A.take, “αἴνυτο τεύχε᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὤμων” Il.11.580, 13.550; “ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον” Od.21.53; χεῖρας αἰνύμεναι taking hold of, 22.500: c. gen. partit., “τυρῶν αἰνυμένους” 9.225: metaph., ἀλλά μ᾽ Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται a longing seizes me for him, 14.144, cf. Hes.Sc.41; enjoy, feed on, “καρπόν” Simon.5.17. (Root αἰ-, as in ἔξ-αι-τος.)
αἴνυμαι , poet. Verb, only in pres. and impf. without augm.:—