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ἔρδω

ἔρδω, to do

ἔρδω, impf. ἔρδον Il. 11.707, Ion. ἔρδεσκον 9.540, Hdt. 7.33: fut. ἔρξω Od. 11.80, Hes. Op. 327, A. Pers. 1059 (lyr.), S. Ph. 1406 (troch.): aor. ἔρξα Od. 8.490, Hdt. 5.65; and so in A. Th. 923 (but ἦρξεν Ag. 1529 codd.): pf. ἔοργα Il. 5.175, etc.; 3pl. ἔοργαν Batr. 179: plpf. ἐώργειν, 3sg. ἐώργει Od. 4.693, 14.289, ἐόργεε Hdt. 1.127: pf. part. Pass. ἐργμένος B. 12.207: aor. 1 part. Pass. ἐρχθείς ib. 65. (Aspirated acc. to Sch. Ar. Ach. 329, and so freq. in codd. of Hom., cf. Thgn. 690, Epic. ap. Pl. Euthphr. 12a: fr. ϝέργ-yω (through ϝέρζδω), cf. ἔργον: impf. ἔερδον Sol. ap. Arist. Ath. 12.3: aor. 1 ἔϝερξα Inscr.Cypr. 146 H.; written βέρδηι in Schwyzer 183 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.), cf. ϝηρόντων (imper.) GDI 5013ii10, ϝήροντι ib. 4987a2):—
  • Αpoet. and Ion. Verb, do, ὅσσʼ ἔρξαν τʼ ἔπαθόν τε Od. 8.490; ἔρξον ὅπως ἐθέλεις Il. 4.37; ἔρξον ὅπῃ.. νόος ἔπλετο 22.185; εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἔρξῃς 2.364; εὖ ἔρξαντα 5.650, cf. Inscr.Cypr. l.c.; οὔτε εὖ ἔρδων οὔτε κακῶς Thgn. 368; αἴ τις τούτων τι ϝέρκσαι Leg.Gort. 10.30; opp. πάσχω, ἔρξαι τε καὶ παθεῖν Pi. P. 8.6; παθεῖν ἔρξαντες prob. in A. Ag. 1658 (troch.): freq. c. acc., ἔ. ἔργα βίαια, μέγα ἔργον, Od. 2.236, 19.92; ἔ. φίλα, ἐσθλά, πολλά, etc., 15.360, Il. 2.272, 9.320, etc.: sts. c. dat. pers., ὃς δὴ πολλὰ κάκʼ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐώργει Od. 14.289; μὴ Νυκτὶ..ἀποθύμια ἔρδοι Il. 14.261, cf. Mosch. 4.93 codd.: more freq. c. dupl. acc, ὅ με πρότερος κάκʼ ἔοργε Il. 3.351; κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε Τρῶας 5.175, cf. 9.540, A. Pers. 236 (troch.), etc.; ἀνήκεστον πάθος ἔ. τινά Hdt. 1.137; also εὖ ἔ. τινά Thgn. 105, 955, Semon. 7.80, etc.; κακῶς Hdt. 6.88, E. Med. 1302: without an Adv., ἔ. τινά to do one harm, S. Ph. 683 (lyr.): less freq. with Subst. alone as object, ἔ. πήματα A. Pers. 786; προσωφέλησιν S. Ph. 1406 (troch.); ἔρδοι τις ἣν ἕκαστος εἰδείη τέχνην let him practise.., Ar. V. 1431; also φάρμακα ταῦτʼ ἔρδοισα χερείονα μήτε τι Κίρκας Theoc. 2.15:—Pass., τὸ καλῶς ἐργμένον B. 12.207; εὖ ἐρχθέντος ib. 65.
      • 2 offer a sacrifice (cf. ῥέζω), not in pf. and plpf.; ἔρδομεν ἀθανάτοισι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας Il. 2.306; ἔ. ἱερὰ καλά Hes. Th. 417; σφάγια θεοῖσιν ἔρδειν A. Th. 231; Διὶ θυσίας Hdt. 1.131:—Pass., θυσίη ἐρδομένη ὧδε Id. 4.60; θανόντεσσιν ἐρδόμενον μέρος Pi. O. 8.78: abs., offer sacrifice, ἔρδειν..ἱεροῖς ἐπὶ βωμοῖς Hes. Op. 136, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.59.—Found in late Ion. Prose, Aret. CA 2.3. (ῥέζω is another form of this verb.)

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