δράω

A. δραῖσι Alc. Supp. 27.11, subj. δρῶ, δρᾷς, δρᾷ, opt. δρῴην, Ep. δρώοιμι Od. 15.317; παρα‐δρώωσι ib.324: impf. ἔδρων: fut. δράσω: aor. 1 ἔδρασα, Ion. ἔδρησα Thgn. 954: pf. δέδρακα:—Pass., aor. 1 ἐδράσθην, δρασθείς, Th. 3.38, 6.53: pf. δέδραμαι(δεδρασμένων is f. l. in Id. 3.54):—do, accomplish, esp. do some great thing, good or bad (acc. to some δ. was the equiv. Dor. Verb for Att. πράττειν, Arist. Po. 1448b1), αἶψά κεν εὖ δρώοιμι μετὰ σφίσιν ἅσσ’ ἐθέλοιεν Od. 15.317 (where the Sch. interprets it διακονοίην, δουλεύοιμι I would serve . . , cf. δρήστης); ἄνδρες δραῖσιν ἀτάσθαλοι Alc. l. c.; opp. πάσχω, freq. in Trag., εὖ δρῶσαν, εὖ πάσχουσαν A. Eu. 868; ἄξια δράσας ἄξια πάσχων Id. Ag. 1527; κακῶς δράσαντες οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχουσι Id. Pers. 813; of one in extreme perplexity, τί πάθω; τί δὲ δρῶ; Id. Th. 1062, cf.Ch. 899; δρῶν ἀντιπάσχω χρηστά S. Ph. 584; prov., "δράσαντι παθεῖν" τριγέρων μῦθος τάδε φωνεῖ A. Ch. 313; δράσαντι γάρ τοι καὶ παθεῖν ὀφείλεται Id. Fr. 456, cf. S. OT 1272; τά γ’ ἔργα μου πεπονθότα . . μᾶλλον ἢ δεδρακότα acts of suffering rather than of doing, Id. OC 267; ὁ δρῶν the doer, whoever he be, A. Ag. 1359, etc.; ὁ δράσας the culprit, Pl. Lg. 879a, cf. S. Tr. 1108; ὁ δεδρακώς Id. OT 246, D. 23.40; used to avoid repetition of a verb, Th. 2.49, al.: c. dupl. acc., οἷ’ ἔργ’ ὁ παῖς μ’ ἔδρασεν S. Ph. 940, cf. OC 854, etc.: with Adv., εὖ, κακῶς δρᾶν τινά, do one a good or ill turn, Thgn. 108, S. Aj. 1154; δρᾶν τι εἴς τινα Id. OC 976; τί τινι Id. OT 1402; πάντα δρᾶν try every way, cj. in E. Hipp. 284; παντὸς εἶχε δρῶντος ἡδονήν was satisfied with the doing, S. OC 1604; τὰ δρώμενα what is doing or being done, ib.1644, cf. D.C. 37.57: sg., τὸ δρώμενον S. El. 40, Th. 5.102; τί δράσω; to express helplessness or despair, S. Aj. 920, etc.; for οἶσθ’ οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον; v. Εἴδω fin.

2. of things, τουτὶ τί δρᾷ τὸ ποτήριον; Ar. Eq. 237; ὅπερ ἡ λίθος δρᾷ τὸν σίδηρον Luc. Im. 1: so, generally, to be active, εἰς ἄλληλα πάσχειν καὶ δ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.135, cf. Prisc.Lyd. 4.10.

II. offer sacrifice or perform mystical rites, δ. τὰ ἱερά IG 12.4, cf. 188, Ath. 14.660a, Paus. 1.43.2, Iamb. Myst. 1.21, etc.:—Pass., τὰ δρώμενα Gal. UP 7.14, Sopat. in Rh. 8.1 W., etc.; τὰ δημοσίᾳ δρώμενα Plu. Num. 9.