ἐλαύνω, ἐλάω , inf. ἐλάα_ν, ipf. ἔλων, fut. ἐλόωσι, aor.
ἤλασσε, ἔλασσε, iter. ἐλάσασκε, pass. plup. ἠλήλατο, ἐλήλατο, 3 pl. ἐληλάδατο or ἐληλέ（δ）ατο: drive, impel,
strike, mid., for oneself, Od.
4.637, Il. 10.537, etc.;
freq. of ‘rowing’ a vessel, with and without
νῆα, Od.
13.22, pass. Od. 13.155; so
of driving horses, without obj. expressed, Il. 5.264
; μάστι_ξεν δ᾽ ἐλάα_ν, Od. 3.484; hence apparently often
intrans., πόντον ἐλαύνοντες,
Il. 7.6, Ν
27, Od. 7.319; of
‘driving away’ cattle, horses, etc., Il. 1.154; in the sense
strike the verb occurs often, esp. of
‘forging,’ Il.
12.296; of ‘drawing,’ or
‘laying out’ a fence or wall, or a swath in
reaping, ἕρκος, τεῖχος, τάφρον,
Il. 7.450, Il. 9.349, Il. 18.564;
σταυρούς,
Od. 14.11;
χάλκεοι τοῖχοι ἐληλέδατο, ‘were
extended,’ Od. 7.86
; ὄγμον, Il.
11.68; metaph., of ‘persecuting,’ Od. 5.290; being
‘racked’ with pain, Il.
16.518; ‘raising’ a din, Il. 1.575.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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