ῥώννυμι

A. ἔρρωσα Arat. 335, Plu. Pomp. 76, (ἐπ‐) Hdt. 8.14, Th. 4.36:—Pass., ῥώννυμαι Plu. Rom. 25, Cor. 24, etc.: fut. ῥωσθήσομαι Apollod. 1.6.3, (ἐπιρ‐) Luc. Somn. 18: aor. ἐρρώσθην Th. 4.72, Pl. Phdr. 238c, (ἐπ‐) S. OC 661: pf. ἔρρωμαι (v. infr.):—strengthen, τροφὴ ῥώννυσι Hp. l.c.; ῥ. τὰν ψυχὰν ποτ’(= πρὸς)ἀλκάν Ti.Locr. 103b; ὁρμάν ib.e; τὰς πόλεις Plu. Per. 19: but

II. mostly in pf. Pass. (with pres. sense) ἔρρωμαι, and plpf. ἐρρώμην (as impf.):—have strength or might, γέροντές ἐσμεν κοὐδαμῶς ἐρρώμεθα E. Heracl. 636; ἐρρῶσθαι τὴν ψυχήν X. HG 3.4.29; so ἐρρώσθη χρήμασιν Plu. Publ. 23.

2. to be eager, enthusiastic, glossed by προθυμεῖσθαι, Cratin. 411; ἔρρωντο ἐς τὸν πόλεμον Th. 2.8, cf. 8.78, 4.72: c. inf., to be eager to do, ἔρρωτο πᾶς ξυνεπιλαμβάνειν Id. 2.8, cf. Lys. 13.31, Pl. Smp. 176b.

3. to be in good health, Th. 7.15: freq. in imper. ἔρρωσο, farewell, the usual way of ending a letter, as in X. Cyr. 4.5.33, and at the close of Pl. Ep. 1, 2, and 10; ἔρρωσο πολλά Men. Georg. 84; ἔρρωσθε Id. Pk. 50; also φράζειν τινὶ ἐρρῶσθαι Pl. Phd. 61b, D. 18.152, 19.248; εἰ ἔρρωσαι . . καλῶς ἂν ἔχοι, ἐρρώμεθα δὲ καὶ αὐτοί PPetr. 2p.27 (iii B.C.); εἰ ἔρρωσθε εὖ ἂν ἔχοι IG 7.413 (Oropus, Senatus consultum, i B.C.), cf. SIG 768 (Epist. Aug.).

4. freq. in part. ἐρρωμένος (q.v.).