α?ι?σσω (ᾶ except ὑπαι?ξει, Il. 21.126), aor. ἤι_ξα (α?ι?ξω, α?ῖξαι,
α?ι?ξα_ς), α?ίξασκον, mid.
aor. α?ι?ξασθαι, pass. ἠι?χθην, α?ι_χθήτην: speed, dart,
spring; of persons, animals, birds flying, and of inanimate
things (arrows, a beam of light, ‘fluttering’ mane
of horses); of the shades of the dead ‘flitting’
to and fro; freq. the part. w. another verb of motion, βῆ α?ι?ξα_σα, α?ι?ξαντε πετέσθην, Il. 15.150, and conversely, ἤι_ξε πέτεσθαι, ‘darted
away’ in flight, Il.
21.247; often of hostile movements, ἀντίος α?ι?ξα_ς, φασγάνῳ, ‘with his
sword,’ etc.; met., of the mind, νόος
α?νέρος, Il. 15.80 (cf.
πτέρον ἠὲ νόημα, Od. 7.36).
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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