ἵημι

ἵημι, ἵης (v.l. ἵεις S. El. 596, Castorio 2), ἵησι, 3 pl. ἱᾶσι, Ion. and Ep. ἱεῖσι; imper. ἵει Il. 21.338, E. El. 593 (lyr.); subj. ἱῶ; opt. ἱείην (also ἀφ-ίοιμι, X. HG 6.4.3); inf. ἱέναι; part. ἱείς:—thematic forms of the pres. (as if from ἱέω) are also found, esp. in compds., cf. μεθίημι, σύνιημι: also, as if from ἵω, 3 sg. pres. ἵει A.R. 4.634, imper. ξύν-ιε Thgn. 1240b codd.: impf. 3 sg. ἵει Il. 1.479, Dor. ἀν-ίη SIG 1 (Abu Simbel, vi B.C.); 3 pl. ἵεσαν E. Ba. 1099, ἵεν Il. 12.33, ξύν-ιεν (v.l. -ιον) 1.273; also 2 sg. ἵεις Ar. V. 355; Ion. impf. ἵεσκε (ἀν-) Hes. Th. 157: fut. ἥσω Il. 17.515, etc.: aor. 1 ind. ἧκα Il. 5.125, etc., Ep. ἕηκα 1.48 (mostly in compds.); 3 sg. subj. ᾗσι 15.359; 3 sg. opt. εἵη 3.221; inf. εἷναι Ar. Ra. 133, Ep. ἐξ-έμεναι Od. 11.531: pf. εἷκα, only in compds. (ἀφ-, καθ-, παρ-, συν-), also ἕωκα (ἀφ-) PCair.Zen. 502.4 (iii B.C.), Hdn.Gr. 2.236:—Med., pres. ἵεμαι Od. 2.327, etc.; also 3 pl. προ-ίονται PCair.Zen. 151.4 (iii B.C.): impf. ἱέμην Ar. Eq. 625, etc.: fut. ἥσομαι (μετ-) Hdt. 5.35, (προ-) D. 1.12, (ἐξαν-) E. Andr. 718: aor. 1 ἡκάμην (only in compds. προσ-, προ-): aor. 2 εἵμην, Ep. and Ion. ἕμην, of which we find εἷτο (ἐφ-) S. Ph. 619, (ἀφ-) X. Hier. 7.11, ἕτο (συν-) Od. 4.76, ἕντο (ἐξ-) Il. 9.92, etc.; imper. ἕο (ἐξ-) Hdt. 5.39, οὗ (ἀφ-) S. OT 1521; subj. ὧμαι (συν-) Il. 13.381; opt. εἵμην (ἀφ-) Ar. Av. 628, or οἵμην (προ-) Pl. Grg. 520c; inf. ἕσθαι (προσ-) Ar. V. 742; part. ἕμενος (προ-) Th. 6.78, Isoc. 4.164, etc.:— Pass., fut. ἑθήσομαι (ἀν-) Th. 8.63: aor. εἵθην (only in compds. ἀφ-, καθ-, παρ-): pf. εἷμαι (only in compds.); also ἕωμαι in compds. ἀν-, ἀφ-, ἐφ- (q.v.): plpf. εἵμην (only in compds.).—Of the Pass. and Med. Hom. has only pres., impf., and 3 pl. aor. 2 Med. ἕντο.—For varieties peculiar to special compds., v. ἀν-, ἀφ-, ὑφ-ίημι. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. ja-c-io or with Lat. sēmen:—Med. ἵεμαι prob. from ϝῑ-, cf. εἴσομαι II, Skt. véti (pl. vyánti) ‘press forward, desire’, Lat. vīs (2 sg.), invitus.) [ῐ generally in Hom. and Ep., ῑ in Att.; sts. ῑ in Hom., ἵει Il. 16.152, etc.; ἱεῖσαι Od. 12.192; also in inf. ἱέμεν, ἱέμεναι, part. ἱέμενος, etc., ξυν-ί̄ετε Archil. 50: ῐ sts. in Trag., ῐησι A. Th. 309 (lyr.), ῐέντα ib. 493, ῐείς, ῐεῖσα, E. IT 298, IA 1101, Hec. 338; ῐεῖσαν Id. Supp. 281; in Com., συνῐημι Ar. Av. 946 (s. v.l.), Strato Com. 1.3: with variation of quantity, πλεῖστον οὖλον ἵει [ῐ], ἴουλον ἵει [ῑ] Carm.Pop. 1.]:—

• release, let go, ἧκα . . πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι Od. 12.442; ἧκε φέρεσθαι let him float off, Il. 21.120; let fall, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος ἧκε κόμας made his locks flow down from his head, Od. 6.231; [ἐθείρας] ἵει λόφον ἀμφί Il. 19.383; ἐκ δὲ ποδοῖιν ἄκμονας ἧκα δύω I let two anvils hang from his two legs, 15.19; ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρὸς φάσγανον ἧκε χαμᾶζε Od. 22.84, cf. Il. 12.205; ἵεις σαυτὸν κατὰ τοῦ τείχους Ar. V. 355; ἧκαν ἑαυτούς let themselves go, X. An. 4.5.18; ἵεσαν φυγῇ πόδα E. Rh. 798.
• • • 2 of sounds, utter, ὄπα Il. 3.152, Od. 12.192; ἔπεα Il. 3.221; γλῶσσαν Hdt. 1.57; Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἱ. to speak Greek, Id. 9.16; Δωρίδα, Ἀττικὴν γλῶσσαν, Th. 3.112, Sol. 36.10; φωνὴν Παρνησίδα A. Ch. 563; δύσθροα βάγματα Id. Pers. 636 (lyr.); ἐκ στηθέων ἄλγος Id. Th. 865 (lyr.); μέγαν κωκυτόν S. Aj. 851, etc.; but πᾶσαν γλῶσσαν ἱ. to let loose every kind of speech, Id. El. 596; πᾶσαν (τὸ λεγόμενον) φωνὴν ἱέντα Pl. Lg. 890d; τὸ τᾶς εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες, i.e. speaking not in words, but in silent thought, S. OC 133 (lyr.); ἧκε abs. (sc. φωνήν), Plu. Sollert. 2.973e; of instruments, ἄλλα μέλη τῶν χορδῶν ἱεισῶν Pl. Lg. 812d.
    • 3 throw, hurl, λᾶαν, βέλος, δόρυ, Od. 9.538, Il. 4.498, E. Rh. 63; ἱέναι (sc. τινά) πέτρας ἄπο E. HF 320, cf. S. Tr. 273: c. gen. pers., to throw or shoot at one, ὀϊστόν τινος Il. 13.650; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοις ἵεσαν βέλεα Hes. Th. 684: metaph., ἐκ μαλθακᾶς φρενὸς ὀϊστοὺς ἱέντες Pi. O. 2.90.
    • • b abs., throw, shoot, τόσσον γὰρ ἵησιν Od. 9.499, cf. 8.203, Il. 17.515, Pl. Tht. 194a, etc.; ἄνω ἱέντες X. An. 3.4.17; δίσκοισιν τέρποντο . . ἱέντες Il. 2.774, al.: c. gen. objecti, τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱείς shooting at great spirits, S. Aj. 154; ἐπὶ στόχον (στοίχων codd.) at a mark, X. Ages. 1.25: c. dat. instr., ἵησι τῇ ἀξίνῃ Id. An. 1.5.12.
    • 4 of water, let flow, spout forth, ῥόον Il. 12.25; [Ἀξιὸς] ὕδωρ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησι 21.158; ῥέος A. Pr. 812: abs., [ποταμὸς] ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησιν the river pours over the land, Od. 11.239; [κρήνη] ἵησι 7.130; of tears, δάκρυον ἧκε χαμᾶζε 16.191; of fire or smoke, ἵει νᾶμα παμφάγου πυρός E. Med. 1187; λιγνύν A. Th. 493.
    • 5 send, of living beings, τίς γάρ σε θεῶν ἐμοὶ ἄγγελον ἧκε; Il. 18.182; Αἰνείαν . . ἐξ ἀδύτοιο ἧκε 5.513; of omens or portents, τοῖσι δὲ δεξιὸν ἧκεν ἐρῳδιόν 10.274; ἔλαφον . . εἰς ὁδὸν αὐτὴν ἧκεν Od. 10.159; τέρας 21.415; generally of things, ἴκμενον οὖρόν τινι Il. 1.479, etc.
  • II Med., speed oneself, hasten, freq. in part. with Advs., πρόσω ἵεσθε Il. 12.274; ἐνθένδʼ ἱέμην Ar. Eq. 625; ἱ. Τροίηνδε, Ἔρεβόσδε, Od. 19.187, 20.356: with Preps., ἵεσθαι κατὰ τὴν φωνήν Hdt. 2.70; πρός τινα Id. 9.78; δρόμῳ ἵεσθαι ἐς τοὺς βαρβάρους Id. 6.112; ἵετʼ εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη S. OT 1242; ἐς ὄρεα E. Ba. 140 (lyr.); εἰς Κολωνόν Pherecr. 134; ἵ. ἐπί τινα spring upon, of the lion, Arist. HA 629b24: abs., ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα S. Ant. 432; ἱέμενος ῥεῖ rushing, Pl. Cra. 420a, etc.
  • • 2 metaph., to be eager, desire to do a thing, c. inf., ἵετο γὰρ βαλέειν Il. 16.383; βαλέειν δέ ἑ ἵετο θυμός 8.301; ἵετο θυμῷ τείσασθαι . . 2.589: c. gen., to be set upon, long for a thing, in part., ἱέμενοι πόλιος, νίκης, 11.168, 23.371; νόστοιο Od. 15.69; λεχέων S. Tr. 514 (lyr.); ἱέμενος ποταμοῖο ῥοάων setting thyself toward, Od. 10.529: abs. in part., ἱέμενός περ eager though he was, 1.6, etc.

ἵημι, (ἙΩ) ἱεῖσι, att. ἱᾶσι, inf. ἱέναι, ep. ἱέμεναι, ἱέμεν ; im conj. schwankt die Schreibung, ἀφιῇ Plat. Rep. VII.520a, ἀφίῃ Euthyphr. 5b, μεθίῃσι Il. 13.234, gew. παρίωμεν, παρίωσι ; impf. ἵην, im sing. gew. ἵουν, ἵεις, ἵει, über ἵειν s. ἀφίημι u. προίημι, ἵεν = ἵεσαν, Il. 12.33, s. auch ξύνιον ; fut. ἥσω ; aor. I. ἦκα, ep. ἕηκα, im plur. aor.2 ἕμεν, ἕτε, ἕσαν, mit dem Augment εἷμεν, εἷτε, εἷσαν, inf. εἷναι ; bei Hom. kommt dieser aor.2vom simplex gar nicht vor, nur med. ἕντο ; perf. εἷκα, εἷμαι, nachhomerisch;
in schnelle Bewegung setzen :
   a) schicken, senden ; zunächst von lebenden Wesen, τίς γάρ σε θεῶν ἐμοὶ ἄγγελον ἧκε Il. 18.182 ; τοῖσι δὲ δεξιὸν ἧκεν ἐρωδιόν 10.274 ; τόν ῥʼ αὐτὸς Ὀλύμπιος ἧκε φόωσδε (δράκων) 2.309 ; auch ἐν δὲ παρηορίῃσιν Πήδασον ἵει, er schickte den Pedasos an die Leine, spannte ihn daran, 16.152 ; εἰ γάρ μʼ εἰς Τάρταρον ἧκε Aesch. Prom. 154 ; αὐτὸν ἀπʼ ἄκρας πλακός Soph. Tr. 272, schleuderte ihn ; ἱέναι πέτρας ἄπο Eur. Herc.Fur. 320 ; ἱεὶς σεαυτὸν κατὰ τοῦ τείχους Ar. Vesp. 355 ; selten in Prosa, συστρέψας ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ θηρίον ἦκεν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ὡς διαρπασόμενος Plat. Rep. I.336b.
   b) einen leblosen Körper werfen, schleudern, bes. ein Geschoß ; λᾶαν ἀείρας ἧκʼ ἐπιδινήσας Od. 9.538 ; ὁ δʼ οὐχ ἅλιον βέλος ἦκεν Il. 4.498, vgl. 1.382 ; δίσκοισι τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες Od. 4.626 ; ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοις ἵεσαν βέλεα Hes. Th. 684 ; ὀϊστόν Pind. Ol. 9.12 ; ἐν δίσκοις I. 1.25 ; ἀπὸ τόξου ἱείς N. 6.29 ; χεροῖν ἰόν Soph. Tr. 564 ; δόρυ Eur. Rhes. 63 ; θύρσοις ἵεσαν διʼ αἰθέρα Bacch. 1099 ; absol., mit Auslassung des Geschosses, schießen, Il. 2.774, 17.515, Od. 8.203, 9.499 ; Eur. I.A. 152 ; τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις, auf sie schleudernd, schießend, Soph. Aj. 154 ; ἵησι τῇ ἀξίνῃ τὸν Κλέαρχον Xen. An. 1.5.12 ; vgl. Plat. Theaet. 194a οἷον τοξότην φαῦλον ἱέντα παραλλάξαι τοῦ σκοποῦ, wenn er schießt u. verfehlt,
   c) die Stimme in Bewegung setzen, ertönenlassen, einen Laut von sich geben ; ὄπα τε μεγάλην ἐκ στήθεος ἵει καὶ ἔπεα Il. 3.221 ; Od. 12.192 ; βάγματα δύσθροον αὐδάν Aesch. Pers. 637 ; φωνήν Ch. 556 ; θρῆνον ἐκ στηθέων ἥσειν Spt. 847 ; ἔπος δυσθρήνητον Soph. Ant. 1196 ; κωκυτόν Aj. 838 ; πᾶσαν ἵης γλῶσσαν El. 586 ; πάσας φθογγὰς ἱεῖσα Eur. Hec. 338 ; διαπρύσιον κέλαδον Hel. 1325 ; μηδεμίαν φωνήν Her. 2.2 ; τὸν Πέρσην Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἱέντα, der hellenisch sprach, 9.16 ; von Eseln, μᾶλλον πολλῷ ἵεσαν τῆς φωνῆς 4.135 ; αἳ ἱᾶσι καλλίστην φωνήν Plat. Phaedr. 259d ; Rep. X.617b ; von Instrumenten, ἄλλα μέλη τῶν χορδῶν ἱεισῶν Legg. VII.812d.
   d) vom Wasser, ergießen, fließen lassen ; Ἀξιοῦ, ὃς κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησι Il. 21.158 ; mit Auslassung von ὕδωρ, ἡ δʼ ἑτέρωθεν (κρήνη) ὑπʼ αὐλῆς οὐδὸν ἵησιν Od. 7.130, sprudelt hervor, vgl. 11.239 ; ἵησι σεπτὸν Νεῖλος εὔποτον ῥέος Aesch. Prom. 814, vgl. Spt. 291 ; auch θαυμαστὸν ἵει νᾶμα παμφάγου πυρός, Eur. Med. 1187, den Feuerstrom ; ähnl. Τυφῶνʼ ἱέντα πυρπνόον διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν, der hervorschnaubt, Aesch. Spt. 475. – So auch von Tränen, bei Hom., κὰδ δὲ παρειῶν δάκρυον ἧκε χαμᾶζε, ließ auf die Erde fallen, Od. 16.191 ; ἵετε δάκρυ Aesch. Ch. 150. Vgl. ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρὸς φάσγανον ἧκε χαμᾶζε, ließ das Schwert auf die Erde fallen, Od. 22.84 ; Il. 12.205 ; ἧκε φέρεσθαι, ließ fallen, 21.120, Od. 12.442. – Vgl. auch Xen. ἧκαν ἑαυτοὺς κατὰ τῆς χιόνος εἰς τὴν νάπην, sie ließen sich hinab, An. 5.4.18. Und so auch sonst
   e) übertr. auf trockne Dinge, bes. von Haaren, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος ἧκε κόμας, vom Haupte ließ sie die Haare herabwallen, gleichsam herabfließen, Od. 6.231 ; ἐθείρας ἵει ἀμφὶ λόφον, er ließ die Haare um den Helmknauf als Helmbusch niederwallen, Il. 19.383, 22.316. Vgl. ἐκ δὲ ποδοῖϊν ἄκμονας ἧκα δύο, von deinen Beinen ließ ich zwei Ambosse herabhangen, hing sie daran, Il. 15.19 ; τοῖσιν δʼ ἴκμενον οὖρον ἵει, günstigen Fahrwind senden, 1.479 ; ἵεσαν φυγῇ πόδα, setzten den Fuß in Bewegung, Eur. Rhes. 798 ; ohne πόδα, ἐπὶ Κυκλώπων ἱεὶς θυμέλας I.A. 152.
Med. ἵεμαι, sich in Bewegung setzen, streben wonach, begehren, verlangen, bes. c. inf., ἵετο γὰρ βαλέειν, Il. 16.383 u. öfter ; πᾶσαι δʼ ἄρʼ ἵεντο αἷμα μέλαν πιέειν Hes. Sc. 251 ; mit dem Zusatze θυμός, θυμῷ, βαλέειν δέ ἑἵετο θυμός, Il. 8.301, ὁ δὲ ἵετο θυμῷ Ἰδομενῆα βαλεῖν, 13.386, 2.589 ; c. gen., ἱέμενοι πόλιος 11.168, νίκης 23.371, νόστοιο Od. 15.69 ; öfter οἴκαδε, ἔρεβόσδε, Τροίηνδε, 19.187 ; ἵετʼ εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη Soph. O.R. 1242 ; Tr. 512 ; εἰς ὄρεα, Eur. Bacch. 140 u. öfter ; ἱέμενος ῥεῖ Plat. Crat. 419e ; Phaedr. 241b, Crat. 427a, mit der v. I. ἴεται, ἴεσθαι, s. εἶμι. – Oft bei Hom. ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, als sie die Begierde nach Speise u. Trank aus sich herausgeschafft harten, als sie sich gesättigt hatten, eigtl. tmesis, vgl. ἐξίημι. – Das auch hierher gerechnete ἑῶμεν s. oben besonders.
[Ι der ersten Silbe bei Hom. u. a. Ep. gew. kurz, bei Attikern mit wenigen Ausnahmen (Aesch. Spt. 310, 493 Eur. I.A. 298) lang ; aber lang ist es auch bei Hom. in den Formen des praes. u. impf. med., wie in ἵει, Il. 3.221, 16.152, ἱεῖσαι, Od. 12.192, notwendig in ἱέμεν u. ἱέμεναι ; so auch in den Compositis.]

†ἵημι1

(σί-σημι)

[redup. fr. ση-.]

3 sing. ἵησι Il. 3.12, Il. 21.158: Od. 7.130, Od. 9.499, Od. 11.239.

3 pl. ἱεῖσι Il. 3.152.

Pl. pple. ἱέντες Il. 2.774: Od. 4.626, Od. 17.168.

Fem. ἱεῖσαι Od. 12.192.

Infin. ἱέμεναι Il. 22.206.

3 pl. impf. ἵεν Il. 12.33.

Fut. ἥσω (σήσω) Il. 17.515.

3 sing. ἥσει Il. 14.240.

Infin. ἥσειν Od. 8.203.

Aor. ἧκα Il. 5.125, Il. 15.19: Od. 12.442.

3 sing. ἕηκε (ἔσηκε) Il. 1.48. ἧκε Il. 1.195, Il. 4.75, Il. 5.513, etc.: Od. 6.231, Od. 9.481, Od. 16.191, etc.

3 sing. aor. subj. ᾗσι Il. 15.359.

Opt. εἵην Il. 24.227.

3 sing. εἵη Il. 3.221.

Infin. εἷναι Il. 13.638. From ἱέω.

3 sing. impf. ἵ̄ει Il. 16.152. ἵ̆ει Il. 1.479, Il. 4.397, Il. 10.71, Il. 12.25, Il. 13.650, Il. 19.383, Il. 22.316: Od. 2.420, Od. 11.7, Od. 12.149, Od. 15.292.

Imp. ἵει Il. 21.338.

Mid. 3 pl. aor. ἕντο Il. 1.469, Il. 7.323, Il. 9.92, Il. 23.57, etc.: Od. 1.150, Od. 4.68, Od. 14.454, Od. 17.99, etc. Pass 3 pl. pres. ἵενται Il. 4.77.

(ἀν-, ἀποπρο-, ἀφ-, ἐν-, ἐξ-, ἐξαν-, ἐπιπρο-, ἐφ-, καθ-, μεθ-, παρ-, προ-, συν-, ὑπερ-, ὑφ-.)

• • 1

    To send forth, throw, hurl, launch, let fly (a missile): ὀϊστόν Il. 13.650, δόρυ Il. 16.608. Cf. Il. 1.48, 382, Il. 2.774, Il. 3.12, Il. 4.498 = Il. 15.575, Il. 7.269, Il. 8.134, Il. 16.736, Il. 22.206, Il. 23.840, 863: δίσκον Od. 8.189. Cf. Od. 4.626 = Od. 17.168, Od. 8.203, Od. 9.481, 538, Od. 21.420.

    Absol., to throw, make a throw, make one’s throw: ἥσω καὶ ἐγώ Il. 17.515. Cf. Il. 15.359: Od. 9.499.

    To shoot one’s arrow: διὰ δʼ ἧκε σιδήρου Od. 21.328, Od. 24.177.

  • 2

    In gen., to throw, send, cause to fall: ἐέρσας ἐξ αἰθέρος Il. 11.53. Cf. Il. 13.204, Il. 21.120.

  • 3

    To send from oneself, let fall from one’s grasp: φάσγανον ἧκε χαμᾶζε Od. 22.84. Cf. Il. 12.205, Il. 17.299.

    To let (oneself) fall: ἧκα καθύπερθε πόδας καὶ χεῖρε Od. 12.442.

  • 4

    To shed (tears) Od. 16.191, Od. 23.33.

  • 5

    To send forth (the voice): ἱεῖσαι ὄπα κάλλιμον Od. 12.192. Cf. Il. 3.152, 221, Il. 14.151.

  • 6

    To cause (waters) to flow: ἐς τεῖχος ἵει ῥόον Il. 12.25.

    Of a river, to send or roll (its waters): ᾗ πρόσθεν ἵεν [ποταμοὶ] ὕδωρ Il. 12.33. Cf. Il. 21.158.

    Absol.: Ἐνιπῆος, ὃς κάλλιστος ποταμῶν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησιν Od. 11.239.

    So of a fountain: δύω κρῆναι ἡ μὲν . . . ἡ δ ὑπʼ αὐλῆς οὐδὸν ἵησδιν Od. 7.130.

  • 7

    To send or dispatch as a messenger, on a specified or indicated mission, for some purpose, to a specified destination: πρὸ γὰρ ἧκέ μιν Ἥρη Il. 18.168. Cf. Il. 1.195, 208, Il. 4.397, Il. 18.182, Il. 24.375: ἄγγελον ἧκαν Od. 15.458. Cf. Od. 10.159, Od. 21.21.

    To cause (a person) to come forth, bring (him) forth: αἰνείαν ἐξ ἀδύτοιο Il. 5.513.

    To send (a wind): ἴκμενον οὖρον ἵει Il. 1.479: Od. 2.420 = Od. 15.292, Od. 11.7 = Od. 12.149.

    To send (evil): κακότητα Il. 10.71.

  • 8

    In gen., to send forth, cause to appear: δράκοντα φόωσδε Il. 2.309, τοῦ πολλοὶ ἀπὸ σπινθῆρες ἵενται Il. 4.77. Cf. Il. 4.75, Il. 8.76, 247 = Il. 24.315, Il. 10.274: Od. 21.415.

  • 9

    To expel by satiety, put thus away (desire, inclination or appetite, thought of as something physical): ἐπὴν γόου ἐξ ἔρον εἵην Il. 24.227.

    Cf. Il. 13.638.

    In mid.: ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο Il. 1.469 = Il. 2.432 = Il. 7.323 = Il. 9.92 = 222 = Il. 23.57 = Il. 24.628: = Od. 1.150 = Od. 3.67 = 473 = Od. 4.68 = Od. 8.72 = 485 = Od. 12.308 = Od. 14.454 = Od. 15.143 = 303 = 501 = Od. 16.55 = 480 = Od. 17.99, ἐπεὶ σίτοιο ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο Od. 24.489.

  • 10

    To cause to be in a specified place or position, set, place, put, hang, throw: ἐν ἕρματα ἧκε λοβοῖσιν Il. 14.182, ὑπὸ θρῆνυν ἥσει 240, ἐκ ποδοῖιν ἄκμονας ἧκα Il. 15.19, ἐν αὐτὸν ἵει πυρί (set him on fire) Il. 21.338. Cf. Il. 18.612, Il. 19.383 = Il. 22.316: κατὰ κάρητος οὔλας ἧκε κόμας Od. 6.231 = Od. 23.158, ὑπʼ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ Od. 9.245 = 309 = 342. Cf. Od. 10.317, Od. 19.57, Od. 21.47.

    Of harnessing a horse: ἐν παρηορίῃσι πήδασον ἵει Il. 16.152.

    Of applying fire: ἐν πυρὸς μένος ἧκεν Il. 23.177.

  • 11

    To inspire or infuse (spirit, panic): ἔν τοι στήθεσσι μένος ἧκα Il. 5.125, ἐν κυδοιμὸν ἧκεν Il. 11.539. Cf. Il. 15.327, Il. 16.291, 730, Il. 23.400.

ἵημι 2

(ϝίημι). Only in mid. Fut. εἴσομαι (ϝίσομαι) Il. 14.8, Il. 21.335, Il. 24.462: Od. 22.7.

3 sing. εἴσεται Od. 15.213.

3 sing. aor. ἐείσατο (ἐϝίσατο) Il. 15.415: Od. 22.89. εἴσατο Il. 4.138, Il. 5.538, Il. 12.118, Il. 13.191, Il. 17.518: Od. 24.524.

3 dual ἐεισάσθην Il. 15.544.

(ἐσ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, μεθ-.)

• • 1

    To aim at, take one’s aim at.

    With genit.: Ὀδυσῆος ἐείσατο Od. 22.89.

    With acc.: σκοπὸν ἄλλον εἴσομαι Od. 22.7 (or the word may be referred to εἴδω III.10).

  • 2

    To desire, be eager or anxious, long, to do something specified or indicated, be set on doing it: τό οἱ οὔ τις ἐρύκακεν ἱεμένων περ Il. 15.450 = Il. 17.292. Cf. Il. 16.396, Il. 17.276: ἕεται αἰνῶς Od. 2.327. Cf. Od. 1.6, Od. 4.284, Od. 10.246, Od. 16.430, Od. 21.129, Od. 22.256, 273, 409, Od. 23.353.

    With complementary infin.: ἵετʼ αἰνείαν κτεῖναι Il. 5.434, ἱέμενος Τροίην ἐξαλαπάξαι (in my eagerness to . . .) Il. 8.241. Cf. Il. 2.589, Il. 8.301 = 310, Il. 11.537, Il. 12.68, Il. 13.386, 424, 501 = Il. 16.761, Il. 13.585, Il. 16.359, 383 = 866, Il. 16.507, Il. 18.501, 547, Il. 20.469, 502: ἱέσθην ἐπὶ νῆα νέεσθαι Od. 3.344, ἐμὲ ἱέμενοι γῆμαι Od. 21.72. Cf. Od. 1.58, Od. 4.823 = Od. 13.426 = Od. 15.30, Od. 14.142, 282, Od. 15.201.

    To be eager to go or make one’s way in a specified direction: οἴκαδε ἱεμένων Il. 2.154. Cf. Od. 3.160, Od. 9.261, Od. 17.5, Od. 19.187.

    Of a missile weapon checked in its eager course: ἐγχείη ἐνὶ γαίῃ ἔστη ἱεμένη Il. 20.280.

    So with complementary infin.: ἐγχείη ἐνὶ γαίῃ ἔστη ἱεμένη χροὸς ἄμεναι Il. 21.70.

  • 3

    To be eager for, strive for, be set upon.

    With genit.: νίκης ἱεμένων Il. 23.371. Cf. Il. 23.718, 767: ἱέμενον νόστοιο Od. 15.69.

  • 4

    To hasten, speed, rush, press, make one’s way: πρόσω ἵεσθε Il. 12.274, τάχα εἴσομαι Il. 14.8 (or the word may be referred to εἴδω III.1), πάλιν εἴσομαι Il. 24.462. Cf. Il. 8.313, Il. 12.118, Il. 13.291, 707, Il. 15.415, Il. 16.382: ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε Od. 20.356. Cf. Od. 22.304.

    With genit. of the point aimed at: ἱέμενοι πόλιος Il. 11.168: ἱέμενος ποταμοῖο ῥοάων (moving towards the river) Od. 10.529.

    With fut. pple. indicating purpose: ζεφύροιο εἴσομαι ὄρσουσα θύελλαν Il. 21.335. Cf. Od. 15.213.

    So with fut. infin.: ἐεισάσθην τεύχεα δυλήσειν Il. 15.544.

    With aor. infin.: ἄλλος κʼ ἀνὴρ ἵετο ἰδέειν παῖδας Od. 13.334.

    Of a weapon, to take its way: διαπρὸ εἴσατο χαλκός Il. 5.538 = Il. 17.518: = Od. 24.524. Cf. Il. 4.138, Il. 15.543, Il. 20.399.

  • 5

    App., to reach.

    With genit.: οὔ πῃ χροὸς εἴσατο Il. 13.191 (for the sense with v.l. χρώς see εἴδω II.1).

ἵ˘ημι (ἵει impv.; ἱείς, ἱέντʼ(α), ἱέντες: impf. ἵ̄εσαν, ἱ̆εν: med. ἰ̄έμενοι, cf. Ed. Hermann, Sprachwiss. Komm. zu ausgew. Stücken aus Hom., Heidelberg, 1965², 26.)

• • a act. let go, shoot τίνα βάλλομεν ὀιστοὺς ἱέντες O. 2.90 πτερόεντα δʼ ἵει γλυκὺν Πυθῶνάδʼ ὀιστόν O. 9.11 ἐμὲ δʼ εὐθὺν ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον O. 13.94 ἔλπομαι μέγα εἰπὼν σκοποῦ ἄντα τυχεῖν ὥτʼ ἀπὸ τόξου ἱείς N. 6.28 οἷά τε χερσὶν ἀκοντίζοντες αἰχμαῖς, καὶ λιθίνοις ὁπότʼ <ἐν> δίσκοις ἵεν (loc. susp.) I. 1.25 ]ἱέντʼ ε[ fr. 6a. f. met., utter, χαίρω δὲ πρόσφορον ἐν μὲν ἔργῳ κόμπον ἱείς N. 8.49 πολὺν ῥόθον ἵεσαν ἀπὸ στομ[άτων] Ἐλείθυιά τε καὶ Λάχεσις Pae. 12.16
  • b med. rush, push ἐς δὲ κίνδυνον βαθὺν ἰέμενοι (ἱέμενοι edd. vulg.) P. 4.207 [
  • c in tmesis, v. ἐνίημι.]

ἵημι , ἵησι, 3 pl. ἱεῖσι, inf. ἱέμεναι, part. ἱέντες, ἱεῖσαι, imp. ἵει, ipf. ἵει, 3 pl. ἵεν, fut. ἥσω, aor. ἧκα, ἕηκα, 3 pl. ἧκαν and ἕσαν, subj. ᾗσιν, opt. εἵην, inf. εἷναι, mid. pres. ἵεται, imp. ἵεσθε, part. ἱέμενος, ipf. ἵετο, ἵεντο, aor. 3 pl. ἕντο: let go, i. e. set in motion of any sort.—I. act., send, ἄγγελόν τινι, Il. 18.182; put to anything, as harness, Il. 16.152; throw, let fly, μετὰ (adv.) δʼ ἰὸν ἕηκεν, ‘in among them,’ Il. 1.48; so ‘let fall’ anything, as tears, a sword from the hand, ‘let down’ the hair, ‘let on’ water, Il. 12.25, and of the river itself ‘rolling’ its waters (thus, intrans., Od. 11.239, Od. 7.130); metaph., of ‘dismissing,’ i. e. by satisfying, a desire, ἔρον, Il. 13.638; ‘inspiring’ one with force, Il. 5.125; ‘laying’ misfortune on one, Il. 10.71. The applications of the word are very numerous, but always distinct if the fundamental signification be held in mind. The ground-meaning, as may be seen from the examples, usually gets a specific turn from the context, esp. by means of adverbs (ἐν, ἐξ, κατά, μετά, etc.).—II. mid., set oneself in motion at something (τινός), ἱέμενος ποταμοῖο ῥοάων, ‘giving thyself a direction’ toward Oceanus, Od. 10.529; so ‘press on,’ ‘hasten,’ Il. 13.707, Il. 12.274; met., with and without θῡμῷ, ‘strive after’ (τινός), ‘be eager,’ Il. 23.371; θῡμός, Il. 8.301; freq. phrase, ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, had dismissed ‘from themselves,’ Il. 1.469, Od. 1.150.

ἵημι

• • Ito set a going, put in motion, being the Causal of εἶμι (ibo), ἧκα πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι Od.; ἱ. πόδα Eur.: hence
  • • 1to send, Hom., etc.
    • 2of sounds, to send forth, utter, Hom., etc.; Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἱ. to speak Greek, Hdt.; φωνὴν Παρνησίδα Aesch.; τὸ τᾶς εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες, i. e. speaking not in words, but in silent thought, Soph.
    • 3to send forth, throw, hurl, of stones or javelins, Hom.; c. gen. pers. to throw or shoot at one, Il.
    • • blike βάλλειν, c. dat. instrumenti, ἵησι τῆι ἀξίνηι he throws [at him] with his axe, Xen.
      • cthe acc. is often omitted, so that ἵημι sometimes seems intr., to throw, shoot, Hom.; c. gen. objecti, τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱείς shooting at great souls, Soph.
    • 4of water, to let flow, let burst or spout forth, Il., Aesch., etc.; ὕδωρ omitted, ποταμὸς ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησιν the river pours over the land, Od.; so, of fire, Eur.
    • 5to let fall, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος ἧκε κόμας made his locks flow down from his head. Od.; ἐκ δὲ ποδοῖιν ἄκμονας ἧκα δύω I let two anvils hang from his two legs, Od.; ἧκαν ἑαυτούς let themselves go, Xen.
  • IIMid. to send oneself, hasten, οἴκαδε ἱέμενος hastening homewards, Hom.; ἱέμενος Τροίηνδε Od.; so, δρόμωι ἵεσθαι ἐπί τινα Hdt.; etc.
  • • 2metaph. to be set upon doing a thing, to desire to do it, c. inf., ἵετο γὰρ βαλέειν Il.:—c. gen. to long for, ἱέμενοι νίκης Il.:—absol. in part., ἱέμενός περ eager though he was, Od.
    • 3the 3rd pl. aor2 mid. ἕντο is used by Hom. in the phrase ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, when they had put away the desire of meat and drink, i. e. eaten and drunk enough, Virgilʼs postquam exempta fames epulis.