2.
to come
or
go back, return,
Od.; in full,
au\ti", a[y, pavlin ejlqei`n
Ib.
3.
c. acc. cogn
.,
oJdovn
or
kevleuqon ejlqei`n
to go
a journey,
Hom.
,
Aesch.
;
ajggelivhn ejlqei`n
to go
a message, Il.
4.
c. gen.
loci,
pedivoio ejlqei`n
over
or
across
the plain, Ib.
5.
c. part. fut
., to denote the object,
e[rcomai oijsovmeno"
I go to
fetch, Ib.;
marturhvswn h\lqon
Aesch.
,
etc.
:—like an auxiliary Verb,
e[rcomai levxwn
I am going to
tell,
I intend
to say (as in French
je vais dire),
Hdt.
6.
the
aor. part.
ejlqwvn
is often added to another Verb,
kavqhron ejlqwvn
come and
cleanse, Il.,
etc.
II.
Post-Homeric phrases:
1.
eij" lovgou" e[rcesqaiv tini
to come
to speech with,
Hdt.
,
Soph.
2.
eij" cei`ra"
, so,
ej" mavchn ejlqei`n tini
to come
to blows with one,
Aesch.
,
Hdt.
3.
ejpi; mei`zon e[rc
. to increase,
Soph.
;
eij" pa`n ejlqei`n
to try everything,
Xen.
4.
ej" to; deinovn, ej" ta; ajlgeina; ejlqei`n
to come
into danger,
etc.
,
Thuc.
,
etc.
5.
para; mikro;n ejlqei`n
,
c. inf.
to come within a little of, be near
a thing,
Eur.
;
para; tosou`ton h\lqe kinduvnou
so narrow was her escape,
Thuc.
6. with diav and gen. , periphr. for a Verb, dia; mavch" tini; e[rcesqai , for mavcesqaiv tini , Eur. , etc.
eJryw`
eJryw` , Dor. fut. of e{rpw .
e[rw/ , dat. of e[ro" .
jERWÆ , Ion. and Ep. ejrevw , fut. of ei[rw (B); pf. ei[rhka , pass. ei[rhmai , Ion. 3 pl. eijrevatai : 3 pl. plqpf. ei[rhto :— Pass. , aor. I ejrrhvqhn , Ion. eijrevqhn : fut. eijrhvsomai , rarely rJhqhvsomai :—the place of the pres. ei[rw (rare even in Ep. and never in Att. ) is supplied by fhmiv, levgw or ajgoreuvw ; and ei\pon serves as the aor. :
I. I will say or speak, Att .: c. acc. pers. to speak of, kakw`" ejrei`n tina Theogn ., Eur. ; c. dupl. acc. , ejrei`n tinav ti Id., etc.
II. I will tell, proclaim, Il., etc. ; fovw" ejrevousa to announce the dawn, Ib.; ejpi; rJhqevnti dikaivw/ upon clear right, Od.
2.
eijrhmevno"
promised,
misqov"
Hes
.,
Hdt.
;
eijrhmevnon
,
absol.
,
when it had been agreed,
Thuc.
3.
to tell, order
one to do,
c. dat.
et
inf.
,
Xen.
;
c. acc.
et
inf.
, Id.:—so in
Pass.
,
ei[rhtov oiJ
,
c. inf
.,
orders had been given
him to do,
Hdt.
III. in Pass. to be mentioned, Id.
ejrwdiov" , oJ , the heron or hern, Lat. ardea , Il., Ar.
ejrwevw
ejrwevw , f. hvsw : aor. I hjrwvhsa :— to rush, rush forth, Hom .; hjrwvhsan ojpivssw , of horses, they started back, Il.
2. c. gen. rei, to draw back or rest from, polevmoio, cavrmh" Ib.; nevfo" ou[potÆ ejrwei` the cloud never fails from (the rock), Od.:— c. acc. to leave, quit, Theocr.