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ἐναίρω

enairo

slay, to kill, to make away with, destroy

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ἐναίρω · enairō — LSJ

slay, to kill, to make away with, destroy, destroy, disfigure

poet. Verb (used by Trag. mostly in lyr. passages), slay in battle, freq. in Il.; ῥηΐτεροι ἐναιρέμεν easier to kill, 24.244; but also κατʼ οὔρεα θῆρας ἐ. 21.485; θῆοα . . τόξοις ἐ. S. Ph. 956; τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς . . φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν Id. Fr. 724; of a hunter, κάπρους ἔναιρε Pi. N. 3.47 (cf. ἔναρα):—Med., much like Act., Ἰδομενεὺς δʼ ἄρα Φαῖστον ἐνήρατο Il. 5.43, cf. 59, 6.32, Od. 24.424, Hes. Th. 316; Τρῶας ἐναιρόμενος Il. 16.92; once in the Od., of things, to make away with, destroy,

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