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.
- καὶ τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα ὡσ ἐπῄρατο χεῖρασ ἐπὶ βασιλέα Σαλωμών. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ Σαλωμὼν ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ἄκραν, συνέκλεισε τὸν φραγμὸν τῆσ πόλεωσ Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 11:23)
- ἄλλων δὲ δημάρχων οὐκ ἐώντων, ὁ μὲν ὑπηρέτησ ἀφῆκε τὸν Κράσσον, ὁ δ’ Ἀτήιοσ προδραμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἔθηκεν ἐσχαρίδα καιομένην, καὶ τοῦ Κράσσου γενομένου κατ’ αὐτήν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ κατασπένδων ἀρὰσ ἐπηρᾶτο δεινὰσ μὲν αὐτὰσ καὶ φρικώδεισ, δεινοὺσ δέ τινασ θεοὺσ καὶ ἀλλοκότουσ ἐπ’ αὐταῖσ καλῶν καὶ ὀνομάζων ταύτασ φασὶ Ῥωμαῖοι τὰσ ἀρὰσ ἀποθέτουσ καὶ παλαιὰσ τοιαύτην ἔχειν δύναμιν ὡσ περιφυγεῖν μηδένα τῶν ἐνσχεθέντων αὐταῖσ, κακῶσ δὲ πράσσειν καὶ τὸν χρησάμενον, ὅθεν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τυχοῦσιν αὐτὰσ οὐδ’ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀρᾶσθαι. (Plutarch, chapter 16 5:1)
- ἀνδρὶ γὰρ μεγάλῳ καὶ ῥωμαλέῳ φεύγοντι παρ’ αὑτόν ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα μένειν ἐκέλευσε καί στρέφεσθαι πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ὁ δὲ μεστὸσ ὢν ταραχῆσ παρὰ τὸ δεινόν ἐπήρατο τὴν μάχαιραν ὡσ καθιξόμενοσ, φθάνει δὲ ὁ τοῦ Καίσαροσ ὑπασπιστὴσ ἀποκόψασ αὐτοῦ τὸν ὦμον. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 39 4:2)
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)