A.v.l. ἵεις S.El.596, Castorio 2), ἵησι, 3pl. ἱᾶσι, Ion. and Ep. ἱεῖσι; imper. “ἵει” Il.21.338, E.El.593 (lyr.); subj. ἱῶ; opt. ἱείην (also ἀφ-ίοιμι, X.HG6.4.3); 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 , 3sg. pres. “ἵει” A.R.4.634, imper. “ξύν-ιε” Thgn.1240b codd.: impf. 3sg. “ἵει” Il.1.479, Dor. “ἀν-ίη” SIG1 (Abu Simbel, vi B.C.); 3pl. “ἵεσαν” E.Ba.1099, “ἵεν” Il.12.33, ξύν-ιεν (v.l. -ιον) 1.273; also 2sg. “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.); 3sg. subj. “ᾗσι” 15.359; 3sg. 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 3pl. “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.OT1521; 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 3pl. 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 ϝι_-, cf. “εἴσομαι” 11, Skt. véti (pl. vyánti) 'press forward, desire', Lat. vīs (2sg.), invitus.) [ι^ generally in Hom. and Ep., ι_ in Att.; sts. ι_ in Hom., “ἵει” Il.16.152, etc.; “ἱεῖσαι” Od.12.192; also in inf. ἱέμεν, ἱέμεναι, part. ἱέμενος, etc., “ξυν-ι?ετε” Archil.50: ι^ sts. in Trag., ι^ησι A.Th.309 (lyr.), ι^έντα ib.493, ι^είς, ι^εῖσα, E.IT298, IA1101, Hec.338; “ι^εῖσαν” Id.Supp.281; in Com., συνι^ημι Ar.Av.946 (s. v.l.), Strato Com.1.3: with variation of quantity, πλεῖστον οὖλον ἵει [ι^], ἴουλον ἵει [ι_] 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 δ᾽ 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.OC133 (lyr.); ἧκε abs. (sc. φωνήν), Plu.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.HF320, cf. S.Tr.273: c. gen. pers., to throw or shoot at one, “ὀϊστόν τινος” Il.13.650; “ἐπ᾽ 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; “ἐνθένδ᾽ 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; “ἵετ᾽ εὐθὺ πρὸς τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη” S.OT1242; “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.
