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ῥέζω

ῥέζω, to do, act, deal; (Dor.) dye

ῥέζω (A), freq. in Ep. and Trag. (v. infr.), but rare in Att. Prose and Com. (Pherecr. 152 is mock heroic): impf. ἔρεζον Il. 2.400, Ep. ῥέζον Od. 3.5, Ion. ῥέζεσκον Il. 8.250: fut. ῥέξω Od. 11.31, A. Eu. 788 (lyr.), al.: aor. ἔρρεξα Il. 9.536, 10.49, Pl. Lg. 642c; poet. also ἔρεξα Hom. (v. infr.), Hes. Fr. 174, S. OC 538 (lyr.), etc.; Aeol. part. ῥέξαις Pi. O. 9.94:—Pass., aor. 1 opt. ῥεχθείη Hp. Epid. 7.11; part. ῥεχθείς Il. 9.250, 20.198. (ῥέζω from ϝρέγ-yω, cogn. with ἔρδω from ϝέργ-yω [through ϝέρzδω]: Dor. and Boeot. ῥέδδω Eust. 226.8, 984.1, Hsch.; aor. part. ϝρέξαντα IG 4.1607 (Cleonae).)
    • I do, act, deal, opp. εἰπεῖν, Od. 4.205, 22.314; opp. παθεῖν, v. infr.:—Constr.,
      • 1 abs., ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι Il. 2.802; οὐ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔρεξας Od. 9.352, etc.
      • 2 more freq. trans. c. acc. rei, do, accomplish, make, ὅσʼ ἂν πεπνυμένος ἀνὴρ εἴποι καὶ ῥέξειε 4.205; μέρμερα ἔργα, ὅσσʼ ἄνδρες ῥέξαντες . . Il. 10.525, cf. Od. 22.314; τί ῥέξομεν; Il. 11.838; μέγα ῥέξας τι καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι 22.305, cf. 2.274; ὅ τι ποσσίν τε ῥέξῃ καὶ χερσίν Od. 8.148; so in Lyr. and Trag., ῥέζοντά τι καὶ παθεῖν ἔοικε Pi. N. 4.32; τί ῥέξω; A. Eu. 788, cf. Th. 104 (both lyr.); τί ῥέξας τύχοιμʼ ἂν . . ; Id. Ch. 316 (lyr.):—Pass., οὐδέ τι μῆχος ῥεχθέντος κακοῦ ἔστʼ ἄκος εὑρεῖν for the mischief if once done, Il. 9.250; ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω 17.32.
      • 3 c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, do something to one, κακὰ ῥέξαι τινά 3.354, Od. 2.73; ἀγαθὰ ῥ. τινά 22.209, cf. Il. 9.647; οὐδέν σε ῥέξω κακά 24.370, cf. 4.32, Od. 2.72: with Adv., κακῶς μιν ἔρ. wronged him, 23.56; so ἡ πόλις ἡμᾶς οὐ καλῶς ἔρρεξε Pl. Lg. 642c: but c. dat. pers., μηκέτι μοι κακὰ ῥέζετε do me (ethic dat.) no more mischiefs, Od. 20.314; ὅσα βροτοῖς ἔρεξας κακά E. Med. 1292 (lyr.).
      • 4 with strengthd. signf., εἴ τι νόος ῥέξει if it shall avail aught, be of any service, Il. 14.62.
    • II in special sense, perform sacrifices, ἱερὰ ῥ. Od. 1.61, 3.5; ῥ. ἑκατόμβας ἀθανάτοις offer a hecatomb to the gods, Il. 23.206, cf. Od. 5.102, Pi. P. 10.34; ῥ. θαλύσιά τινι Il. 9.535; θύματα Ζηνὶ τῆς ἁλώσεως S. Tr. 288: abs., do sacrifice, ῥ. θεῷ Il. 2.400, 8.250, etc.: sts. with the victim in acc., σοί . . ῥέξω βοῦν ἦνιν will sacrifice it, 10.292, cf. Od. 9.553, 10.523.
ῥέζω (B), Dor. Verb, = βάπτω,
  • dye, Phot., EM 703.27, cf. Epich. 107. (Cf. ῥέγος, ῥεγεύς, ῥεγιστής, and lengthd. ῥῆγος, ῥηγεύς, also ῥογεύς:—cogn. with Skt. rajyate ‘is coloured or red’.)

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