αἴθω

aitho

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Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 14
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Book 6 1
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6182
Book 8 1
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8563
Book 10 1
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10246
Book 11 2
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11596
11775
Book 13 2
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13320
13673
Book 14 1
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14396
Book 16 2
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1681
16293
Book 18 1
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181
Book 21 1
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21523
Book 22 2
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22135
22150
Odyssey 8
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Book 1 2
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1428
1434
Book 7 1
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7101
Book 11 1
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11220
Book 12 1
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12362
Book 18 1
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18343
Book 19 1
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1939
Book 20 1
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2025

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἴθω, only pres. and impf., A. light up, kindle, Hdt. 4.145, A. Ag. 1435; θεοῖς ἱερά S. Ph. 1033; λαμπάδας E. Rh. 95; δάφναν Theoc. 2.24, etc.; πυρά E. Rh. 41,78,823: metaph., σέλας ὄμμασιν αἴθει AP 12.93 (Rhian.); χόλον αἶθες ib.5.299 (Paul. Sil.). 2. rarely intr., burn, blaze, Pi. O. 7.48; λαμπτῆρες οὐκέτʼ ᾖθον S. Aj. 286. 3. Pass., αἴθομαι, burn, blaze, Hom. always in part., πυρὸς μένος αἰθομένοιο Il. 6.182, cf. 8.563; αἰ. δαλός 13.320; δαΐδες Od. 7.101, cf. Pi. O. 1.1, Pae. 6.97, E. Hipp. 1279, etc.; after Hom. in other moods, αἴθεται κάλλιστα [τὰ ὀστέα] Hdt. 4.61; αἰθέσθω δὲ πῦρ E. IA 1470; δώματʼ αἴθεσθαι δοκῶν Id. Ba. 624, cf. X. An. 6.3.19: metaph., ἔρωτι αἴθεσθαι X. Cyr. 5.1.16, cf. AP 12.83 (Mel.); αἴθετο . . ἔρως (Ep. impf.) burnt fiercely, A.R. 3.296. (Cf. Lat. aestas, aestus: the weak form of the root appears in ἰθαίνεσθαι, cf. Skt. inddhé ‘kindles’.)

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