ἰαύω

ἰαύω [ῐ], poet. Verb, mostly used in pres. and impf. (Trag. only in lyr.): Ep. impf. ἰαύεσκον Od. 9.184, Perdrizet-Lefebvre Graffites Grecs du Memnonion d’ Abydos 528: fut. ἰαύσω Lyc. 101, 430: aor. 1 ἴαυσα Od. 11.261, Call. Aet. 3.1.2 [Fr. 75.2 Pf.]:—

• sleep, pass the night, Ζηνὸς . . ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰαύεις Il. 14.213, cf. Od. 11.261; ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον Il. 9.325, Od. 19.340; of beasts, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλʼ . . ἰαύεσκον 9.184; ἄρσενες ἐκτὸς ἴαυον 14.16; δεμνίοις δύστανος ἰαύων E. Ph. 1537 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν enjoy the nightʼs sleep, S. Aj. 1204 (lyr.); ὑπασπίδιον κοῖτον ἰαύειν, of a soldier sleeping under arms, E. Rh. 740 (anap.); ὕπνον Theoc. 3.49, Call. l.c.
• • II c. acc. et gen., cause to rest from, Lyc. 101. (Prob. redupl. form of αὔω (C), cf. ἀέσκω, αὐλή.)

ἰαύω, (vgl. αὔω), schlafen ; Ζηνὸς – ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰαύεις Il. 14.213 ; übh. die Racht zubringen, πολλὰς μὲν ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον Il. 9.325 ; auch von Tieren, Od. 14.16 ; ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν Soph. Aj. 1183 ; vgl. ποῦ δῆθʼ Ἕκτωρ τὸν ὑπασπίδιον κοῖτον ἰαύει ; Eur. Rhes. 740 ; γεραιὸν πόδα δεμνίοις δύστανος ἰαύων Phoen. 1553, Schol. ἐγκοιμίζων, den altersmüden Fuß ruhend ; sp.D.; auch τινός, = παύω, Lycophr. 101.

ἰαύω

(ἰάϝω)

[ redup. fr. ἀϝ-, ἄ(ϝ)ημι.]

3 sing. pa. iterative ἰαύεσκε Od. 5.154.

3 pl. -ον Od. 9.184.

Aor. infin. ἰαῦσαι Od. 11.261.

Aor. ἄεσα (ἄϝεσα) Od. 19.342.

1 pl. ἀέσαμεν Od. 3.151.

Contr. ἄσαμεν Od. 16.367.

3 pl. ἄ̆εσαν Od. 3.490, Od. 15.188.

Infin. ἀέσαι Od. 15.40.

(ἐν-, παρ-.)

• • 1

    To lie, rest, pass the night (not necessarily implying sleeping): Ζηνὸς ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰαύεις Il. 14.213. Cf. Od. 11.261, Od. 22.464, Od. 24.209.

    Of sheep, goats or swine Od. 9.184, Od. 14.16.

  • 2

    To pass (the night): ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον Il. 9.325. Cf. Il. 9.470: Od. 3.151, 490, Od. 5.154, Od. 15.40, 188, Od. 16.367, Od. 19.340, 342.

  • 3

    To bivouac Il. 18.259, Il. 19.71.

    To keep night-watch. Of dogs Od. 14.21.

ἰαύω (cf. ἄϝεσα), ipf. ἴαυον, iter. ἰαύεσκον, aor. inf. ἰαῦσαι: sleep, rest, lie; πολλὰς μὲν ἀύπνους νύκτας ἴαυον, Il. 9.325, 470, Od. 19.340.

ἰαύω, ἄω, ἄημι

• to sleep, to pass the night, Hom.:—c. acc. cogn., ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν to enjoy the nightʼs sleep, Soph.