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ἐλαύνω, ἐλάω (“ἐλαύνεις, -ει, ἐλᾷ; ἔλα” impv.; “ἐλαύνων, -όντεσσιν”: impf. “ἤλαυν”（“ε”) aor. “ἤλα^σε, ἔλα^σε”（“ν”), “ἤλασαν”.)
1. drive
a. abs. (sc. “ἅρμα”) “βασιλεὺς δ̓, ἐπεὶ πετραέσσας ἐλαύνων ἵκετ᾽ ἐκ Πυθῶνος ἅπαντας ἐν οἴκῳ εἴρετο” O. 6.48 “περὶ δωδέκατον δρόμον ἐλαυνόντεσσιν” O. 6.76 “<*>άνθον ἤπειγεν — καὶ ἐς Ἴστρον ἐλαύνων” O. 8.47 “ἔλα νῦν μοι πεδόθεν” (sc. “ἅρμα, ὦ Μοῖσα”) I. 5.38 ]“ἐλαύνεις ἀν̓ἀμβροτ[ ” Pae. 3.16
b. lead, drive c. acc. “ἷκεν δὲ Μιδέαθεν στρατὸν ἐλαύνων” O. 10.66 “ὀρθὰς δ̓αὔλακας ἐντανύσαις ἤλαυν̓” (sc. “βόας”) P. 4.228 “βόας — ἀπριάτας ἔλασεν” fr. 169. 8.
c. drive, plunge “ἐφορμαθεὶς δ᾽ ἄῤ ἄκοντι θοῷ, ἤλασε Λυγκέος ἐν πλευραῖσι χαλκόν” N. 10.70
d. drive out, banish “καὶ τίς ἄνδρας ἀλκίμους δαίμων ἀπ̓Οἰνώνας ἔλασεν”; N. 5.16
e. met.
I. bring “ἐλᾷ δὲ καὶ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς ὁ θνατὸς αἰών” (contra Fraenkel on Agam. 701) N. 3.74 “ἐλαύνεις τι νεώτερον ἢ πάρος; ” Pae. 9.6
b.drive “ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἀλλοῖος οὖρος πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἐπαίσσων ἐλαύνει” I. 4.6
2. strike “ἄκοντι Φράστωρ ἔλασε σκοπόν” O. 10.71 “ἵνα κρεῶν νιν” (= “Νεοπτόλεμον”) “ὕπερ μάχας ἔλασεν ἀντιτυχόντ᾽ ἀνὴρ μαχαίρᾳ” N. 7.42
3. fragg. ]“ήλασαν ἐννύχιον κρυφα[ ” Pae. 18.10 “ ]ελαυν”[ P. Oxy. 2442. fr. 20 <“λαοὺς ἐλάσαντες”> (supp. Arnim) Pae. 2.62
Lexicon to Pindar. William J. Slater. Berlin. De Gruyter. 1969.

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