ἀρτάω

A. ‐ήσω AP 6.245 (Diod.): aor. I ἤρτησα E. Andr. 811, etc.: pf. ἤρτηκα(προς‐) Arr. Epict. 1.1.14:—Pass., pf. ἤρτημαι E. Hipp. 857, Ion. 3 pl. ἀρτέαται Hdt. 1.125: aor. ἠρτήθην(προς‐) Man. 4.199:—fasten to or hang one thing upon another, τι ἀπό τινος Th. 2.76; ἀ. δέρην hang, E. Andr. l. c.; ἱμᾶσιν . . ἀρτήσας δέμας having bound, Id. Hipp. 1222:—Med., βρόχους ἀρτωμένη fastening halters to one's neck, Id. Tr. 1012; ἀρτήσαντο Orph. A. 1096: but,

II. more freq. Pass., to be hung upon, hang upon, ἠρτῆσθαι ἔκ τινος E. Hipp. 857, Pl. Ion 533e, etc.; ἐν βρόχοις E. Hipp. 779.

2. ἀρτᾶσθαι ἔκ τινος depend upon, Hdt. 3.19, 6.109, al.; ἐξ ὧν ὧλλοι ἀρτέαται Πέρσαι on whom the rest of the Persians depend, i.e. whom they acknowledge as their chiefs, Id. 1.125; so παρρησία ἐξ ἀληθείας ἠρτημένη D. 60.26; ἀπὸ ταὐτοῦ ἠ. Arist. MM 1209a22; ἐντεῦθεν Id. Juv. 469b15; τοῦ στόματος Ael. NA 4.51; τῶν χειρῶν Philostr. Im. 2.23, etc.; αἰτίου, ἀπ’ αἰτίας, Porph. Sent. 14. (Contr. from ἀερτάω (cf. ἀν‐αερτάω), cf. ἀείρω 'attach'.)