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ἡμερόω

ἡμερόω, to tame, make tame

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ἡμεροῦν present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active infinitive of ἡμερόω

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ἡμερ-όω, (ἥμερος)
  • 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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