ἀνάσσω
anasso
to be lord, master
Appears 59 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνάσσω [ᾰ], impf. ἤνασσον Od. 11.276, Dor. ἄνασσον [ᾱ] O. 6.34, Ep. ἄνασσον [ᾰ] Il. 1.252, Aeol. 3sg. ἐάνασσε 64: fut. ἀνάξω Il. 20.180: Ep. aor. ἄναξα Th. 837:—rare in Med. and Pass., v. infr.: (ϝανάσσω, cf. ἄναξ):—A. poet. Verb, mostly pres., to be lord, master, of gods and human rulers: in mostly c. dat., νήσοισι καὶ Ἄργεϊ to be lord, hold sway in . ., Il. 2.108; κτήμασι, κτεάτεσσι, Od. 1.117, 4.93: also c. gen., Ἀργείων, πεδίοιο ἀ. to be lord of . ., Il. 10.33, Od. 4.602, cf. l.c., Andr. 22, etc.: with dat. pers. added, ἐλπόμενον Τρώεσσι ἀνάξειν . . τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου to be master of Priamʼs sovereignty among the Trojans, Il. 20.180; γῆς ἀνάσσει βαρβάροισι βάρβαρος IT 31; πάντων μὲν κρατέειν ἐθέλειν, πάντεσσι δʼ ἀνάσσειν, πᾶσι δὲ σημαίνειν Il. 1.288: with Prep., μετʼ ἀθανάτοισι ib.4.61, cf. 23.471; ἐν Βονδείῳ 16.572; ἐν Φαίηξι Od. 7.62; παρὰ τὸν Ἀχέροντα El. 184; ὑπὸ γαίας ib.841: with neut. Adj., Ζεῦ πάντʼ ἀνάσσων OT 904: in freq. with ἶφι, Τενέδοιό τε ἶφι ἀνάσσεις Il. 1.38, al.: abs., τῶν ἀνασσόντων the kings, Ph. 6:—Med. once in , τρὶς ἀνάξασθαι γένεʼ ἀνδρῶν to have been king for three generations, Od. 3.245:—Pass., to be ruled, ἀνάσσονται δʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ 4.177. II. in Trag. sts. metaph. of things, κώπης ἀνάσσων Fr. 705; ὄχων ἀνάσσουσʼ Hel. 1040; στρατηγίας IT 17; πηδήματος ἀνάσσων lord of the leap, dub. in Pers. 96; ἃ τῶν νυκτιπόλων ἐφόδων ἀνάσσεις, of Persephone, Ion 1049 (lyr.):—Pass., παρʼ ὅτῳ σκῆπτρον ἀνάσσεται is held as lord, Ph. 140 (lyr.).
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