ἡσσ-άομαι · hēss-aomai — LSJ
to be less or weaker than, inferior to, c. gen. pers., E. Alc. 697: c. gen. pers. et part., ἡττᾶσθαί τινος εὖ ποιοῦντος X. An. 3.2.23, cf. Cyr. 5.4.32; ἡττᾶσθαί τινός τινι ib. 8.2.13; ἔν τινι in a thing, ib. 3.3.42, etc.: c. gen. rei, τὸ μὴ δίκαιον τῆς δίκης -ώμενον E. Ion 1117: c. neut. Adj. in acc., ὃ ἡττῷτο wherein he had proved inferior, X. Cyr. 1.4.5.
as a real Pass., to be defeated, discomfited, ὑπό τινος Hdt. 3.106, And. 4.28, Th. 2.39; ὑπʼ ἔρωτος, ὑπʼ ἔχθρας, Pl. Phdr. 233c, Plt. 305c, etc.; πρὸς τἀφροδίσια Id. Lg. 650a: c. gen. pers., E. Hec. 1252, Ar. Av. 70, Th. 3.57, etc.: c. gen. rei, τοῦ κόπου γὰρ ἕσσωμαι Herod. l.c.: c. dat. modi, ἑσσωθῆναι μάχῃ ὑπό τινων Hdt. 5.46, etc.; τοῖς ὅλοις D. 9.64, etc.; also c. acc., μάχην Isoc. 5.47, D. 19.320; ἀγῶνα D.C. 63.9: c. dat., τῷ θυμῷ to be broken in spirit, Hdt. 8.130; ἑσσωθέντες τῇ γνώμῃ πρὸς
as law-term, to be cast in a suit, S. Aj. 1242, Ar. Pl. 482, etc.; ἡττ. ἐν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις X. Mem. 4.4.17; δίκην, παραγραφήν, Pl. Lg. 880c, D. 45.51.
give way, yield, c. gen. pers., οἱ φύσαντες ἡσσῶνται τέκνων S. Fr. 936; εἰ παθών γε σοῦ τάδʼ ἡσσηθήσομαι E. Hipp. 976; give way, be a slave to passion and the like, νηδύος ἡσσημένος Id. Fr. 282.5; τοῦ παρόντος δεινοῦ Th. 4.37; τῶν φόβων Pl. Lg. 635d; ἡδονῆς X. Ages. 5.1; ὕπνου Id. Cyr. 1.5.11; [χρημάτων] Lys. 28.9; τῆς τούτων παρασκευῆς ib. 11; θνητοῦ κάλλους Isoc. 10.60; πικροῦ ἔρωτος E. Hipp. 727: c. gen. pers., to be in love with . . , Plu. Amat.narr. 2.771f; of other things, ἡττ. τοῦ ὕδατος
c. dat., to be overcome by . . , ἀκοῆς ἡδονῇ ἡσσώμενοι Th. 3.38, cf. 7.25; ὕπνῳ Ael. NA 13.22; τοῖς δικαίοις Plu. Cat.Mi. 16.
later in Act. ἡττάω, overcome, τινα Corn. ND 9, Arr. Epict. 2.22.6, al.: aor. 1 ἥττησα, τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ὑπεναντίων Plb. 1.75.3; ταῖς ψυχαῖς τοὺς ὑπεναντίους Id. 3.18.5, cf. Heraclit. Incred. 16; defeat, τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἀπὸ κράτους ἡττηκότες D.S. 15.87.