αἱρέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αἱρέω
αἱρήσω
ᾕρησα
ᾕρηκα
ᾕρημαι
ᾑρέθην
Structure:
αἱρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: The forms ei(=lon etc. come from the stem e(l-.
Sense
- to take, grasp, seize
- to win, gain
- to convict, win a conviction
- (figuratively) to grasp with the mind, understand
- (middle) to take for oneself, choose
- (middle) to prefer
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸσ Σαοὺλ ᾑρεῖτο τὸν Δαυὶδ σφόδρα, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν Ἰωνάθαν τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγων. Σαοὺλ ζητεῖ θανατῶσαί σε. φύλαξαι οὖν αὔριον πρωί̈ καὶ κρύβηθι καὶ κάθισον κρυφῇ, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 19:2)
- οὕτω γὰρ ἐπῆρτο τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ τοσοῦτον ἔρωτα τῶν καλῶν πράξεων εἶχεν, ὥστε τὸν Φωκίωνα καὶ τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν ἐπιστάμενοσ Ἑλλήνων δικαιοτάτουσ καὶ κρατίστουσ γεγονέναι δοκοῦντασ ἐπὶ τῷ διώσασθαι δωρεὰσ μεγάλασ καὶ μὴ προέσθαι χρημάτων τὸ καλόν, αὐτὸσ εἰσ ταῦτα δαπανᾶσθαι κρύφα καὶ προεισφέρειν, ἐν οἷσ ἐκινδύνευε μόνοσ ὑπὲρ πάντων οὐδὲ εἰδότων τὰ πραττόμενα, ᾑρεῖτο. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 19 2:1)
- καὶ καθεζόμενοσ αὐτὸσ ἐπί τινοσ δίφρου περὶ ταυτὸν συμμέτρωσ ἔχοντοσ τῇ συστάσει, διείρασ δὲ τὴν εὐώνυμον χεῖρα πρὸσ τὴν ἐπιβολήν, καὶ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ χρησόμενοσ τῷ πλήκτρῳ, καθ’ ὁποίαν δὴ πρώτην ᾑρεῖτο τῶν ἁρμονιῶν μετέστρεφε τῷ ποδὶ τὴν βάσιν εὔτροχον οὖσαν, καὶ πρὸσ ἑτέραν πλευρὰν πάλιν ἐπιβάλλων ἐχρῆτο καὶ πάλιν ἑτέραν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:24)
- ἐπειδὴ δὲ Θησεὺσ συνῴκισεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ δημοκρατίαν ἐποίησεν καὶ ἡ πόλισ πολυάνθρωποσ ἐγένετο, τὸν μὲν βασιλέα οὐδὲν ἧττον ὁ δῆμοσ ᾑρεῖτο ἐκ προκρίτων κατ’ ἀνδραγαθίαν χειροτονῶν, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ νόμον ἔθεντο ἀστὴν εἶναι καὶ μὴ ἐπιμεμειγμένην ἑτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ ἀλλὰ παρθένον γαμεῖν, ἵνα κατὰ τὰ πάτρια θύηται τὰ ἄρρητα ἱερὰ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ, καὶ τὰ νομιζόμενα γίγνηται τοῖσ θεοῖσ εὐσεβῶσ καὶ μηδὲν καταλύηται μηδὲ καινοτομῆται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 114:1)
- τὸ χωρίον ἔνθα ἔμελλον ἱδρύσειν τὴν πόλιν οὐ τὸ αὐτὸ ᾑρεῖτο ἑκάτεροσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 85 8:1)
Synonyms
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to take
- λαμβάνω (I take, I take hold of, grasp)
- λάζομαι (I seize, grasp)
- συναρπάζω (to seize, grasp)
- συμμάρπτω (to seize or grasp together)
- ὑπολαμβάνω (I take up, seize)
- καταλαμβάνω (I seize, grasp, hold)
- συναιρέω (to grasp or seize together, to seize at once)
- καθαιρέω (to take and carry off, seize)
- ὑπολαμβάνω (I take away, seize, remove)
- προσπεριβάλλω (to grasp at)
-
to win
- ἐπικτάομαι (to gain or win besides)
- θιγγάνω (to reach, gain, win)
- ἐπισπάω (to attract, gain, win)
- ἀναλαμβάνω (to gain quite over, win over)
- προσκτάομαι (to gain or win over, to win over, to his side)
- προσποιέω (to attach to oneself, win, gain over)
- ἀνύω (I gain)
- κτεατίζω (to get, gain, win)
- ἐξαείρω (to carry off for oneself, earn, win)
- ἀνακτάομαι (to win, over, gain)
- ὑποποιέω (to gain by underhand tricks, to win over)
- ἐξαρέσκομαι (to win over)
-
to convict
-
to grasp with the mind
- ἕπω (to follow up, in mind, to understand)
- καταλαμβάνω (I grasp with the mind: comprehend)
-
to take for oneself
-
to prefer
Derived
- ἀναιρέω (, to take up, to take up and carry off)
- ἀπεξαιρέω (to take out, remove)
- ἀποπροαιρέω (to take away from, having taken some of)
- ἀφαιρέω (to take from, take away from, having taken)
- διαιρέω (to take one from another, to cleave in twain, to divide into parts)
- ἐξαιρέω (to take out of, to take out, to take out for oneself)
- ἐξαφαιρέω (to take right away)
- καθαιρέω (to take down, we lowered, to take)
- μεθαιρέω (to catch in turn)
- παραιρέω (to take away from beside, withdraw, remove)
- περιαιρέω (to take off something that surrounds, take off an outer coat, take away)
- προαιρέω (to bring forth, produce from one's stores, to take away first)
- προαναιρέω (to take away before, to refute by anticipation)
- προεξαιρέω (to take out before, to be deprived of before)
- προσαιρέομαι (to choose for oneself, to take for one's companion or ally, to choose in addition to)
- προυφαιρέω (to filch beforehand, get, held)
- συγκαθαιρέω (to put down together, to join in putting down, to accomplish)
- συναιρέω (to grasp or seize together, to seize at once, to bring together)
- συναναιρέω (to destroy together with, to destroy altogether or utterly, to give the same answer)
- συναφαιρέω (to take away together, to assist in rescuing)
- συνεξαιρέω (to take out together, to help in removing, to take away also)
- ὑπεξαιρέω (to take away from below, to drain away, to make away with)
- ὑφαιρέω (to seize underneath or inwardly, to draw or take away from under, tried to draw)