ἄημι

A. ἄησι Hes. Op. 516, A. Fr. 178 A., 3 dual ἄητον Il. 9.5, 3 pl. ἄεισι Hes. Th. 875; imper. 3 sg. ἀήτω A.R. 4.768; inf. ἀῆναι Od. 3.183, Ep. ἀήμεναι ib.176; part. ἀείς, ἀέντος, etc., Emp. 84.4, Il. 5.526, al.: impf. 3 sg. ἄη Od. 12.325, 14.458:—Pass., 3 sg. ἄηται, impf. ἄητο, part. ἀήμενος, v. infr. (ἄvημι, cf. Skt. vā´ti 'blows', Lith. vējas 'wind'):—Ep. Verb, prop. breathe hard; hence, blow, of winds, τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον Il. 9.5, cf. Od. 3.176,183, etc.; οἵ τε νέφεα . . διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες Il. 5.526; ἀνέμων . . μένος ὑγρὸν ἀέντων Od. 19.440, cf. Hes. Th. 869,875:—Pass., to be beaten by the wind, ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος Od. 6.131; of sound, of be carried by the wind, A.R. 2.81: more freq. metaph., toss, wave to and fro, of the mind in doubt or fear, δίχα θυμὸς ἄητο Il. 21.386; περὶ παίδων θυμὸς ἄηται A.R. 3.688:— also μαρτύρια ἄηται ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπους are wafted to and fro, Pi. I. 4(3).9; περί τ’ ἀμφί τε κάλλος ἄητο beauty breathed all about her, h.Cer. 276; ἀπὸ κρῆθεν τοῖον ἄητο Hes. Sc. 8, cf. Fr. 245.

II. Act., breathe, διὰ πνευμόνων ὕπνον A. Fr. 178A.