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πελάζω

πελάζω, to approach, come near, draw near

πελάζω, Il. 5.766, etc.: fut. -άσω E. El. 1332 (lyr.), etc.; Att. πελῶ A. Pr. 284 (anap.), S. Ph. 1150 (lyr., codd.), OC 1060 (lyr.), El. 497 (lyr.): aor. ἐπέλᾰσα E. Hel. 671 (lyr.); Ep. πέλασα Il. 12.194; Ep. and Lyr. ἐπέλασσα 21.93, πέλασσα 13.1, Pi. P. 4.227:—Med., aor. opt. (trans.) πελασαίατο Il. 17.341; inf. πελάσασθαι Emp. 133:—Pass., aor. ἐπελάσθην, Ep. 3 pl. πέλασθεν Il. 12.420, inf. πελασθῆναι S. OT 213 (lyr.); Ep. aor. Pass. ἔπλητο Hes. Th. 193, ἔπληντο Il. 4.449, etc., πλῆτο 14.438, πλῆντο ib. 468; later ἐπλάθην [ᾱ] A. Pr. 897 (lyr.), E. Tr. 203 (lyr.), etc.: pf. Pass. πέπλημαι AP 5.46 (Rufin.); 3 pl. πεπλήαται Semon. 31 A (fort. πεπλέαται); part. πεπλημένος Od. 12.108; cf. πελάω, πελάθω, πλάθω: (πέλας):
  • A intr., approach, draw near, c. dat., πέλασεν νήεσσι Il. 12.112; ὅς τις ἀϊδρείῃ πελάσῃ Od. 12.41; ἐὸν . . ἐόντι πελάζει Parm. 8.25; τούτοις σὺ μὴ π. A. Pr. 807, cf. S. Ph. 301, etc.: rarely in Prose, π. πολεμίοισι Hdt. 9.74; θηρίοις X. Cyr. 1.4.7, cf. 3.2.10, An. 4.2.3; τῷ φθινοπώρῳ Hp. Prog. 24: prov., ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ ἀεὶ πελάζει like draws to like, Pl. Smp. 195b.
      • 2 less freq. c. gen., ἐπὴν [ἡ γυνὴ] τόκου π. Hp. Mul. 1.34; πάρα . . πελάσαι φάος . . νεῶν light may come near the ships, S. Aj. 709 (lyr.); εἴρξω πελάζειν [σῆς πάτρας] Id. Ph. 1407 (but σῆς πάτρας shd. be deleted); π. πηγῆς Call. Ap. 88 (nisi leg. πηγῇσι) ; π. τῆς πόλεως Th. 2.77, Plb. 21.6.3; also μὴ πελάσητʼ ὄμματος ἐγγύς E. Med. 101 (anap.).
      • 3 with a Prep., πρὸς τοῖχον π. Hes. Op. 732; ἐς τὸν ἀριθμόν Hdt. 2.19; [τὸ ὕδωρ] ἐς τὸ θερμὸν π. gets hotter, Id. 4.181; ἐς τούσδε τόπους S. OC 1761 (anap.); εἰς ὄψιν, ἐς σὸν βλέφαρον, E. IT 1212, El. 1332 (anap.); ἐπί τινος Orph. A. 888; πρὸς ἀλλήλας Plu. Vind. 2.564b.
      • 4 c. acc. loci, δῶμα πελάζει E. Andr. 1167 (anap.); elsewh. dub., S. OC 1060 (fort. εἰς νομόν), Ph. 1150 (but φυγᾷ μʼ οὐκέτι . . πελᾶτʼ shd. be taken in trans. sense, will no more draw me after you).
      • 5 abs., X. Cyr. 7.1.48.
    • II approach (in marriage), ματρὶ τεᾷ πελάσαις Pi. N. 10.81; ἐπὶ παρθενικῆς λέχος AP 5.301 (Agath.).
  • B causal, only in Poets, bring near or to, freq. in Hom. (Hes. only Op. 431), both of persons and things, [νέας] Κρήτῃ ἐπέλασσεν Od. 3.291, cf. 300; με . . γαίῃ Θεσπρωτῶν πέλασεν μέγα κῦμα 14.315; τοὺς δʼ Ἰθάκῃ ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμος 15.482; π. τινὰ Ἀχιλῆϊ Il. 24.154, cf. 2.744, etc.; Ζεὺς . . Ἕκτορα νηυσὶ π. let him approach the ships, 13.1; νευρὴν μὲν μαζῷ πέλασεν τόξῳ δὲ σίδηρον brought the string up to his breast, etc., of one drawing a bow, 4.123; ἐπέλασσα θαλάσσῃ στῆθος, in swimming, Od. 14.350; πάντας . . πέλασε χθονί brought them to earth, Il. 8.277; οὔδει τινὰ πελάσσαι 23.719, etc.; ἱστὸν δʼ ἱστοδόκῃ πέλασαν 1.434; βόας ζεύγλᾳ π. Pi. P. 4.227; δεσμοῖς τινὰ π. A. Pr. 155 (anap.); βρόχῳ δέρην E. Alc. 230 (lyr.); μὴ πέλαζε μητρί (sc. τέκνα) Id. Med. 91; κορώνῃ νευρειήν Theoc. 25.212; ἐπεί ἐπέλασσέ γε δαίμων brought [him so far], Il. 15.418, cf. 21.93; γόμφοισιν πελάσας [γύην] when he has fixed [the plough-tree to the pole] with nails, Hes. Op. 431: metaph., ἑ . . κακῇς ὀδύνῃσι π. bring him into pain, Il. 5.766; ἐμὲ . . κράτει πέλασον endue me with might, Pi. O. 1.78; Βορέᾳ σῶμα π. exposing it . ., Ar. Av. 1399 (anap.); ἔπος ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας (sc. αὐτό) having made it firm as adamant, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141.
      • 2 folld. by a Prep., με . . νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην πέλασαν θεοί Od. 7.254; κτήματα δʼ ἐν σπήεσσι πελάσσατε 10.404, cf. 424; also δεῦρο π. τινά 5.111; οὖδάσδε πελάζειν τινά 10.440.
      • 3 Med., bring near to oneself, οὐκ ἔστιν πελάσασθαι ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐφικτόν Emp. l.c.
  • C Pass., like the intr. Act., come nigh, approach, etc., c. dat., ἀσπίδες . . ἔπληντʼ ἀλλήλῃσι Il. 4.449; πλῆτο χθονί he came near (i.e. sank to) earth, 14.438; οὔδεϊ πλῆντο ib. 468; σκοπέλῳ πεπλημένος Od. 12.108: abs., ἐπεὶ τὰ πρῶτα πέλασθεν (sc. τείχει) Il. 12.420, cf. A. Th. 144 (lyr.).
      • 2 rarely c. gen., Χρύσης πελασθεὶς φύλακος S. Ph. 1327.
      • 3 folld. by a Prep., πελασθῆναι ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν Id. OT 213 (lyr.).
    • II approach or wed, of a woman, μηδὲ πλαθείην γαμέτᾳ A. Pr. 897 (lyr.), cf. E. Andr. 25; v. supr. A. II.

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