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.
- Λιβύων δὲ παῖδεσ ὀκταέτεισ ἔστιν οἳ αὐτῶν, οἳ δὲ οὐ πολλῷ πρεσβύτεροι, ἐπὶ γυμνῶν τῶν ἵππων ἐλαύνουσιν, ῥάβδῳ χρώμενοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ ὅσα Ἕλληνεσ χαλινῷ, καὶ ἐσ τοσοῦτον ἄρα ἐφομαρτοῦσιν τοῖσ ὄνοισ τοῖσ ἀγρίοισ, ἔστε τελευτῶντεσ βρόχον περιβαλόντεσ τῷ θηρίῳ ἄγουσιν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 24 3:1)
- ἡ δὲ ἵπποσ ἅπασα τῶν βαρβάρων ἐπὶ τὸ δεξιὸν ἡμῶν ἐλαύνουσιν, ὥστε, ὦ Λυκῖνε, αὐτόσ τε ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ γίγνου καὶ τοῖσ μετὰ σαυτοῦ παρακελεύου δέχεσθαι τὴν ἐπέλασιν. (Lucian, 62:5)
- πρῶτον μὲν ὁπόσοι ναῦσ ἐλαύνουσιν μακράσ, καταγομένοισ τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδώσω ’ντελῆ. (Aristotle, Episode 1:4)
- οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι αἰσθόμενοι τὴν ἔσοδον τῶν ἐλεφάντων τῶν ἀγρίων, οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν τὴν γέφυραν ὀξέωσ ἀπεῖλον, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰσ πέλασ κώμασ ἀποδραμόντεσ ἀγγέλλουσι τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ἑρ́κεϊ ἔχονται οἳ δὲ ἀκούσαντεσ ἐπιβαίνουσι τῶν κρατίστων τε καὶ χειροηθεστάτων ἐλεφάντων, ἐπιβάντεσ δὲ ἐλαύνουσιν ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ ἑρ́κοσ, ἐλάσαντεσ δὲ οὐκ αὐτίκα μάχησ ἅπτονται, ἀλλὰ ἐῶσι γὰρ λιμῷ τε ταλαιπωρηθῆναι τοὺσ ἀγρίουσ ἐλέφαντασ καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ δίψεϊ δουλωθῆναι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 8:1)
- "φράσωμεν αὐτοῖσιν οἵτινέσ εἰμεν, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐρώμεθα κατ̓ ὅτι ταύτην ἐλαύνουσιν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 34 9:4)
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)
