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ὠθέω (ōtheō) to thrust through ^G:V

ὠθέω-έω,

Attic dialect imperfect ἐώθουν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ὤθει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ὤθεσκε [ὠθέωεῖ} (from Kirchhoff)">Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ὠθέωήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], and always in Prose; ἀπ-ώσω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect infinitive ἀπ-ωσέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Attic dialect aorist ἔωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ὦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect ὤσασκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔωκα (ἐξ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+]pluperfect ἐώκει (ἐξ-) [Refs]:—middle, future ὤσομαι (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Attic dialect aorist ἐωσάυην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ὠσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+][same place]:—passive, future ὠσθήσομαι [ὠθέωήσομαι}), (ἐξ-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.61: \_Attic dialect\_ ">Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐώσθην (ἐξ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ὤσθην (ἐξ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Attic dialect perfect ἔωσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἀπ-, περι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect participle ἀπωσμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— thrust, push,

__I mostly of human force, as of Sisyphus, σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε λᾶαν ἄνω ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον he kept pushing it.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ἔγχος] ὑπὲκ δίφροιο pushed it away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὦσαι ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ rush into the fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ κεφαλήν throw him headlong down, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, ὠθέωέεσθαι ἐπὶ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] thrust it through both, [ὠθέωεῖ σίδηρον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1458; φάσγανον δἰ ἥπατος [prev. author] “Med.” 379; ξίφος πρὸς ἧπαρ [prev. author] “Hel.” 983; δαλοῦ κώπην ἔσω βλεφάρων [prev. author] “Cyc.” 485 (\_anapaest meter\_), compare 636 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μηροῦ δόρυ ὦσε θύραζε forced it out from the thigh, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἱμάτιον ὦσαι εἰς τὸ στόμα stuff it into his mouth, [ὠθέωεῖ">Refs 4th c.BC+] forces the door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes of other than human force, as of a stream, ὦσε δὲ νεκρούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the wind, Νότος μέγα κῡμα ποτὶ.. ῥίον ὠθέωεῖ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ὁ ποταμὸς] ὠθέωεῖ κῦμα Metagen.[ὠθέωήτω 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 41. ">Refs 7th c.BC+]
__I.2 force back in battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 thrust out, banish, ὠ. ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ [ὠθέωεῖν τινα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 665; ἀπ᾽ οἴκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 241; ἐκ δόμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 344; ἔξω τινὰ φυγάδα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπονδῶν ἄπο, ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὠθέωούμεθ᾽ ἔξω [Refs]
__I.4 metaphorically, ὠ. τὰ πρήγματα push matters on, hurry them, [ὠθέωεῖ ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπολαύσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1250a24. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 absolutely, ὦσα παρέξ pushed off from land, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ὠθέωοῦν the motive power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, mostly in aorist, thrust or push away from oneself, force back, especially in battle, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; once in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of a horse, throw its rider, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.2 intransitive, push, press forward, [ὠθέωεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.31; πρὸς τὴν πληγὴν ὁμόσε ὠθέωεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 294d; εἰς χεῖρας ὠθέωεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 5. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, to be thrust, pushed, or forced, rush or fall violently, ἐπὶ κεφαλήν [ὠθέωούμενοι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.85. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 middle, crowd, throng, jostle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]passive, ἐπὶ μέζον ὠθέωεῖται the crush gets worse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]