ἐάω

ἐάω, contr. ἐῶ Il. 8.428, etc.; Ep. εἰῶ 4.55; Ep. 2 and 3sg. ἐάᾳς, ἐάᾳ, Od. 12.137, Il. 8.414; inf. ἐάαν Od. 8.509: impf. εἴων,-ας, -α, Il. 18.448, Od. 19.25, Th. 1.28, etc.; Ion. and Ep. ἔων Hdt. 9.2, ἔα Il. 5.517, 16.731; also ἔασκον or εἴασκον, 2.832, 5.802, etc.: fut. ἐάσω [ᾱ] 18.296, etc.: aor. εἴᾱσα (εἴᾰσεν is v.l. for εἴᾱςʼ in 10.299) 24.684, etc.; Ep. ἔᾱσα 11.437: pf. εἴᾱκα D. 8.37, 43.78, Cerc. 17.35:—Pass., fut. ἐάσομαι in pass. sense, E. IA 331, Th. 1.142: aor. εἰάθην Isoc. 4.97: pf. Pass. εἴᾱμαι D. 45.22.—Hdt. never uses the augm. in this Verb. [ᾰ in pres. and impf., ᾱ in fut. and aor. even in Ion. (so prob. in Anacr. 56, 57; forms with -ασσ- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7). Synizesis occurs in 3sg. ἐᾷ Il. 5.256, in 1 subj. ἐῶμεν 10.344, and prob. in ἐάσουσιν Od. 21.233; also in Trag., in imper. ἔα S. OT 1451, Ant. 95, Ar. Nu. 932; ind. ἐῶ Id. Lys. 734: Hsch. has the form ἦσεν· εἴασεν, cf. ἦσαι· παῦσαι]:—

• Αsuffer, permit, c. acc. pers. et inf., τούσδε δʼ ἔα φθινύθειν leave them alone to perish, Il. 2.346; αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με . . ζώειν Od. 13.359, etc.; ἐᾶν οἰκεῖν Th. 3.48, cf. IG 1(2).1; ἐ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ib. 2.17.9; ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον S. Ant. 29, cf. Tr. 1083; ἐᾶν τί τινι Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.233d:—so in Pass., Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S. OC 368.
• • • • b concede, allow in argument, c. acc. et inf., Pl. Prm. 135b.
    • 2 with neg., οὐκ ἐᾶν not to suffer: hence, forbid, prevent, τρεῖν μʼ οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il. 5.256; εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι 4.55; esp. of the law, Aeschin. 3.21; δμωὰς δʼ οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν Od. 19.25, etc.: used elliptically with ἀλλά following, οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν Hdt. 7.104, cf. Th. 2.21; also, persuade or advise not to do . ., Id. 1.133: an inf. may freq. be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, S. Ant. 538; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ even if all men forbid, Id. Aj. 1184, cf. Ph. 444:—so in Pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c. inf., to be hindered, E. IT 1344, Th. 1.142, D. 2.16.
  • II let alone, let be, c. acc., ἔα χόλον Il. 9.260; μνηστήρων μὲν ἔα βουλήν heed not the suitors’ plan, Od. 2.281; ἐπεί με πρῶτον ἐάσας as soon as thou hast dismissed me, Il. 24.557, cf. 569, 684; ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι, ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς or wilt leave him alone, 20.311, cf. Hdt. 6.108, etc.; ἐάσωμεν ἕκηλον αὐτόν S. Ph. 825; [πρᾶγμα] ἀκάθαρτον ἐᾶν Id. OT 256; τὰ παθήματα . . παρεῖσʼ ἐάσω Id. OC 363, cf. Th. 2.36; ἐᾶν φιλοσοφίαν Pl. Grg. 484c: c. inf., ἐπὶ Σκύθας ἰέναι . . ἔασον let it alone, Hdt. 3.134; κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν Ἕκτορα we will have done with stealing Hector, Il. 24.71; ἐᾶν περί τινος Pl. Prt. 347c, etc.; ἐῶ γὰρ εἰ φίλον D. 21.122: abs., ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον have done, let be, Il. 21.221, cf. A. Pr. 334; οὐ χρὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶν E. Fr. 491.5; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δʼ ἐάσει he will give one thing, the other he will let alone, Od. 14.444:—Pass., ἡ δʼ οὖν ἐάσθω S. Tr. 329, etc.
  • • 2 for ἐᾶν χαίρειν, v. χαίρω sub fin. (ἐϝάω, cf. ἔβασον· ἔασον, and εὔα· ἔα, Hsch. who also has ἔησον· ἔασον.)

ἐάω, impf. εἴων, aor. εἴασα, ion. auch ἔασα, perf. εἴακα, Dem. 43.78, poet. auch εἰάω, Il. 4.55, Od. 21.260 ; Ap.Rh. 1.873, 4.409 ; εἴασκον, Il. 5.802 ; ἐασόμενος ist pass Thuc. 1.142, wie Eur. I.A. 331;
lassen ;
1) zulassen, geschehen lassen ; αἴ κεν ἐᾷ πρόφρων με Διὸς θυγάτηρ – αὐτόν τε ζώειν Od. 13.359. So Her. 6.108 u. oft bei Attikern, teils absolut, teils mit acc. c. inf.; auch so, daß εἶναι zu fehlen scheint, αὐτονόμους ἐᾶν πολίτας Xen. Hell. 3.1.17, öfter, mit εἶναι, 6.4.2. Mit der Negation (οὐκ ἐᾶν) bedeutet es nicht bloß : nicht zulassen, τρεῖν μʼ οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλάς Il. 6.256, vgl. Od. 21.233, sondern : abhalten, verhindern, verbieten, οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι Il. 4.55 ; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ, auch wenn es Alle verhindern, Soph. Aj. 1184 ; οὐκ ἐάσει τοῦτό γʼ ἡ δίκη σε, das wird dir das Recht nicht gestatten, Ant. 538 ; ἀνώγει δὲ τὠυτὸ αἰεὶ (ὁ νόμος) οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ μένοντας ἐπικρατέειν (sc. κελεύων) Her. 7.104 ; u. so im Ggstz von κελεύω Thuc. 2.21, Plat. u. Folgde. Bes. vom Gesetze, Aesch. 3.21, 176. Dah. im pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, verhindert, abgehalten werden, Eur. I.A. 1344 ; οὐ μὴν εἰάθησαν Isocr. 4.97 ; οὐκ ἐώμενοι Dem. 2.16 ; οὐδὲ μελετῆσαι ἐασόμενοι Thuc. 1.142, fut. med. in pass. Bdtg.
2) gehen-, fahren-, sein lassen ; ἔα χόλον, laß den Zorn fahren, Il. 9.260 ; ἔναρα, gieb die Beute auf, 17.13, öfter ; καὶ νῦν ἔασον, μηδέ σοι μελησάτω vbdt Aesch. Prom. 332 ; so τούτους ἔα, laß sie gehen, kümmere dich nicht um sie, Soph. Tr. 344 ; vgl. Il. 24.557, 569, 684, Od. 8.509 ; φιλοσοφίαν Plat. Gorg. 484c ; u. oft Andeutung des Ueberganges zu etwas Neuem, ταῦτα, er ließ das, brach ab, Xen. An. 7.4.11 ; ὁδόν, unterlassen, 7.3.2 ; τοῖς μὲν ἐπιχειρεῖ, τὰ δὲ ἐᾷ Plat. Rep. II.361a ; auch περὶ ᾀσμάτων ἐάσωμεν Prot. 347a ; περὶ οὗ ὁ λόγος ἐστίν Charmid. 166c, u. öfter ; mit Stillschweigen übergehen, Dem. 21.15, wie Plat. Legg. IX.854c σιγῇ hinzufügt ; ἐαθέντα καὶ παροφθέντα vbdt Dem. 10.8. Vgl. χαίρειν ἐᾶν unter χαίρω. Im Pass., ἡ δʼ οὖν ἐάσθω, sie soll in Ruhe gelassen werden, Soph. Tr. 328 ; einzeln steht τὴν πόλιν ἐατέον τῆς κατοικίσεως, man muß die Einrichtung unterlassen, Plat. Legg. XII.969c. – Soph. O.C. 368 πρὶν μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἦν ἔρως Κρέοντί τις θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι μηδὲ χραίνεσθαι πόλιν : entweder pass., daß der Thron dem Kreon überlassen werde, oder medium statt des activ. – Aehnlich c. inf., unterlassen, aufgeben ; κλέψαι ἐάσομεν Il. 24.71 ; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δὲ ἐάσει, sc. δοῦναι, Od. 14.444 ; absolut, ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ καὶ ἔασον, laß ab, Il. 21.221. Bei Dem. 37.57 entspricht es dem ἀφιέναι, in Ruhe, ohne Prozeß lassen ; vgl. 58.43 ; τὰ ἀλλότρια ἐᾶν, fremdes Gut unangetastet lassen, Xen. Ages. 11.8.
sp.D. brauchen α in fut. u. aor auch kurz ; ἔα u. ἐᾷ bei Hom. Il. 5.256 u. a. D. einsilbig ; vgl. Soph. Ant. 95, O.R. 1451 ; u. so auch ἐάσουσιν mit Synizesis Od. 21.233.

ἐάω

Also ἐῶ Il. 8.428, εἰῶ Il. 4.55.

2 sing. ἐάᾳς Od. 12.282, Od. 19.374.

3 sing. ἐάᾳ Il. 8.414.

3 pl. εἰῶσι Il. 2.132, Il. 11.550, Il. 17.659.

2 sing. subj. ἐάᾳς Od. 11.110, Od. 12.137.

1 pl. εἰῶμεν Od. 21.260.

3 pl. εἰῶσι Il. 20.139.

Opt. ἐῷμι Od. 16.85.

3 sing. ἐῷ Od. 20.12.

Infin. ἐάαν Od. 8.509.

Pa. iterative εἴασκον Il. 5.802.

2 sing. ἔασκες Il. 19.295.

3 sing. εἴασκε Il. 11.125, Il. 20.408: Od. 22.427. ἔασκε Il. 2.832, Il. 11.330, Il. 24.17.

3 pl. fut. ἐά̆σουσι Od. 21.233.

3 sing. aor. εἴᾰσε Il. 10.299.

• • 1
  • • a

      To let (a person) be, leave (him) where he is: [κούρην] Il. 1.276.

    • b

      To let be, do no harm to: σε Il. 24.569, 684. Cf. Il. 16.731: Od. 4.744. (Prob. Il. 24.557 should be added, omitting 558.)–With complementary adj.: εἴ κʼ ἀσινέας ἐάᾳς Od. 11.110 = Od. 12.137.

      Absol. Il. 21.221.

    • c

      To let alone, leave, do nothing further to Il. 5.148, Il. 8.317, Il. 11.148, 323, 426, Il. 20.456, Il. 24.17.

    • d

      To put aside, lay down: δόρυ Od. 10.166.

      To lay aside, depart from: χόλον Il. 9.260.

      To give over, cease from: κλαυθμόν Od. 4.212.

    • e

      To leave, forgo the use of: ἵππους Il. 4.226.

    • f

      To abandon, cease to contend for: ἔναρα Il. 17.13.–

    • g

      To let be, not to mind or trouble about: ἔναρα Il. 15.347: ὅρκον Od. 14.171, μιν Od. 16.147.

      To cease to think about, put out of one’s thoughts: μνηστήρων βουλήν Od. 2.281. Cf. Il. 9.701: Od. 14.183.

    • h

      To disregard, pass by, put aside: ἄλλους Il. 15.87.

    • i

      Not to give, withhold: τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δʼ ἐάσει Od. 14.444.

  • 2

    With infin.

  • • a

      To leave so as to be in a specified or indicated state, let be in such and such a state: περίφαντα κεῖσθαι Il. 5.847. Cf. Il. 5.684, Il. 8.125, Il. 15.472, Il. 16.60, Il. 18.112 = Il. 19.65, Il. 19.8, Il. 24.523: Od. 8.509, Od. 21.260.

    • b

      To leave to do or suffer something: Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς μάρνασθαι Il. 5.32, τοὺς πόνον ἐχέμεν Il. 13.2. Cf. Il. 2.236, 346, Il. 5.465, Il. 8.244 = Il. 15.376, Il. 15.522, Il. 16.96, 451, Il. 20.311, Il. 21.556, Il. 22.398: Od. 18.222.

      To leave to do something, wait for one’s doing it: αὐτόν μιν πατρὸς μνησθῆναι Od. 4.118.

      To turn (animals) loose to feed: σιάλους νέμεσθαι Od. 20.164.

    • c

      To leave or commit to be cared for: τὸν ξεῖνον Τηλεμάχῳ μελέμεν Od. 18.420.

    • d

      To give up the idea of doing something: κλέψαι Ἕκτορα Il. 24.71.

  • 3

    To suffer, let, allow, permit.

    With infin.: νῆας ἑλκέμεν Il. 2.165, εἴ περ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι (seek to hinder) Il. 4.55, εἴσω δʼ οὔ μιν θυμὸς ἐφορμηθῆναι ἐάσει (will not suffice for that) Il. 18.282, Cf. Il. 2.132, Il. 5.717, Il. 8.243, 399, Il. 11.437, Il. 22.416, etc.: δορπῆσαι Od. 7.215, ζώειν Od. 13.359. Cf. Od. 2.70, Od. 7.274, Od. 10.443, 536, Od. 11.453, Od. 12.282, Od. 22.427, etc.

    Absol.: ἀλλά μʼ ἐᾶσαι (let me have my will) Il. 4.42, οὐ γὰρ ἐάσω Il. 17.449, Il. 18.296. Cf. Il. 5.517: Od. 7.41, Od. 10.291, Od. 20.273.

  • 4

    With neg. and infin.

  • • a

      Not to suffer to do something, bid or tell not to do it: οὐδʼ εἴα κλαίειν Il. 7.427. Cf. Il. 2.832 = Il. 11.330, Il. 5.256, 802, 819, Il. 8.414, Il. 11.718, Il. 18.189, Il. 19.295, Il. 20.408, Il. 22.206, Il. 23.4, Il. 24.395: οὐκ ἐάσουσιν δόμεναι Od. 21.233. Cf. Od. 4.805, Od. 9.468, Od. 19.25, Od. 23.77.

    • b

      Not to approve of doing something, give one’s voice against doing it: οὐκ εἴασχʼ Ἑλένην δόμεναι Il. 11.125. Cf. Il. 8.428.

    • c

      To be an obstacle or hindrance to the doing of something: παῖς ἐμὸς ἧος ἔην ἔτι νήπιος γήμασθʼ οὔ μʼ εἴα Od. 19.531.

ἐάω

• • a permit c. acc. pers. Ζεὺς ἄμπαλον μέλλεν θέμεν. ἀλλά μιν οὐκ εἴασεν (sc. Ἀέλιος) O. 7.61 ἔα με· νικῶντί γε χάριν, εἴ τι πέραν ἀερθεὶς ἀνέκραγον, οὐ τραχύς εἰμι καταθέμεν (i. e. forgive me) N. 7.75
  • b let alone, put away ἔα πόλεμον μάχαν τε πᾶσαν χωρὶς ἀθανάτων O. 9.40 “ἔα, φρήν, κυπάρισσον, ἔα δὲ νομὸν Περιδάιον Πα. 4. 50—1.

ἐάω , ἐῶ, εἰῶ, ἐάᾷς, etc., ipf. εἴων, εἴᾱς, εἴᾱ, ἔᾱ, iter. εἴασκον, ἔασκες, fut. ἐάσω, aor. εἴᾱσα, ἔᾱσας, etc.: let, permit, let alone, let be, οὐκ ἐᾶν, prevent, forbid; εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι (note οὐκ εἰῶ in the condition), Il. 4.55, Il. 2.132, ; παύεʼ, ἔᾱ δὲ χόλον, ‘give up’ thy wrath, Il. 9.260; ἵππους ἔᾱσε, ‘left standing,’ Il. 4.226; τὸν μὲν ἔπειτʼ εἴᾱσε, him he ‘let lie,’ Il. 8.317: with inf. of the omitted act., κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν, ‘we will dismiss’ the plan of stealth, Il. 24.71.—Some forms are often to be read with synizesis, ἐᾷ, ἔᾱ, ἐῶμεν, ἐάσουσιν.

ἐάω

• • Ito let, suffer, allow, permit, Lat. sinere, c. acc. pers. et inf., Hom., Attic:—Pass. to be given up, Soph.
  • • 2οὐκ ἐᾶν not to suffer, and then to forbid, hinder, prevent, c. acc. et. inf., Hom., etc.: often an inf. may be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, Soph.
  • IIto let alone, let be, c. acc., Hom., etc.;—absol., ἔασον let be, Aesch.:—Pass., ἡ δʼ οὖν ἐάσθω Soph.
  • • 2in same sense, c. inf., κλέψαι μὲν ἐάσομεν we will have done with stealing, Il.; θεὸς τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δʼ ἐάσει sc. δοῦναι he will give one thing, the other he will let alone, Od.; v. χαίρω fin.