ἀνορούω

anorouo

start up, leap up

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1248
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9193
Book 10 2
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10162
10519
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

11273
11399
11777
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17130
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19396
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21246
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23101
Odyssey 7
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Book 3 2
Chapter ?

31
3149
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4839
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10557
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14518
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1612
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2223

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνορούω, poet. Verb, used by Hom. only in aor. 1 (X. Eq. 3.7,8.5 has pres. inf. and part.):—A. start up, leap up, abs., Il. 9.193, Od. 3.149, Sapph. Supp. 20a.11, etc.; ἐκ δὲ θρόνων ἀνόρουσαν Od. 22.23; ἐξ ὕπνοιο μάλα κραιπνῶς ἀ. Il. 10.162, etc.; ἐς δίφρον δʼ ἀ. 11.273; so Ἠέλιος δʼ ἀνόρουσε . . οὐρανὸν ἐς . . Helios went swiftly up the sky, Od. 3.1; τοῖσι δὲ Νέστωρ ἡδυεπὴς ἀ. Il. 1.248; ἀνορούσαις (Aeol. part.) Pi. O. 7.37.

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