ΕΛ (EL)

ΕΛ is an Ancient Greek form of αἱρέω, meaning “to take, seize, capture; (mid.) choose”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist active indicative.

Found 56 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Bacchae 86: Φρυγίων ἐξ ὀρέων Ἑλ-

Homeric Hymns, Hymn 7 to Dionysus 51: ἀρχὸν ἕλ’, οἳ δὲ θύραζε κακὸν μόρον ἐξαλύοντες

Pindar, Pythian 3.74: τοὺς ἀριστεύων Φερένικος ἕλʼ ἐν Κίρρᾳ ποτέ,

All forms of αἱρέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.