The corpus record

ἰαύω

iauo

sleep, pass the night

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Where it lives

Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k

What it meant — LSJ

sleep, pass the night, enjoy, sleeping

sleep, pass the night, Ζηνὸς . . ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰαύεις Il. 14.213, cf. Od. 11.261; ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον Il. 9.325, Od. 19.340; of beasts, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλʼ . . ἰαύεσκον 9.184; ἄρσενες ἐκτὸς ἴαυον 14.16; δεμνίοις δύστανος ἰαύων E. Ph. 1537 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν enjoy the nightʼs sleep, S. Aj. 1204 (lyr.); ὑπασπίδιον κοῖτον ἰαύειν, of a soldier sleeping under arms, E. Rh. 740 (anap.); ὕπνον Theoc. 3.49, Call. l.c.

II cause to rest

c. acc. et gen., cause to rest from, Lyc. 101. (Prob. redupl. form of αὔω (C), cf. ἀέσκω, αὐλή.)

In the wild

ἰαύονθʼ · iauonthʼ Euripides, Heracles 1047–1049
ἰαύων · iauōn Euripides, Phoenissae *)/antigo/nh (DIORISIS sentence 875)
ἰαύει · iauei Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 484)
ἰαύεις · iaueis Iliad 14.213
ἰαύων · iauōn Iliad 18.259
ἰαύειν · iauein Iliad 19.71

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰαύω (scan p. 468; entry #3297).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰαύω (scan p. 738; entry #2544).

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