ἀείρω

ἀείρω, αἴρω (ἀϝείρω), aor. ἤειρα and ἄειρα, mid. I. ἀειράμην, pass. ἀέρθην (ἀερθείς, ἀρθείς), plupf. ἄωρτο, cf. ἄρνυμαι: raise up, lift; freq. w. ὑψόσε; of ‘swinging’ the lash (μάστῖγα), of the ‘carrying’ capacity of ships (ἄχθος ἄειραν, Od. 3.312), ‘made him light,’ Il. 19.386; mid. and pass., rise up, lift oneself, of dust in the air, of the balance, Il. 8.74, of birds ‘soaring,’ and of horses flinging up their heels. The part. ἀείρᾶς is added to verbs by way of amplification, Od. 1.141. Of ‘bringing and offering,’ Il. 6.264, esp. mid. (out of one's store), 293, Od. 15.106.