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ἰάομαι

iaomai

heal, cure

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Where it lives

  • Osee 4 · 10.61/10k
  • Charmides 6 · 7.23/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • 1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
  • Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 3 · 5.71/10k
  • Luke 11 · 5.7/10k
  • Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
  • Hippias Minor 2 · 4.59/10k
  • Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
  • Isaias 11 · 4.19/10k
  • Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
  • Jeremias 8 · 2.89/10k

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

heal, cure, attempt to cure, treat

heal, cure, in pres. and impf., attempt to cure, treat, of persons or bodies, etc., τινα Il. 12.2, Hdt. 3.134, etc.; τοὺς κάμνοντας Pl. Plt. 299a, cf. 293b; ὀφθαλμόν Od. 9.525; τὸ σῶμα S. Tr. 1210: abs., Od. 9.520, Il. 5.899: prov., ὁ τρώσας ἰάσεται Mantiss.Prov. 2.28.

2 cure, treat, remedy

cure, treat, of diseases, νόσους Pi. P. 3.46, cf. E. Hipp. 597, Pl. Prt. 340e, Chrm. 156b, etc.; σμύρνῃσι ἰ. τὰ ἕλκεα Hdt. 7.181: metaph., remedy, δύσγνοιαν, ἀδικίαν ἰᾶσθαι, E. HF 1107, Or. 650; ἀτυχίας Isoc. 6.101; δωροδόκημα Aeschin. 3.69; ἀσάφειαν Arr. Tact. 1.3: prov., μὴ τῷ κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἰῶ, i.e. do not make bad worse, Hdt. 3.53, cf. Th. 5.65; μὴ κακοῖς ἰῶ κακά A. Fr. 349; κακοῖς ὅταν θέλωσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακά S. Fr. 77: abs., οὔτε τι γὰρ κλαίων ἰήσομαι Archil. 13.

3 cure the effects of, counteract

cure the effects of, counteract, ἄκρατος ἰ. τὸ κώνειον Plu. QConv. 2.653a.

4 repair

repair, τὸ βλαβέν Pl. Lg. 933e; τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην Id. Smp. 191d; θυσιαστήριον LXX 3 Ki. 18.32; δίκελλαν Lib. Decl. 27.3.

II be healed, recover

Act. only aor.1 ἰάσαμεν Gal. 10.453; part. ἰάσαντες Sch. E. Hec. 1236: aor. ἰάθην is always Pass., be healed, recover, And. 2.9, AP 6.330 (Aeschin.), IG 4.951.113 (Epid.), etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων Ev.Luc. 6.17; Ion. ἰήθην Hp. Mul. 1.3, Int. 1: fut. ἰαθήσομαι Luc. Asin. 14, Gp. 12.25.3, Gal. 10.377; ἰάσομαι Aristid. 2.317 J.: pf. ἴᾱμαι Ev.Marc. 5.29.

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Where it came from

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰάομαι (scan pp. 736-737; entry #2539).

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