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ἀάω root ΑϜ cf ἄτη,αὐάτα The quantities vary: α_ασεν, α_α_σαν, part. ἀασας: ἀ_ασάμην, ἀ_α_σατο: ἀ_ασθην, ἀασθη.

I.properly to hurt, damage; then to mislead, infatuate, of the effects of wine, sleep, divine judgments, Od.; so in Mid., Ἄτη ἣ πάντας ἀᾶται Il.
II.aor1 mid. and pass., to act recklessly or foolishly, ἀασάμην I was infatuated Il.; μέγ᾽ ἀάσθη id=Il.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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