Αἱρήσειν

to be about to take

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Mar 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

14 words

[Meaning] to be about to conquer, to seize, to drag, to subdue, to sack.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἱρήσειν· κρατήσειν, συλλαβεῖν, ἑλκύσαι, χειρώσασθαι, πορθῆσαι.

Betacode

*ai(rh/sein: krath/sein, sullabei=n, e(lku/sai, xeirw/sasqai, porqh=sai.

The headword and the first gloss are future infinitives; the rest are aorist. Same or similar entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.37 (web address 1), where the headword occurs in reference to taking the city of Troy.
For 'to sack' cf. eta 502.