αἴνυμαι
ainymai
take
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἴνυμαι, poet. Verb, only in pres. and impf. without augm.:— A. take, αἴνυτο τεύχεʼ ἀπʼ ὤμων Il. 11.580, 13.550; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον Od. 21.53; χεῖρας αἰνύμεναι taking hold of, 22.500: c. gen. partit., τυρῶν αἰνυμένους 9.225: metaph., ἀλλά μʼ Ὀδυσσῆος πόθος αἴνυται a longing seizes me for him, 14.144, cf. Sc. 41; enjoy, feed on, καρπόν 5.17. (Root αἰ-, as in ἔξ-αι-τος.)
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