A.“ἀμάων” A.R.3.1187, dat. pl. “ἀμώντεσσι” Theoc.10.16: impf. “ἤμων” Il.18.551: fut. “ἀμήσω” Hes. Op.480, Hdt.6.28: aor. “ἤμησα” Hes.Th.181, A.Ag.1044, Ep. ἄμησα （δι-) Il.3.359:—Med., Hes.Op.778, E.Fr.419: fut. “ἀμήσομαι” S.Fr. 625 (v. infr. 3), A.R.1.688:—Pass., aor. part. “ἀμηθείς” Nic.Al.216: pf. ἤμημαι （ἐξ-) S.Aj.1179. Simple Verb takes augm. in Hom., but not compds., v. Il.3.359, 24.165, Od.5.482. [Hom. has α_ in simple Verb, α^ in compds., Trag. always α^; later, α_ Theoc.10.16,50, A.R. 1.1183, etc., α^ Theoc.11.73, Call.Cer.137, etc.]:—orig., reap corn, abs., “ἤμων ὀξείας δρεπάνας ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες” Il.18.551; “ὑμνὸν ἀμάειν” Hes.Op.392; “θερίζειν καὶ ἀ.” PHib.1.47.12 (iii B.C.); “ἥμενος ἀμήσεις” Hes.Op.480: metaph., ἤμησαν καλῶς they reaped abundantly, A.Ag. 1044: c.acc., “μάλα κεν βαθὺ λήϊον . . εἰς ὥρας ἀμῷεν” Od.9.135, cf. Thgn. 107; “ὡς ἀμήσων τὸν σῖτον” Hdt.6.28, cf. 4.199; “τἀλλότριον ἀρῶν θέρος” Ar.Eq.392.
b. metaph., “ἐλευθερίαν ἀμώμεθα” Plu.2.210b.
2. generally, cut, “λαχνήεντ᾽ ὄροφον λειμωνόθεν ἀμήσαντες” Il.24.451; “θαλλὸν ἀμάσας” Theoc.11.73:—Med., “σχοῖνον ἀμησάμενος” AP4.1.26 (Mel.); “στάχυν ἀμήσονται” A.R.1.688, cf. Call.Dian.164; “ἀμῶνται” Q.S.14.199.
3. mow down in battle. A.R.3.1187,1<*>82, AP9.362.25: fut. Med. ἀμάσεται is cited from S. (Fr.625) in this sense by Hsch.
