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ἐναίρω , also ἐνναίρω v.l. in Batr.274: aor. 2
A.ἤνα^ρονPi.Pae.6.114, E.Andr.1182(lyr.), (κατ-) S.Ant.871(lyr.); poet. “ἔνα^ρονPi.N.10.15, E.Supp.821(hex.); inf. ἐναρεῖν ἐξ-) Hes.Sc.329: later, aor. 1 ἔνηρα κατ-) Orph.A.666:—Med., Il.16.92: 3sg. aor. 1 “ἐνήρατο5.43, Hes.Th.316:—Pass. (v. infr.):—poet. Verb (used by Trag. mostly in lyr. passages), slay in battle, freq. in Il.; ῥηΐτεροι ἐναιρέμεν easier to kill, 24.244; but also “κατ᾽ οὔρεα θῆρας .21.485; “θῆοα . . τόξοις .S.Ph.956; “τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρεινId.Fr.724; of a hunter, “κάπρους ἔναιρεPi.N.3.47 (cf. ἔναρα):—Med., much like Act., “Ἰδομενεὺς δ᾽ ἄρα Φαῖστον ἐνήρατοIl.5.43, cf. 59,6.32, Od.24.424, Hes.Th.316; “Τρῶας ἐναιρόμενοςIl.16.92; once in the Od., of things, to make away with, destroy, μηκέτι νῦν Χρόα καλὸν ἐναίρεο destroy, disfigure it not, 19.263:—Pass., “ἀδελφαῖς Χερσὶν ἠναίρονθ᾽ ἅμαA.Th. 811; “πόλις ἐναίρεται σθένειS.OC842 (lyr.).
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