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ἐάω , contr. ἐῶ Il.8.428, etc.; Ep. εἰῶ 4.55; Ep.2 and 3sg. ἐάᾳς, ἐάᾳ, Od.12.137, Il.8.414; inf.
A.ἐάανOd.8.509: impf. εἴων, as, a, Il.18.448, Od.19.25, Th.1.28, etc.; Ion. and Ep. “ἔωνHdt.9.2, “ἔαIl.5.517, 16.731; also ἔασκον or εἴασκον, 2.832, 5.802, etc.: fut. ἐάσω [α_] 18.296, etc.: aor. εἴα_σα εἴα^σεν is v.l. for εἴα_ς' in 10.299) 24.684, etc.; Ep. “ἔα_σα11.437: pf. “εἴα_καD.8.37, 43.78, Cerc.17.35:—Pass., fut. ἐάσομαι in pass. sense, E.IA331, Th.1.142: aor. “εἰάθηνIsoc.4.97: pf. Pass. “εἴα_μαιD.45.22.—Hdt. never uses the augm. in this Verb. [α^ in pres. and impf., α_ in fut. and aor. even in Ion. (so prob. in Anacr.56,57; forms with -ασς- occur as vv.ll. in Hom. and Parm. 8.7). Synizesis occurs in 3sg. “ἐᾷIl.5.256, in 1 subj. “ἐῶμεν10.344, and prob. in “ἐάσουσινOd.21.233; also in Trag., in imper. “ἔαS.OT 1451, Ant.95, Ar.Nu.932; ind. “ἐῶId.Lys.734: Hsch. has the form ἦσεν: εἴασεν, cf. ἦσαι: παῦσαι]:—suffer, permit, c. acc. pers. et inf., τούσδε δ᾽ ἔα φθινύθειν leave them alone to perish, Il.2.346; “αἴ κεν ἐᾷ με . . ζώεινOd.13.359, etc.; “ἐᾶν οἰκεῖνTh.3.48, cf. IG12.1; . τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ib.2.17.9; “ἐᾶν ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφονS.Ant.29, cf. Tr. 1083; “ἐᾶν τί τινιPlu.2.233d:—so in Pass., Κρέοντί γε θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι should be given up, S.OC368.
b. concede, allow in argument, c. acc. et inf., Pl.Prm.135b.
2. with neg., οὐκ ἐᾶν not to suffer: hence, forbid, prevent, “τρεῖν μ᾽ οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς ἈθήνηIl.5.256; “εἴπερ γὰρ φθονέω τε καὶ οὐκ εἰῶ διαπέρσαι4.55; esp. of the law, Aeschin.3.21; “δμωὰς δ᾽ οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμενOd.19.25, etc.: used elliptically with ἀλλά following, “οὐκ ἐῶν φεύγειν, ἀλλὰ [κελεύων] μένοντας ἐπικρατέεινHdt.7.104, cf.Th.2.21; also, persuade or advise not to do . . , Id.1.133: an inf. may freq. be supplied, οὐκ ἐάσει σε τοῦτο will not allow thee [to do] this, S.Ant.538; κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ even if all men forbid, Id.Aj. 1184, cf. Ph.444:—so in Pass., οὐκ ἐᾶσθαι, c. inf., to be hindered, E. IT1344, Th.1.142, D.2.16.
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