ἕννυμι

ἕννῡμι or ἑννύω (Hsch., cf. ἀμφι-, καθ-), Ion. εἵνυμι, εἱνύω (cf. ἐπι-, κατα-): fut. ἕσω (ἀμφι-) Od. 5.167, Ep. ἕσσω 16.79, etc.: Ep. aor. ἕσσα Il. 5.905 (the common form only in compd. ἀμφι-έσαιμι, ἀμφι-έσασα):—Med., ἕννῠμαι Od. 6.28: impf. ἕννῠτο 5.230: Ep. fut. ἕσσομαι (ἐπιϝ-, ἐφ-) Pi. N. 11.16, A.R. 1.691: aor. (ἀμφὶ) . . ἕσατο Il. 14.178, Ep. (ἐπὶ) . . ἕσσαντο ib. 350: Ep. 3 sg. (ἀμφὶ) . . ἑέσσατο 10.23, Od. 14.529:—Pass., pf. εἷμαι, εἷται, 19.72, 11.191, but 2 sg. ἕσσαι 24.250, 3 sg. ἕσται (ἐπι-) Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.47: plpf. 2 sg. ἕσσο Il. 3.57, Od. 16.199, 3 sg. ἕστο Il. 23.67, Ep. ἕεστο 12.464, 3 dual ἕσθην 18.517,3 pl. εἵατο ib. 596; part. εἱμένος (v. infr.). (ves-, cf. Lat. vestis, Skt. váste ‘clothes himselfʼ: ϝεσ- in βέστον, γεστία, γέστρα (qq. vv.), cf. ϝῆμα Leg.Gort. 3.38.):—

• put clothes on another, c. dupl. acc., κεῖνός σε χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε ἑσσει he will clothe thee in cloak and frock, Od. 15.338, cf. 16.79; χαρίεντα δὲ εἵματα ἕσσε Il. 5.905.
• • II Med. and Pass., c. acc. rei only, clothe oneself in, put on, wear, κακὰ δὲ χροῒ εἵματα εἷμαι Od. 23.115; χλαίνας εὖ εἱμένοι 15.331; freq. of armour, ἕσσαντο περὶ χροῒ νώροπα χαλκόν Il. 14.383, etc.; [ἀσπίδας] ἑσσάμενοι, of tall shields which covered the whole person, ib. 372; [ξυστὰ] κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ shafts clad with brass at their point, 15.389; of any covering, wrap, shroud oneself in, χλαίνας . . καθύπερθεν ἕσασθαι, of bed-clothes, Od. 4.299; ἐπὶ δὲ νεφέλην ἕσσαντο Il. 14.350; ἠέρα ἑσσαμένω ib. 282; εἱμένος ὤμοιιν νεφέλην 15.308: metaph., λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst been clad in coat of stone, i.e. stoned, 3.57; τὸν ἀεὶ κατὰ γᾶς σκότον εἱμένος S. OC 1701; τρυχηρὰ περὶ τρυχηρὸν εἱμένην χρόα λακίσματʼ E. Tr. 496: metaph. also, φρεσὶν εἱμένος ἀλκήν Il. 20.381.—Twice in Trag., elsewh. in Compds., as always in Prose.

ἕννυμι, [ῡ], (Wurzel ϜΕΣ, vgl. ἐσθής, vestis), u. ion. εἵνυμι, fut. ἕσω, ep. ἕσσω, aor. ἕσσα, ἕσαι, fut. med. ἕσομαι, aor. ἑσσάμην, ἀμφὶ δὲ χλαῖναν ἑέσσατο Od. 14.529 ; Il. 10.23 ; perf. pass. εἷμαι – εἵατο, Il. 18.596 ; auch ἕσσο, ἕστο, ἕσθην im dual., 18.517, ἕεστο 12.464;
bekleiden, anziehen ; τινά τι, Einen mit Etwas bekleiden, κεῖνός σε χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε ἕσσει, er wird dir einen Mantel anziehen, Od. 15.338, 16.79, 17.550 ; auch med. u. pass. τί, sich Etwas anziehen, anlegen, mit Etwas bekleidet sein, αὐτὴ δʼ ἀργύφεον φᾶρος ἕννυτο Od. 5.230, λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα, d.i. gesteinigt werden, Il. 3.57 ; χρύσεια δὲ εἵματα ἕσθην 18.517 ; νέοι χλαίνας εὖ εἱμένοι, wohl bekleidet, 15.308 ; auch περὶ χροΐ, Od. 16.457, öfter, u. χροΐ allein, 11.190 ; einzeln bei den folgdn Dichtern, εἵματα δʼ οὐκ ἀσκητὰ ἕννυτο Theocr. 24.138. Auch von Waffen, anlegen, ἕσσαντο νώροπα χαλκόν, τεύχεα ἑσσαμένω, Il. 14.383, 23.803 ; auch ἀσπίδας ἑσσάμενοι, sich mit den Schilden bedeckend, 11.372. Uebh. sich mit Etwas umhüllen, umgeben, νεφέλην ἕσσαντο, sie umhüllten sich mit einer Wolke, Il. 14.350 ; ἠέρα, Finsternis, dicken Nebel um sich hüllen, 14.282, wie Hes. O. 124 ; ὦ τὸν ἀεὶ κατὰ γᾶς σκότον εἱμένος Soph. O.C. 1698 ; übertr., Ποσειδάωνος ἕσσαντʼ εἰναλίου τέμενος, sie traten in den Hain, Pind. P. 4.204. – In anderer Uebertragung φρεσὶν εἱμένος ἀλκήν, mit Mut angetan, Il. 20.381. – In Prosa ist nur das comp. ἀμφιέννυμι gebräuchlich.

†ἕννυμι

(ϝές-νυμι. Cf. L. vestis).

Fut. ἕσσω Od. 13.400, Od. 16.79, Od. 17.550, Od. 21.339.

3 sing. -ει Od. 15.338, Od. 17.557.

Aor. ἕσσα Od. 4.253.

3 sing. -ε Il. 5.905, Il. 16.680, Il. 18.451: Od. 7.265, Od. 10.542, Od. 13.436, Od. 14.320, Od. 16.457.

3 pl. -αν Od. 8.366, Od. 24.59.

Imp. ἕσσον Il. 16.670.

Pple. ἕσσας Od. 14.396.

Infin. ἕσσαι Od. 14.154.

Mid. Pres. infin. ἕννυσθαι Od. 6.28, Od. 14.514, 522.

3 sing. impf. ἕννυτο Od. 5.229, 230, Od. 10.543.

3 sing. aor. ἑέσσατο (ἐϝεσσατο) Il. 10.23, 177: Od. 14.529. ἕσατο Il. 14.178. ἕσσατο Il. 7.207, Il. 10.334: Od. 6.228.

3 pl. ἕσαντο Il. 20.150. ἕσσαντο Il. 14.350, 383: Od. 24.467, 500.

Pple. ἑσσάμενος, -ου Il. 14.282, 372, Il. 19.233, Il. 23.803: Od. 2.3, Od. 4.308, Od. 20.125.

Infin. ἕσασθαι Il. 24.646: Od. 4.299, Od. 7.338.

Pf. εἷμαι (ϝέσ-μαι) Od. 19.72, Od. 23.115.

2 sing. ἕσσαι Od. 24.250.

3 sing. εἷται Od. 11.191.

2 sing. plupf. ἕσσο Il. 3.57: Od. 16.199.

3 sing. ἕεστο Il. 12.464. ἕστο Il. 23.67: Od. 17.203, 338, Od. 19.218, 237, Od. 22.363, Od. 24.158, 227.

3 dual ἕσθην Il. 18.517.

3 pl. εἵατο Il. 18.596.

Pple. εἱμένος, -ου Il. 4.432, Il. 15.308, 389, Il. 20.381: Od. 15.331, Od. 19.327. (ἀμφι-, ἐπι-, κατα-.)

• I

  In act.

• • 1

    To put (clothes) on a person, clothe him with (them): εἵματα ἕσσε Il. 5.905. Cf. Il. 16.670, 680: Od. 4.253, Od. 7.265, Od. 8.366, Od. 13.400, Od. 16.457, Od. 24.59.

  • 2

    To put (clothes) on (a person), clothe (him) with (them).

    With double acc.: ἀμφί με χλαῖναν ἕσσεν Od. 10.542 = Od. 14.320. Cf. Od. 13.436, Od. 14.154, 396, Od. 15.338, Od. 16.79 = Od. 17.550 = Od. 21.339, Od. 17.557.

    So of induing with armour: Πάτροκλον περὶ τὰ ἃ τεύχεα ἕσσεν Il. 18.451.

• II

  In mid.

• • 1

    In pres., impf. and aor.

  • • a

      To put (clothes) on oneself, put (them) on: ἀμφʼ ἑανὸν ἕσατο Il. 14.178. Cf. Il. 10.23, 177, 334: χλαῖναν ἕννυτο Od. 5.229. Cf. Od. 2.3 = Od. 4.308 = Od. 20.125, Od. 5.230 = Od. 10.543, Od. 6.28, 228, Od. 14.529.

      In reference to a covering other than clothes: ἠέρα ἑσσαμένω Il. 14.282. Cf. Il. 14.350, Il. 20.150.

      The infin. in complementary sense: οὐ πολλαὶ χλαῖναί [εἰσι] ἕννυσθαι (to cover oneself withal) Od. 14.514. Cf. Il. 24.646: = Od. 4.299 = Od. 7.338, Od. 14.522.

    • b

      To put on (one’s armour): περὶ χροῒ ἕσσατο τεύχεα Il. 7.207. Cf. Il. 14.383, Il. 19.233, Il. 23.803: Od. 24.467 = 500.

      So of assuming a shield: [ἀσπίδας] ἑσσάμενοι Il. 14.372.

  • 2

    In pf. and plupf., to be in the state of having put on (clothes, etc.); hence

  • • a

      To have on (clothes), be clad in (them), wear (them): χιτῶνας εἵατο Il. 18.596. Cf.Il. 18.517, Il. 23.67: κακὰ εἵματα εἷται Od. 11.191. Cf. Od. 15.331, Od. 16.199, Od. 17.203 = Od. 24.158, Od. 17.338, Od. 19.72, 218, 237, 327, Od. 22.363, Od. 23.115, Od. 24.227, 250.

      In reference to a covering other than clothes: εἱμένος νεφέλην Il. 15.308.

      Fig.: λάϊνόν χʼ ἕσσο χιτῶνα (would have been stoned) Il. 3.57, εἱμένος ἀλκήν Il. 20.381.

    • b

      To have on, wear (armour): χαλκῷ, τὸν ἕεστο Il. 12.464. Cf. Il. 4.432.

      Of a weapon, to be armed or pointed (with something): ξυστὰ κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ Il. 15.389.

ἕννυμι (ϝέννῡμι), fut. ἕσσω, aor. ἕσσα, imp. ἕσσον, inf. ἕσσαι, part. ἕσσᾱς, mid. and pass., pres. inf. ἕννυσθαι, ipf. ἕννυτο, aor. ἕ(σ)σατο, ἑέσσατο, inf. ἕσασθαι, part. ἑσσάμενος, perf. εἷμαι, ἕσσαι, εἷται, part. εἱμένος, plup. 2 sing. ἕσσο, 3 ἕστο, ἕεστο, du. ἕσθην, 3 pl. εἵατο: clothe, put on clothing, mid., on oneself, pass. (esp. perf. and plup.), be clothed in, wear; act., of clothing another, ἕσσᾱς με χλαῖναν τε χιτῶνά τε, Od. 14.396; thus regularly w. two accusatives, Il. 5.905, Od. 15.338, Od. 16.79; mid. w. acc., or acc. and dat., χροὶ χαλκόν, Il. 19.233; also περὶ χροΐ, Il. 7.207; ἀμφʼ ὤμοισιν, Il. 10.177; pass. w. acc. of thing retained, τεύχεα εἱμένος, κακὰ εἱμένος, ἀείκεα ἕσσο, ‘shockingly clothed,’ Il. 4.432, Od. 19.327, Od. 16.199; fig., ἦ τέ κε λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα, ‘hadst been clad in a coat of stone’ (stoned to death), Il. 3.57; φρεσὶν εἱμένος ἀλκήν, Il. 20.381.

ἕννυμι The Root was !ϝες, cf. Lat. vestio

• • Ito put clothes on another, c. dupl. acc., κεῖνός σε χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε ἕσσει he will clothe thee in cloak and frock, Od.
  • IIMid. and Pass., c. acc. rei, to clothe oneself in, to be clad in, put on, to wear, Hom.; ἀσπίδας ἑσσάμενοι, of tall shields which covered the whole person, Il.; [ξυστὰ εἱμένα χαλκῶι shafts clad with brass, Il.; and by a strong metaph., λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst been clad in coat of stone, i. e. stoned by the people, Il.:—metaph. also, φρεσὶ εἱμένοι ἀλκήν Il.