ἄημι

aemi

breathe hard

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 12
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Book 3 2
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3176
3183
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5478
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6131
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1025
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12325
Book 14 2
Chapter ?

14458
14464
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19283
19440
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23316
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24343
Iliad 6
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5526
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

95
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11808
Book 21 2
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21386
21395
Book 23 1
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23214

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄημι, 3sg. ἄησι Hes. Op. 516, A. Fr. 178 A., 3dual ἄητον Il. 9.5, 3pl. ἄεισι Hes. Th. 875; imper. 3sg. ἀήτω A.R. 4.768; inf. ἀῆναι Od. 3.183, Ep. ἀήμεναι ib.176; part. ἀείς, ἀέντος, etc., Emp. 84.4, Il. 5.526, al.: impf. 3sg. ἄη Od. 12.325, 14.458:—Pass., 3sg. ἄηται, impf. ἄητο, part. ἀήμενος, v. infr. (ἄϝημι, cf. Skt. vā´ti ‘blows’, Lith. vējas ‘windʼ):—A. Ep. Verb, prop. breathe hard; hence, blow, of winds, τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον Il. 9.5, cf. Od. 3.176,183, etc.; οἵ τε νέφεα . . διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες Il. 5.526; ἀνέμων . . μένος ὑγρὸν ἀέντων Od. 19.440, cf. Hes. Th. 869,875:—Pass., to be beaten by the wind, ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος Od. 6.131; of sound, of be carried by the wind, A.R. 2.81: more freq. metaph., toss, wave to and fro, of the mind in doubt or fear, δίχα θυμὸς ἄητο Il. 21.386; περὶ παίδων θυμὸς ἄηται A.R. 3.688:— also μαρτύρια ἄηται ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους are wafted to and fro, Pi. I. 4(3).9; περί τʼ ἀμφί τε κάλλος ἄητο beauty breathed all about her, h.Cer. 276; ἀπὸ κρῆθεν τοῖον ἄητο Hes. Sc. 8, cf. Fr. 245. II. Act., breathe, διὰ πνευμόνων ὕπνον A. Fr. 178A.

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