μύρω

myro

flow, trickle

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 2
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Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15

1451a2
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457b12
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 2 391b9–392b13

392b12
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 327a30–328b22

328a27
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24

1262a8

Dictionary (LSJ)

μύρω [ῡ], Ep. Verb, Act. only impf., A. flow, trickle, δάκρυσι μῦρον they trickled with tears, of poisoned arrows, Hes. Sc. 132. II. elsewh. always in Med. μύρομαι (in early Ep. only pres. and impf.), melt into tears, shed tears, πολέες δʼ ἀμφʼ αὐτὸν ἑταῖροι μύρονθʼ Il. 19.6; κλαίοντέ τε μυρομένω τε 22.427; γοόωσά τε μυρομένη τε 6.373, cf. Od. 19.119; ἐλεὸν μύρετο Hes. Op. 206: aor. 1 opt. 2sg. μύρηαι Theoc. 16.31. 2. later, of a river, flow, ῥείθροισι . . μύρεται Σίνις Lyc. 982, cf. A.R. 2.372; αἵματι μ. trickle with blood, Id. 4.666. 3. c. acc., weep for, bewail, Bion 1.68: aor. 1 inf. μύρασθαι and 3sg. ἐμύρατο (s. v.l.), Mosch. 3.73, 90.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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