ἐπαίρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπαίρω
ἐπαρῶ
ἐπῆρα
Structure:
ἐπ
(Prefix)
+
αί̓ρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to lift up and set on
- to lift, raise
- to exalt, magnify
- to lift up one's leg or rise up
- to stir up, excite, to induce or persuade, to be led on, excited
- to be elated at, to be conceited or proud
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.
- τοῦ γενέσθαι εἰσ βασιλείαν ἀσθενῆ τὸ καθόλου μὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ καὶ ἱστάνειν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 17:14)
- κακῶσ δὲ πρὸσ σέθεν πάσχων ὅμωσ οὔ φημι χρῆναί σ’ ὅπλ’ ἐπαίρεσθαι θεῷ, ἀλλ’ ἡσυχάζειν· (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:9)
- Σεμνυνομένησ γυναικόσ τινοσ Ιὠνικῆσ ἐπί τινι τῶν ἑαυτῆσ ὑφασμάτων ὄντι πολυτελεῖ, Λάκαινα ἐπιδείξασα τοὺσ τέτταρασ υἱοὺσ ὄντασ κοσμιωτάτουσ, τοιαῦτα, ἔφη, δεῖ εἶναι τὰ τῆσ καλῆσ καὶ ἀγαθῆσ γυναικὸσ ἔργα καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐπαίρεσθαι καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖν. (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 91)
- Σεμνυνομένησ γυναικόσ τινοσ Ιὠνικῆσ ἐπί τινι τῶν ἑαυτῆσ ὑφασμάτων ὄντι πολυτελεῖ, Λάκαινα ἐπιδείξασα τοὺσ τέσσαρασ υἱοὺσ ὄντασ κοσμιωτάτουσ, τοιαῦτα ἔφη δεῖ εἶναι τὰ τῆσ καλῆσ καὶ ἀγαθῆσ γυναικὸσ ἔργα καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐπαίρεσθαι καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖν. (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 91)
- οἱ δ’ οὕτω πεφύκασιν ἀτυχεῖσ πρὸσ τὸ καλόν, ὥστε φίλοισ μὲν ἐνδόξοισ ἀγάλλεσθαι καὶ μέγα φρονεῖν ἂν ξένουσ ἡγεμονικοὺσ καὶ πλουσίουσ ἔχωσι, τὰσ δὲ τῶν ἀδελφῶν λαμπρότητασ αὑτῶν ἀμαυρώσεισ νομίζειν καὶ πατέρων μὲν εὐτυχίαισ ἐπαίρεσθαι καὶ στρατηγίαισ προπάππων λεγομέναισ, ὧν οὐδὲν ἀπέλαυσαν οὐδὲ μετέσχον, ἀδελφῶν δὲ κληρονομίαισ καὶ ἀρχαῖσ καὶ γάμοισ ἐνδόξοισ ἀθυμεῖν καὶ ταπεινοῦσθαι. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 14 1:2)
Synonyms
-
to lift up and set on
-
to lift
- διαίρω (to raise up, lift up)
- ἐπανατέλλω (to lift up, raise)
- αἰωρέω (to lift up, raise, raising)
- βασάζω (to lift, lift up, raise)
- ἀναβαστάζω (to raise or lift up, carry)
- ὑψόω (to lift high, raise up)
- ἀείρω (to lift up, raise, support)
- ἀκταίνω (to lift up, raise, to raise)
- ἀερτάζω (to lift up)
- ἀνεγείρω (to raise)
- κουφίζω (to make light, to lift up, raise)
- ἐπαναίρω (to lift up, to raise one against another, to rise up)
-
to exalt
- σεμνύνω (to exalt, magnify, to be in high repute)
- ἀέξω (to exalt by one's deeds, to magnify, to magnify)
-
to lift up one's leg or rise up
- ἐπαναίρω (to lift up, to raise one against another, to rise up)
-
to stir up
- προάγω (to lead on, induce, persuade)
Derived
- αἴρω (Alternative form of ἀείρω )
- ἀναίρω (to lift up, carried up)
- ἀνταίρω (to raise against, to rise up against, to rise opposite to)
- ἀπαίρω (to lift off, carry off, take away)
- εἰσαίρω (to bring or carry in)
- ἐναίρω (to slay, to kill, slay)
- ἐπαναίρω (to lift up, to raise one against another, to rise up)
- καταίρω (to come down, make a swoop, to put into port)
- κατεναίρομαι (to kill, slay, murder)
- μεταίρω (to lift up and remove, to shift, repeal)
- παρεξαίρω (to lift up beside)
- συναίρω (to take up together, to balance, to take part in)
- ὑπεραίρω (to lift or raise up over, to lift oneself above, to exalt oneself)