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.
- οὐδὲ γὰρ κρίνειν ἔτι τοὺσ τοιούτουσ ἀξιοῦσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐπαίρονται καὶ γάνυνται καὶ συνενθουσιῶσι ταῖσ μεγαλαυχίαισ, ἄνπερ ὦσι βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖσ· (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 4 2:2)
- Ὅσαι δὲ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα παραπλησίωσ πόνον παρέχουσιν, ἐπαίρονται δὲ, καὶ ἐρυθήματα ἐν τῇ φάρυγγι ποιέουσιν, ὀλέθριαι μὲν κάρτα, χρονιώτεραι δὲ μᾶλλον τῶν πρόσθεν, ἢν τὸ ἐρύθημα μέγα γίγνηται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 23.3)
- ὧν ἡττώμενοι ἢ λέγειν ἢ πράττειν ἐπαίρονται τὰ χείρω. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 14:3)
- "τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ ὑπ’ ἀσθενείασ καὶ μαλακίασ εἴκοντασ αὐτοῖσ πιέζουσι κάμπτοντεσ, οἱ δ’ ἐρρωμένωσ ὑπομένοντεσ τὴν ἄσκησιν οὐ μόνον τοῖσ σώμασιν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ φρονήμασιν ἐπαίρονται καὶ αὐξοῦνται. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 12:12)
- οἱ πλεῖστοι γὰρ διὰ τὴν εὐτυχίαν ἐπαίρονται μὲν ταῖσ εὐπραξίαισ, ὑπερήφανοι δ’ ἐν ταῖσ εὐτυχίαισ γινόμενοι τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ καὶ κοινῆσ ἀσθενείασ ἐπιλανθάνονται· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 38 6:1)
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)