ἐρύω (ϝερύω), fut. ἐρύουσι, aor.
εἴρυ（ς）σε, ἔρυσε,
mid. εἰρυόμεσθα, inf. ἐρύεσθαι (or fut.), fut. 2 sing. ἐρύσσεαι, inf. ἐρύσσεσθαι and ἐρύεσθαι,
aor. εἰρυσάμην,
-ύ（ς）σατο, perf. 3 pl. εἰρύαται, part. εἰρυ_μέναι, plup. εἴρυτο, 3
pl. εἴρυντο and εἰρύατο: draw, drag, mid., draw for
oneself or to oneself, rescue, esp. the
fallen in battle, νέκυν, νεκρόν; act.,
of drawing an arrow from the wound, Il.
5.110; a mantle down over the head, Od. 8.85; drawing the bow, Il.
15.464; ships into the sea, Il.
1.141; pulling flesh off the bones, Od. 14.134; battlements from a wall, Il. 12.258; pass., Il. 4.248, Il.
14.75, Od. 6.265; mid., of
drawing one's sword or dagger, Il.
3.271; one's ships into the sea, Il.
14.79; drawing off meat from the spits (to eat it yourself),
Il. 1.466, and other subjective
actions; draw to oneself, rescue, Il. 5.456, Il.
17.161, Il. 14.422, Il. 18.152.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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