ἐλαύνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐλαύνω
Structure:
ἐλαύν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to drive, drive on, set in motion, to drive, to ride, to row, to go in a chariot, to drive, on, drove on, to travel, to ride, to march, to row
- to sail, to run
- to drive away
- to drive away, expel
- to drive, harass, shall persecute, to persecute, attack, harass
- to strike
- to drive or thrust, to go through
- to beat with, he made, of beaten
- to draw a line of, has its, carried down, to work one's way, to draw, plant, in line
- to prolong
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.
- ὥστε ἐκεῖνον μὲν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ θαπτέτωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ, ἵναπερ ἔπεσεν ἐκδιφρευθείσ, ἤλεκτρον ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ δακρύουσαι καὶ αἴγειροι γενέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει, σὺ δὲ ξυμπηξάμενοσ τὸ ἁρ́μα ‐ κατέαγε δὲ καὶ ὁ ῥυμὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅτεροσ τῶν τροχῶν συντέτριπται ‐ ἔλαυνε ὑπαγαγὼν τοὺσ ἵππουσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:3)
- ἀλλ’ εἶ’, ἄτεγκτον συλλαβοῦσα καρδίαν, Νυκτὸσ κελαινῆσ ἀνυμέναιε παρθένε, μανίασ τ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε καὶ παιδοκτόνουσ φρενῶν ταραγμοὺσ καὶ ποδῶν σκιρτήματα ἔλαυνε, κίνει, φόνιον ἐξίει κάλων, ὡσ ἂν πορεύσασ δι’ Ἀχερούσιον πόρον τὸν καλλίπαιδα στέφανον αὐθέντῃ φόνῳ γνῷ μὲν τὸν Ἥρασ οἱο͂́σ ἐστ’ αὐτῷ χόλοσ, μάθῃ δὲ τὸν ἐμόν· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 1:5)
- ἔλαυνε τὸν σαυτοῦ δρόμον. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 2:2)
- τὸ τρίτον, ἀργυροποιέ, προσέμβαλε καὶ τὸ τέταρτον τῆσ φιάλησ εἰσ ἕν, καὶ τὸ δυωδέκατον, εἰσ δὲ κάμινον ἔλαυνε βαλὼν, καὶ πάντα κυκήσασ ἔξελέ μοι βῶλον μνᾶν δέ μοι ἑλκυσάτω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 501)
- Μή μ’ ἀέκοντα λίην κεντῶν ὑπ’ ἄμαξαν ἔλαυνε εἰσ φιλότητα βίῃ, Κύρνε, προσελκόμενοσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389202)
Synonyms
-
to sail
-
to drive away
- ἐξαναγκάζω (to drive away)
- παίω (I drive away)
- ἐκπλήσσω (to strike out of, drive away from, to drive away)
- ἀποστυφελίζω (to drive away by force from)
- σοβέω (to drive away, clear away)
- ὑπεξελαύνω (to drive away gradually)
- εἰσελαύνω (to drive in, driving in)
- προσβάλλω (do, drive)
- ἐξαμύνομαι (to ward off from oneself, drive away)
- ἀπελαύνω (to drive away, expel from, to drive away)
- νίσσομαι (to go, go away, to go to)
- ἀποχωρέω (to go from or away from)
- ἀπονίσσομαι (to go away)
-
to drive away
-
to drive
-
to strike
-
to drive or thrust
-
to beat with
- ἀποκρούω (to beat off from, to beat off from oneself, beat off)
-
to prolong
Derived
- ἀντελαύνω (to sail against)
- ἀπελαύνω (to drive away, expel from, to drive away)
- διελαύνω (to drive through or across, to thrust through, to thrust)
- διεξελαύνω (to drive, ride, march through)
- εἰσελαύνω (to drive in, driving in, to row or sail in)
- ἐνελαύνω (to drive in or into)
- ἐξελαύνω (to drive out from, to drive afield, to drive out or expel from)
- ἐπελαύνω (to drive upon, upon, to lay)
- κατελαύνω (to draw down)
- παρελαύνω (to drive by or past, to drive, past)
- παρεξελαύνω (to drive out past, to pass, to row past)
- περιελαύνω (to drive round, to push, round)
- προελαύνω (to ride on or forward, to ride before, was now far advanced)
- προεξελαύνω (to ride out before, to run out, before)
- προσελαύνω (to drive or chase to, to be driven or fixed to, to ride towards)
- συνελαύνω (to drive together, gnashed, together)
- συνεξελαύνω (to drive out along with or together)
- ὑπελαύνω (to ride up)
- ὑπεξελαύνω (to drive away gradually)
