A.“ἔναυον” Hdt.7.231: aor. 1 opt. “ἐναύσειε” Diph.62, inf. “ἐναῦσαι” Plu.Phoc.37:—Med., Cratin.409: fut. “-σομαι” Com.Adesp.25.23D., Longus 3.6: aor. “ἐναύσασθαι” Pl.Ax.371e, etc.:— kindle, ἐ. πῦρ τινί hght one a fire, give him a light, as was the duty of a neighbour, X.Mem.2.2.12, cf. Hdt. l.c., Diph. l. c., Call.Iamb.1.191; τοῦτον μήτε πόλει δέχεσθαι μήτε πῦρ ἐ. Plb.9.40.5, cf. Din.2.9:— Med., πῦρ ἐναύεσθαι light oneself a fire, get a light, “ἐκ τῆς Αἴτνης” Luc. Tim.6; “ἀπὸ ἑτέρου πυρός” Plu.Num.9: metaph., ἐ. τὸ θάρσος borrow courage, Pl. l. c.; τῆς ἐλευθερίας v. l. in Plb.18.11.7; of Poets, draw inspiration, “Ἔφεσον ὅθεν πῦρ οἱ τὰ μέτρα μέλλοντες τὰ χωλὰ τίκτειν μὴ 'μαθῶς ἐναύονται” Call.Iamb.1.335; “ἐντεῦθεν ἐ. τὸν λόγον” Ael.Fr. 246; ἐξ αὐτοῦ διδασκαλίαν ἐ. ib.89.
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