ἀείρω, αἴρω (ἀϝείρω), aor. ἤειρα and ἄειρα, mid. I.
ἀειράμην, pass. ἀέρθην (ἀερθείς, ἀρθείς),
plupf. ἄωρτο, cf. ἄρνυμαι: raise up, lift; freq. w. ὑψόσε; of ‘swinging’ the
lash (μάστι_γα), of the
‘carrying’ capacity of ships (ἄχθος ἄειραν, Od.
3.312), ‘made him light,’ Il. 19.386; mid. and pass., rise
up, lift oneself, of dust in the air, of the balance, Il. 8.74, of birds
‘soaring,’ and of horses flinging up their heels.
The part. ἀείρα_ς is added to verbs by
way of amplification, Od. 1.141. Of
‘bringing and offering,’ Il. 6.264, esp. mid. (out of one's store), 293, Od. 15.106.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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