ἀρήγω

A. ‐ξω Com.Adesp. 12.5D., etc.:—aid, succour, τινί Il. 2.363, al. (never in Od.); in Hom. always, succour in war, freq. c. dat. pers. et modi, μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀ. 1.521, 5.507; ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι . . ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀ. 1.77: generally, help, succour, λέχει Ἀλκμήνας Pi. N. 1.49; νεότατι ἀ. θράσος Id. P. 2.63; θνητοῖς A. Pr. 269, etc.; in mock Trag. passages of Com., γυναῖκες, οὐκ ἀρήξετ’; Ar. Th. 696, cf. Pl. 476: rare in Prose, Hecat. 30J., etc.; ὁ ναυτικὸς τῷ πεζῷ ἀρήξει Hdt. 7.236; τοῖς φίλοις ἀ. X. Cyr. 1.5.13; ἀ. σὺν ὅπλοις τῇ χώρᾳ Id. Oec. 5.7; to be good for a patient or his case, Hp. Prorrh. 2.30, cf. Acut. 65.

2. impers., c. inf., it is good or fit, φέρειν ἀρήγει Pi. P. 2.94; σιγᾶν ἀρήγει A. Eu. 571.

II. c. acc. rei, ward off, prevent, ὄλεθρον v.l. in Batr. 279; ἄρηξον . . ἅλωσιν A. Th. 119 (lyr.); ἀ. τινί τι ward off from one, φόνον τέκνοις E. Med. 1275 (lyr.), cf. Tr. 777. (Perh. cognate with Lat. rēx, Skt. rā´jati 'rule'.)