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.
- ὃ μὰ τὸν Δία καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ οὐ δυνήσεσθ’ ὑμεῖσ ποιῆσαι, ἀλλ’ εἰσ τοῦτ’ ἀφῖχθε μωρίασ ἢ παρανοίασ ἢ οὐκ ἔχω τί λέγω πολλάκισ γὰρ ἔμοιγ’ ἐπελήλυθε καὶ τοῦτο φοβεῖσθαι, μή τι δαιμόνιον τὰ πράγματ’ ἐλαύνῃ, ὥστε λοιδορίασ, φθόνου, σκώμματοσ, ἧστινοσ ἂν τύχηθ’ ἕνεκ’ αἰτίασ ἀνθρώπουσ μισθωτούσ, ὧν οὐδ’ ἂν ἀρνηθεῖεν ἔνιοι ὡσ οὐκ εἰσὶ τοιοῦτοι, λέγειν κελεύετε, καὶ γελᾶτε, ἄν τισι λοιδορηθῶσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 64:1)
- οὕτω δ’ οὖν ὁ Πομπήϊοσ ἐπήρθη, καὶ τοιαύτησ καὶ τοσαύτησ ὀλιγωρίασ διὰ τὸ θαρρεῖν ἐγένετο μεστὸσ ὥστε καὶ τῶν δεδιότων τὸν πόλεμον κατεγέλα, καὶ τοὺσ λέγοντασ ἂν ἐλαύνῃ Καῖσαρ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, οὐχ ὁρᾶν δυνάμεισ αἷσ αὐτὸν ἀμυνοῦνται, μειδιῶν τῷ προσώπῳ καὶ διακεχυμένοσ ἀμελεῖν ἐκέλευσεν· (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 57 5:1)
- ἐάν τίσ τινα τῶν ἀνδροφόνων τῶν ἐξεληλυθότων, ὧν τὰ χρήματα ἐπίτιμα, πέρα ὁρ́ου ἐλαύνῃ ἢ φέρῃ ἢ ἄγῃ, τὰ ἴσα ὀφείλειν ὅσα περ ἂν ἐν τῇ ἡμεδαπῇ δράσῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 58:1)
- ἐὰν πέρα ὁρ́ου φησὶν ἐλαύνῃ ἢ φέρῃ ἢ ἄγῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 61:3)
- τούτου δὲ τοῦ Χοάσπεω τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἀπεψημένου πολλαὶ κάρτα ἅμαξαι τετράκυκλοι ἡμιόνεαι κομίζουσαι ἐν ἀγγηίοισι ἀργυρέοισι ἕπονται, ὅκῃ ἂν ἐλαύνῃ ἑκάστοτε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 188 3:1)
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)