elaunomō

ἐλαύνω,
Refs 8th c.BC+imperfect ἐλαύνεσκον (ἀπ-) Refs 5th c.BC+future ἐλάσω [ᾰ], participle ἐλάσοντας Refs 5th c.BC+ (παρ-) is falsa lectio in Refs 8th c.BC+ is subjunctive in Refs 8th c.BC+; Attic dialect ἐλῶ, ᾷς, ᾷ, infinitive ἐλᾶν, also Refs 8th c.BC+ in the resolved form ἐλόω Refs 8th c.BC+: infinitive ἐλάαν (though this is also infinitive present, see below) Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἤλᾰσα, Epic dialect ἔλᾰσα Refs 8th c.BC+, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἐλάσασκεν Refsperfect ἐλήλᾰκα (ἀπ-, ἐξ-) Refs 5th c.BC+pluperfect ἐληλάκειν (ἐξ-) Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle (see. below Refs, future ἐλάσομαι (παρ-) uncertain reading in Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist ἠλασάμην Refs 8th c.BC+, rare in Attic dialect, as Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular ἤλσατο Refs 6th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἐλάσαιο, -ασαίατο, -ασσάμενος, Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, future ἐλασθήσομαι (ἐξ-) Refs 1st c.BC+aorist ἠλάθην [ᾰ] Refs 5th c.BC+ the Mss. vary between the two forms, ἐξελαθείς Refs: perfect ἐλήλαμαι Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐξ-), etc.; ἐλήλασμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἠλήλατο Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural ἠλήλαντο Refs 8th c.BC+— The present ἐλάω is rare and mainly poetical, imperative ἔλα Refs 5th c.BC+ (also non-thematic 3rd.pers. plural ἐλάντω Refs: infinitive ἐλᾶν Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive ἐλάαν as Epic dialect infinitive present is frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+: participle ἐλάουσα Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἔλων Refs 8th c.BC+, 3rd.pers. singular ἔλαεν Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἀπ-ήλαον in Refs 5th c.BC+:—radical sense, drive, set in motion, of driving flocks, εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα Refs 8th c.BC+aorist middle ἠλασάμην in active sense, Refs: frequently of horses, chariots, ships, drive, ἐλάαν (infinitive present) ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ἵππον ride it, Refs; κέλητας καὶ ἅρματα ἐ. ride and drive, Refs; ἐ. νῆα row it, Refs 8th c.BC+; στρατὸν ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+
b with accusative omitted, intransitive, go in a chariot, drive, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἐλάαν (i.e. ἵππους) he whipped them on, Refs 8th c.BC+; βῆ δ᾽ ἐλάαν ἐπὶ κύματα he drove on over the waves, Refs 8th c.BC+; διὰ νύκτα ἐλάαν travel the night through, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐς τὸ ἄστυ ἐ. drive into the city, Refs 5th c.BC+; ride, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλῶν ἐς Θρηΐκην marching.., Refs 5th c.BC+; row, μάλα σφοδρῶς ἐλάαν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐλαύνοντες rowers, Refs
c in this intransitive sense, it sometimes took an accusative loci, γαλήνην ἐλαύνειν to sail the calm sea, i.e. over it, Refs; so τὰ ἕσπερα νῶτ᾽ ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἐλαύνειν δρόμον run a course, Refs 5th c.BC+
d passive, [νηῦς] ἐλαυνομένη a ship under way, NT+8th c.BC+; τὰ κατάντη ἐλαύνεσθαι, of horses, to be ridden on steep ground, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 drive away, carry off, in Refs 8th c.BC+ of stolen cattle or horses, βοῶν ἀρίστας Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 drive away, expel, ἐ. [τινὰ] ἐκ δήμου Refs 5th c.BC+; μύσος, μίασμα ἐ., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγος ἐ.,= ἀγηλατέω, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνομαι Refs 4th c.BC+
4 drive (to extremities), persecute, plague, οἵ μιν ἄδην ἐλόωσι.. πολέμοιο who will harass him till he has had enough of war, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔτι μέν μίν φημι ἄδην λάαν κακότητος I think I shall persecute him till he has had enough, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, ἐλαυνομένων καὶ ὑβριζομένων Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλαύνεσθαι τὴν γνώμην to be out of one's mind, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 ={βινέω}, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 intransitive in expressions like{ἐς τοσοῦτον ἤλασαν} they drove it so far (where πρᾶγμα must be supplied), Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς κόρον ἐλαύνειν push matters till disgust ensued, Refs 7th c.BC+; εἰς ἴσον (i.e. τισί) Refs 1st c.AD+: hence, push on, go on, ἐγγὺς μανιῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔξω τοῦ φρονεῖν Refs*ba.Refs; πόρρω ἐ. σοφίας go far in.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II strike, ἐλάτῃσιν πόντον ἐλαύνοντες Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 strike with a weapon, but never with a missile, τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀδόντας ἐ. knock out, Refs 3rd c.BC+ him he struck on.., Refs 8th c.BC+; χθόνα δ᾽ ἤλασε παντὶ μετώπῳ struck earth with his forehead, of a falling man, Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, inflict a wound, οὐλὴν τήν ποτέ με σῦς ἤλασε Refs:—passive, with accusative νῶτον ὄπισθ᾽ αἰχμῇ δουρὸς ἐληλαμένος Refs 7th c.BC+
II.3 strike one thing against another, πρὸς γῆν ἐ. κάρη Refs 8th c.BC+; of weapons, drive through, διαπρὸ χαλκὸν ἔλασσε Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, go through, Refs 8th c.BC+; to be fixed in, ὀϊστὸς ὤμῳ ἐνὶ στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο Refs 5th c.BC+
III metaphorically,
III.1 beat out metal, forge, ἀσπίδα.. ἣν ἄρα χαλκεὺς ἤλασεν Refs 8th c.BC+; πέντε πτύχας ἤλασε beat out five plates, Refs; περὶ δ᾽ ἕρκος ἔλασσε κασσιτέρου make a fence of beaten tin (with a play on signification Refs; εὐνὴ Ἡφαίστου χερσὶν ἐληλαμένη χρυσοῦ a bed of beaten gold, Refs 6th c.BC+; σίδηρος λεπτῶς ἐληλ. Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 draw a line of wall, trench, etc., ἀμφὶ δὲ τάφρον ἤλασαν Refs 8th c.BC+; τεῖχος τοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐς τὸν ποταμὸν ἐλήλαται the wall has its angles carried down to the river, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐληλαμέναι πέρι πύργον having a wall built round, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὄγμον ἐλαύνειν work one's way down a ridge or swathe in reaping or mowing, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐ. to draw a line of vines, i.e. plant them in line, Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, plant, produce, ἐλᾷ τέσσαρας ἀρετὰς αἰών Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 κολῳὸν ἐλαύνειν prolong, keep up the brawl, Refs 8th c.BC+
III.4 ἐξ ὄσσων ἐς γαῖαν ἐ. δάκρυ Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.