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ἀμέρδω

amerdo

deprive, bereave

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμέρδω [ᾰ], fut.-σω Orph. L. 169: aor. ἤμερσα, poet. ἄμ- (v. infr.):— Pass., aor. ἠμέρθην (v. infr.).—Ep., rarely in Trag., never in Att. Prose:—A. deprive, bereave one of something properly belonging to one, c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, ὀφθαλμῶν μὲν ἄμερσε Od. 8.64 (v. l.); εὖτʼ ἂν δὴ Κύκνον γλυκερῆς αἰῶνος ἀμέρσῃς Hes. Sc. 331, cf. Simon. 117; εἰ μὴ στάσις . . σʼ ἄμερσε πάτρας Pi. O. 12.16: also c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, τιμὴν ἤμερσεν Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντας h.Cer. 312: also c. acc. et dat., ὀφθαλμῶν σέλας ἤμερσε βροτοῖσιν Man. 6.550:—Pass., to be bereft of, φίλης αἰῶνος ἀμερθῇς Il. 22.58; οὐδέ τι δαιτὸς ἀμέρδεαι Od. 21.290; τὸ ἧπαρ τῆς ἐκροῆς ἀμερθέν Aret. CA 2.6, cf. Hierocl. in CA 24p.470M.: rarely c. acc. rei, ἂν . . καρπὸν ἀμερθῶσι Thphr. HP 9.8.2. 2. c. acc. pers. only, bereave of natural rights, τὸν ὁμοῖον ἀμέρσαι Il. 16.53; ὄσσε δʼ ἄμερδεν αὐγὴ χαλκείη blinded the eyes, ib.13.340, cf. Hes. Th. 698; ἔντεα πατρὸς καλά, τὰ . . καπνὸς ἀμέρδει robs of their lustre, tarnishes, Od. 19.18. 3. Act. in pass. sense, lose, βίον E. Hec. 1027 (lyr.). II. later, = ἀμέργω, pluck, λειμώνιον ἄνθος ἀμέρσας (cj. Scalig.) AP 7.657 (Leon.). (ἀ- euph., cf. μέρδει.)
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