 7.7.55 codd., cf.D.H. 2.36, (ἐξ- ) Hp. Loc.Hom. 46, Nat.Mul. 32 (ἐλάσσω (παρ- ) is f.l. in Il. 23.427, and ξυνελάσσομεν is subj. in Od. 18.39); ἐλάω A.R. 3.411 ; Att. ἐλῶ, ᾷς, ᾷ , inf. ἐλᾶν , also Hdt. 1.207, etc., and so Hom. in the resolved form ἐλόω Il. 13.315 , Od. 7.319: inf. ἐλάαν (though this is also inf. pres. , v. infr.) Il. 17.496, Od. 5.290: aor. 1 ἤλᾰσα , Ep. ἔλᾰσα Il. 5.80 , ἔλασσα 18.564 , Ion. 3 sg. ἐλάσασκεν 2.199 : pf. ἐλήλᾰκα (ἀπ-, ἐξ- ) X. Cyr. 4.2.10, Ar. Nu. 828: plpf. ἐληλάκειν (ἐξ- ) Hdt. 5.90:— Med. (v. infr. 1.2), fut. ἐλάσομαι (παρ- ) dub. l. in Arr. An. 3.30.3: aor. ἠλασάμην Il. 11.682 , rare in Att., as Pl. Grg. 484b; 3 sg. ἤλσατο Ibyc. 55 ; Ep. ἐλάσαιο, -ασαίατο, -ασσάμενοσ , Od. 20.51, Il. 10.537, Od. 4.637:— Pass., fut. ἐλασθήσομαι (ἐξ- ) D.H. 4.9: aor. ἠλάθην [ᾰ ] E. Heracl. 430, Ar. Ec. 4; later ἠλάσθην AP 7.278 (Arch. ), Sammelb. 997 (iv A.D.) , (ἐξ-, συν- ) Plb. 8.24.9, 18.22.6, etc. (in Hdt. the Mss. vary between the two forms, ἐξελαθείσ 7.165 , ἀπηλάσθησαν 3.54 ): pf. ἐλήλαμαι Od. 7.113 , Hdt. 7.84 (ἐξ- ), etc.; ἐλήλασμαι Hp. Mul. 2.133 , Aen.Tact. 31.4 (prob.), (ἐξ- ) Plb. 6.22.4, (συν- ) A.D. Conj. 233.30: plpf. ἠλήλατο Il. 5.400 ; poet. also ἐλήλατο 4.135 ; 3 pl. ἠλήλαντο Hes. Sc. 143 , also ἐληλέδατ', ἐληλέατ', ἐληλάδατ' vv.ll. in Od. 7.86.— The pres. ἐλάω is rare and mainly Poet., imper. ἔλα Pi. I. 5(4).38 , A. Fr. 332, E. HF 819, Fr. 779.1 (also non-thematic 3 pl. ἐλάντω SIG 1025.8 (Cos )): inf. ἐλᾶν Canthar. 4 , X. HG 2.4.32: inf. ἐλάαν as Ep.inf. pres. is freq. in Hom. (v. infr.1.2): part. ἐλάουσα Emp. 4.5 : impf. 3 pl. ἔλων Od. 4.2 , 3 sg. ἔλαεν A.R. 3.872 ; ἀπ-έλα X. Cyr. 8.3.32 ; but ἀπ-ήλαον in Ar. Lys. 1001 is prob. an error for -ήλα'αν , Dor. for -ήλασαν :— radic. sense, drive, set in motion , of driving flocks, εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα Od. 9.237 ; κακοὺς δ' ἐς μέσσον ἔλασσεν Il. 4.299 ; aor. Med. ἠλασάμην in act. sense, 10.537, 11.682: freq. of horses, chariots, ships, drive , ἐλάαν (inf. pres. ) ἅρμα καὶ ἵππουσ 23.334 ; ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν τὸ ζεῦγοσ Hdt. 1.59 ; ἐ. ἵππον ride it, Id. 4.64, al.; κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα ἐ . ride and drive , Id. 7.86; ἐ. νῆα row it, Od. 12.109, etc.; στρατὸν ἐ . Pi. O. 10(11).66, Hdt. 1.176, 4.91, etc.
b. with acc. omitted, intr., go in a chariot, drive , μάστιξεν δ' ἐλάαν (sc. ἵππουσ ) he whipped them on , Il. 5.366, al., cf. S. El. 734,739; βῆ δ' ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα he drove on over the waves, Il. 13.27; διὰ νύκτα ἐλάαν travel the night through, Od. 15.50; ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ἐ . drive into the city, Hdt. 1.60; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐ . ib.199; ride , Id. 7.88, X. Eq.Mag. 3.9, etc.; ἐλῶν ἐς Θρηί̈κην marching .., Hdt. 9.89, etc.; row , μάλα σφοδρῶς ἐλάαν Od. 12.124 ; ἐλαύνοντεσ rowers , 13.22, etc.
c. in this intr. sense, it sts. took an acc. loci, γαλήνην ἐλαύνειν to sail the calm sea, i.e. over it, 7.319; so τὰ ἕσπερα νῶτ' ἐ . E. El. 731 (lyr.); also ἐλαύνειν δρόμον run a course, Ar. Nu. 28; ὁδόν D.P. 586 .
d. Pass., [νηῦς] ἐλαυνομένη a ship under way , Od. 13.155 (but πλοῖα ὑπὸ σκληρῶν ἀνέμων ἐλαυνόμενα Ep.Jac. 3.4 ); τὰ κατάντη ἐλαύνεσθαι , of horses, to be ridden on steep ground, X. Eq.Mag. 8.3.
2. drive away, carry off , in Hom. of stolen cattle or horses, βοῶν ἀρίστασ Od. 12.353 ; ἵππουσ Il. 5.236 ; ἐ. ὅ τι δύναιντο X. HG 4.8.18 :— Med., Od. 4.637, 20.51; ῥύσι' ἐλαυνόμενοσ Il. 11.674 , etc.
3. drive away, expel , ἐ. [τινὰ] ἐκ δήμου 6.158 ; ἄνδρας ἀπ' Οἰνώνασ Pi. N. 5.16 : freq. in Trag., ἐ. τινὰ γῆσ E. Med. 70 ; μύσος, μίασμα ἐ ., A. Ch. 967 codd., Eu. 283 (Pass.), cf. S. OT 98; ἄγος ἐ. ,= ἀγηλατέω , Th. 1.126; ἐ. λῃστάσ Ar. Ach. 1188 , etc.:— Pass., γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνομαι A. Pr. 682 .
4. drive (to extremities), persecute, plague , οἵ μιν ἄδην ἐλόωσι ..πολέμοιο who will harass him till he has had enough of war, Il. 13.315; ἔτι μέν μίν φημι ἄδην λάαν κακότητοσ I think I shall persecute him till he has had enough, Od. 5.290; θεὸς ἐλαύνει πόλιν S. OT 28 ; Ἰωνίαν ἤλασεν βίᾳ A. Pers. 771 ; μή τι δαιμόνιον τὰ πράγματα ἐλαύνῃ D. 9.54 ; σὺ δ' ἀπειλεῖς πᾶσιν, ἐλαύνεις πάντασ Id. 21.135 , cf. 173:— Pass., ἐλαυνομένων καὶ ὑβριζομένων Id. 18.48 ; λύπῃ πᾶς ἐλήλαται κακῇ S. Aj. 275 ; κακοῖς πρός τινοσ E. Andr. 31 ; ὑπ' ἀνάγκης καὶ οἴστρου Pl. Phdr. 240d ; τὴν ψυχὴν ἐρωτικῇ μανίᾳ Ael. NA 14.18 ; ἐλαύνεσθαι τὴν γνώμην to be out of one's mind, Philostr. VS 2.27.5.
5. = βινέω , Ar. Ec. 39, Pl. Com.3.4.
6. intr. in expressions like ἐς τοσοῦτον ἤλασαν they drove it so far (where πρᾶγμα must be supplied), Hdt. 5.50; ἐς πᾶσαν κακότητα Id. 2.124 ; εἰς κόρον ἐλαύνειν push matters till disgust ensued, Tyrt. 11.10; εἰς ἴσον (sc. τισί ) Onos. Praef. 4: hence, push on, go on , ἐγγὺς μανιῶν E. Heracl. 904 (lyr.); ἔξω τοῦ φρονεῖν Id.*ba. 853; πόρρω ἐ. σοφίασ go far in .., Pl. Euthphr. 4b, cf. Grg. 486a, X. Cyr. 1.6.39.
II. strike , ἐλάτῃσιν πόντον ἐλαύνοντεσ Il. 7.6 ; κιθάραν πλήκτρῳ E. HF 351 (lyr.).
2. strike with a weapon, but never with a missile, τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν Il. 2.199 ; ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην 5.584 ; κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν 13.614 ; ὀδόντας ἐ . knock out , A.R. 2.785: c. dupl. acc., τὸν μὲν ..μεταδρομάδην ἔλασ' ὦμον him he struck on .., Il. 5.80; χθόνα δ' ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ struck earth with his forehead, of a falling man, Od. 22.94: c. acc. cogn., inflict a wound, οὐλὴν τήν ποτέ με σῦς ἤλασε 21.219 :— Pass., c. acc. νῶτον ὄπισθ' αἰχμῇ δουρὸς ἐληλαμένοσ Tyrt. 11.20 ; ἐλαύνεται εἰς τὸν μηρόν Luc. Tox. 61 .
3. strike one thing against another, πρὸς γῆν ἐ. κάρη Od. 17.237 ; of weapons, drive through , διαπρὸ χαλκὸν ἔλασσε 22.295 ; [δόρυ] διὰ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε Il. 5.57 , cf. 20.269; ἤλασε Λυγκέος ἐν πλευραῖσι χαλκόν Pi. N. 10.70 :— Pass., go through , Il. 4.135, 13.595; to be fixed in , ὀϊστὸς ὤμῳ ἐνὶ στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο 5.400 ; διὰ [σφονδύλου] διαμπερὲς ἐληλάσθαι Pl. R. 616e .
III. metaph.,
1. beat out metal, forge , ἀσπίδα ..ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν Il. 12.296 ; πέντε πτύχας ἤλασε beat out five plates, 20.270; περὶ δ' ἕρκος ἔλασσε κασσιτέρου make a fence of beaten tin (with a play on signf. 2), 18.564; εὐνὴ Ἡφαίστου χερσὶν ἐληλαμένη χρυσοῦ a bed of beaten gold, Mimn. 12.6; σίδηρος λεπτῶς ἐληλ . Plu. Cam. 41.
2. draw a line of wall, trench, etc., ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν Il. 7.450 ; ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει Od. 6.9 ; σταυροὺς δ' ἐκτὸς ἔλασσε 14.11 ; τοῖχοι ἐληλέατ' 7.86 ; τεῖχος τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐλήλαται the wall has its angles carried down to the river, Hdt. 1.180, cf. 185,191; ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον having a wall built round, A. Pers. 872 (lyr.); ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν work one's way down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Il. 11.68; ἐ. αὔλακα Hes. Op. 443 ; ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐ . to draw a line of vines, i.e. plant them in line , Ar. Ach. 995: generally, plant, produce , ἐλᾷ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς αἰών Pi. N. 3.74 .
3. κολῳὸν ἐλαύνειν prolong, keep up the brawl, Il. 1.575.
4. ἐξ ὄσσων ἐς γαῖαν ἐ. δάκρυ E. Supp. 96 .ἐλάσσων ἐλάσσ-ων , Att. ἐλάσσ-ττων , ον , gen. ονοσ : Sup. ἐλάχιστοσ (q.v.): —smaller, less , formed from ἐλαχύσ (q.v.), but serving as Comp. to μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Il. 10.357 ; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off , πάντῃ Thgn. 269 ; οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ Hdt. 9.102 ; ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι D. 21.187 ; ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι Ar. Eq. 441 , D. 3.29; οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν A. Pers. 813 ; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for .., Isoc. 11.11: abs., too small , Thphr. Char. 23.9; below the average in height, PLips. 1.9, etc.
2. c. gen. pers., worse than, inferior to , Ar. V. 599, etc.: but c. gen. rei, giving way to, subservient to , σιτίων X. Lac. 5.8 ; πάθουσ Plu. Cor. 34 : abs., worse, inferior , τόποι Gp. 2.48.1 .
3. neut. with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of less account , Hdt. 6.6; ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι Plb. 4.6.12 ; παρ' ἔλαττον τοῦ δέοντος ἡγεῖσθαι Pl. R. 546d ; ἐπ' ἔλαττον (sc. ἁρμοσθῆναι ) Id. Phd. 93b; δι' ἐλάσσονοσ at less distance , Th. 7.4; πάντ' ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆσ Heraclid.Pont. ap.Ath. 12.537c.
II. of Number, fewer , οἱ ἐλάσσονεσ the minority , Hdt. 3.121; ἐλάσσονες ἀριθμόν Id. 8.66 ; ἔ. πλῆθοσ Th. 1.49 .
III. of Time, shorter , Pl. Plt. 295c, etc.
IV. of worth or rank, οἱ ἐ . the meaner sort , Isoc. 2.13, Alex. 116.12.
V. neut. ἔλασσον , as Adv. , ἔ. ἢ μηδέν A. Pr. 938 , cf. S. El. 598, Pl. R. 564d, etc.; ἔ. ἄπωθεν less far off, Th. 4.67; πλείω ἔλαττον , with numbers, more or less, PLips. 28.10 (iv A.D.) , etc.: neut. pl., as Adv. ,= ἐλαττονάκισ , Pl. Cri. 53a, al.: regul. Adv. ἐλασσόνωσ (q.v.).
VI. with indecl. Numerals, the ἤ of Comparison is often omitted, οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα D.S. 14.8 ; esp. in Adv. ἔλασσον , as μὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη Pl. Lg. 856d ,al. (Orig. ἐλάχγων , cf. ἐλάχ-ιστος, ἐλαχύσ .)William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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