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.
- ἀφελὼν γὰρ τὰ παντοδαπὰ πλήθη καὶ τὰσ πολυγλώσσουσ ἀπειλὰσ τῶν βαρβάρων, ὅπλων τε διαχρύσων καὶ διαλίθων κατασκευάσ, ὡσ λάφυρα τῶν κρατούντων, οὐκ ἀλκήν τινα τῶν κεκτημένων ὄντα, ξίφη μὲν ἠλαύνετο Ῥωμαϊκά καὶ θυρεοὺσ ἐμβριθεῖσ ἐπήγνυτο καὶ γεγυμνασμένουσ μᾶλλον ἢ κεκοσμημένουσ ἤθροιζεν ἵππουσ, πεζῶν δὲ μυριάδασ δώδεκα κατεσκευασμένων εἰσ φάλαγγα Ῥωμαϊκήν, ἱππεῖσ δὲ πρὸσ μυρίοισ ἑξακισχιλίουσ ἄνευ τῶν δρεπανηφόρων τεθρίππων ταῦτα δ’ ἦν ἑκατόν· (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 7 4:1)
- Λητὼ δὲ συνελθοῦσα Διὶ κατὰ τὴν γῆν ἅπασαν ὑφ’ Ἥρασ ἠλαύνετο, μέχρισ εἰσ Δῆλον ἐλθοῦσα γεννᾷ πρώτην Ἄρτεμιν, ὑφ’ ἧσ μαιωθεῖσα ὕστερον Ἀπόλλωνα ἐγέννησεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 1:3)
- ἀποβὰσ δὲ τῆσ νεὼσ σὺν τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσι κατά τινα τῆσ νήσου τόπον ἔρημον ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τῶν βουκόλων, λῃστὰσ ἐμβεβληκέναι δοκούντων καὶ μὴ δυναμένων ἀκοῦσαι λέγοντοσ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀλήθειαν διὰ τὴν κραυγὴν τῶν κυνῶν, ἀλλὰ βαλλόντων κἀκείνων, παραγενόμενοσ Ἀλθαιμένησ ἀκοντίσασ ἀπέκτεινεν ἀγνοῶν Κατρέα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 2 2:4)
- φανέντων δὲ ὕστερον τῶν λανθανόντων, Ιὀκάστη μὲν ἐξ ἀγχόνησ ἑαυτὴν ἀνήρτησεν, Οἰδίπουσ δὲ τὰσ ὄψεισ τυφλώσασ ἐκ Θηβῶν ἠλαύνετο, ἀρὰσ τοῖσ παισὶ θέμενοσ, οἳ τῆσ πόλεωσ αὐτὸν ἐκβαλλόμενον θεωροῦντεσ οὐκ ἐπήμυναν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 9:1)
- ἔνθα δὴ ἔθεον πάντεσ καὶ οἱ ὀπισθοφύλακεσ, καὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια ἠλαύνετο καὶ οἱ ἵπποι. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 27:2)
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)
