Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠερέθομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠερέθομαι

Structure: ἠερέθ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: epic for a)ei/romai, Pass., only found in3 pl. pres. and imperf. h)ere/qontai, -onto

Sense

  1. to hang floating or waving in the air, turn with every wind

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ λόγοσ ἐν γήρᾳ, φιλεῖ ἐντελῆ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν ἀκμήν, εἲ γε ἀληθῆ ὑμῶν οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσιν, ὅτι αἱ μὲν τῶν ὁπλοτέρων φρένεσ ἠερέθονται, τὸ δὲ γῆρασ ἔχει; (Lucian, Hercules, 4:5)
  • ἓξ γὰρ ἑκάστῳ χεῖρεσ ὑπέρβιοι ἠερέθονται, αἱ μὲν ἀπὸ στιβαρῶν ὤμων δύο, ταὶ δ’ ὑπένερθεν τέσσαρεσ αἰνοτάτῃσιν ἐπὶ πλευρῇσ ἀραρυῖαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 16:30)
  • ἔμπησ δ’ ἐγρομένοιο σάλου ζαχρηεσιν αὔραισ, αἳ νέον ἐκ ποταμῶν ὑπὸ δείελον ἠερέθονται, τειρόμενοι καὶ δὴ μετελώφεον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 20:7)
  • οὐδέ τιν’ οἰωνῶν ἔτ’ ἐσέδρακον, ἀλλ’ ὅτε νήσῳ χρίμψαντεσ σακέεσσιν ἐπέκτυπον, αὐτίκ’ ἄρ’ οἵγε μυρίοι ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα πεφυζότεσ ἠερέθοντο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 18:9)
  • ὑψοῦ δὲ χόλῳ φρένεσ ἠερέθοντο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. to hang floating or waving in the air

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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