χωρέω
Etym. χῶρος
I. "to make room for another, give way, draw back, retire, withdraw", Il.; γαῖα ἔνερθεν χώρησεν the earth "gave way" from beneath, i. e. opened, Hhymn.;— πρύμναν χ. ῀ κρούεσθαι πρύμναν, "to put back, retire", Eur.; — χωρεῖτε "begone!" Aesch.—Construction:
1. c. gen. loci, χώρησεν ἐπάλξιος "he retired from" the rampart, Il.; also, ἀπὸ ὑσμίνης χωρήσαντες id=Il.; ἐκ πυλῶν Aesch.
2. c. dat. pers. "to give way to" one, "retire before" him, οὐδ᾽ ἂν Ἀχιλλῆι χωρήσειεν Il.
II. "to go forward, move on or along", Lat. incedere, and then simply "to go or come", Hdt., etc.: "to go on one's journey, travel", Soph.; χ. πρὸς ἔργον "to come to" action, "come on, begin", id=Soph.; χ. πρὸς ἧπαρ "to go" to one's heart, id=Soph.; διὰ φόνου χ. Eur.; κάτω χώρει "go" downwards, i. e. beginning from the upper parts of the body, Aesch.:—absol., χ. ὁ ποταμός Plat.; ὁμόσε χ. to join battle, Thuc.; of Time, νὺξ ἐχώρει the night "was passing, near an end", Aesch.: —also c. acc. loci, Κεκροπίαν χθόνα χ. Eur.
2. "to go on, advance", Lat. procedere, οὐ χωρεῖ τοὖργον Ar.; τόκοι χωροῦσιν id=Ar.
3. "to come to an issue, turn out" in a certain manner, παρὰ σμικρὰ κεχώρηκε "have come" to little, of oracles, Hdt.; εὐτυχέως χ., Lat. bene cedere, id=Hdt.:—absol., like προχωρέω, "to go on well, succeed", id=Hdt.
4. "to spread abroad", id=Hdt.; διὰ πάντων χωρεῖν "to spread" among all, Xen.
III. trans. = χανδάνω, "to have room for" a thing, "to hold, contain", esp. of measures, ὁ κρητὴρ χωρέει ἀμφορέας ἑξακοσίους Hdt.; ἡ πόλις οὐκ ἐχώρησεν αὐτούς Thuc.; χωρήσατε ἡμᾶς "take us into your hearts", NTest.