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αἱρέω , fut. -ήσω, aor. εἷλον,
ἕλον (ϝέλον), iter. ἕλεσκον, mid. αἱρεύμενοι, αἱρήσομαι, εἱλόμην, ἑλόμην: I. act.,
take, ‘grasp,’
‘seize’ (freq. w. part. gen.),
‘capture,’
‘overtake’ in running; of receiving prizes (Il. 23.779), embracing (Od. 11.205), putting on
(‘donning’) garments (Od.
17.58), ‘taking up’ a story at some point
(Od. 8.500); γαῖαν ὀδὰξ ἑλεῖν, ‘bite the dust;’
freq. of hitting in combat, and esp. euphemistic, ἕλεν, he ‘slew’; met. of feelings,
χόλος αἱρεῖ με, ἵμερος, δέος,
etc., so ὕπνος.—II. mid.,
take as one's own, to or for oneself,
choose; of taking food, robbing or stripping another,
taking an oath from one (τινός,
Od. 4.746,
τινί, Il. 22.119); also
met., ἄλκιμον ἦτορ, φιλότητα
ἑλέσθαι, Il.
16.282.