ἀείρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *aweřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wér-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-. Cognate with Old Armenian գեր (ger).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀείρω • (aeírō)

(Epic, Ionic, poetic)
  1. (transitive) to lift up, raise, support
    1. (of armies, ships, transitive) to get the fleet under sail
  2. (transitive) to bear, sustain
  3. (transitive) to raise up, exalt
    1. (transitive) to raise by words, praise, extol
  4. (transitive) to lift and take away, remove
    1. (transitive, with genitive) to take away from
    2. (Koine, transitive) to take off, kill
  5. (middle, transitive) to take up for oneself, to win, gain
    1. (transitive) to take upon oneself, undergo
      1. (transitive) to undertake, begin
    2. (transitive) to raise up
    3. (transitive) to take away
  6. (passive, intransitive) to hang

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