I.to set a going, put in motion, being the Causal of εἶμι (ibo), ἧκα πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι Od.; ἱ. πόδα Eur.: hence
1.to send, Hom., etc.
2.of sounds, to send forth, utter, id=Hom., etc.; Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἱ. to speak Greek, Hdt.; φωνὴν Παρνησίδα Aesch.; τὸ τᾶς εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες, i. e. speaking not in words, but in silent thought, Soph.
3.to send forth, throw, hurl, of stones or javelins, Hom.; c. gen. pers. to throw or shoot at one, Il.
c.the acc. is often omitted, so that ἵημι sometimes seems intr., to throw, shoot, Hom.; c. gen. objecti, τῶν μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱείς shooting at great souls, Soph.
4.of water, to let flow, let burst or spout forth, Il., Aesch., etc.; ὕδωρ omitted, ποταμὸς ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησιν the river pours over the land, Od.; so, of fire, Eur.
5.to let fall, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος ἧκε κόμας made his locks flow down from his head. Od.; ἐκ δὲ ποδοῖιν ἄκμονας ἧκα δύω I let two anvils hang from his two legs, id=Od.; ἧκαν ἑαυτούς let themselves go, Xen.
II.Mid. to send oneself, hasten, οἴκαδε ἱέμενος hastening homewards, Hom.; ἱέμενος Τροίηνδε Od.; so, δρόμωι ἵεσθαι ἐπί τινα Hdt.; etc.
