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ἀριθμέω

arithmeo

number, count, reckon up

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀριθμέω [ᾰ], impf. ἠρίθμεον as trisyll., Od. 10.204, 3sg. ἠρίθμει 13.218:—Med., aor. ἠριθμησάμην Pl. Phdr. 270d:—Pass., fut. Med. in pass. sense ἀριθμήσομαι E. Ba. 1318; fut. ἀριθμηθήσομαι LXX 3 Ki. 3.8, Gal. 10.68: Ep. aor. inf. ἀριθμηθήμεναι (for -ῆναι) Il. 2.124:—Α. number, count, reckon up, Od. 4.411, Pi. N. 10.46, etc.; αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ δίχα πάντας . . ἑταίρους ἠρίθμεον counted them so as to halve them, Od. 10.204; ἀριθμήσαντες after numbering the army, Hdt. 7.60; οὐδεὶς πώποτʼ . . ἠρίθμησε stopped to count the enemy, Ar. Eq. 570: poet., ἀριθμήσεις γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην, = μετρήσεις, AP 11.349 (Pall.):—Pass., Hdt. 6.111, 9.32:—Med., ἠριθμοῦντο counted each for himself, πλίνθους Th. 3.20. 2. count out, pay, χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, X. Smp. 4.44, D. 49.30, IG 5(1).1390.51 (Andania), Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.22. 3. reckon, account, ἐν εὐεργεσίας μέρει D. 21.166; ἀ. τινὰ κλυτόπαιδα AP 9.262 (Phil.); κέρδος τι ἀ. D.Chr. 31.158:—Pass., to be reckoned, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν E. Hel. 729; ἐν γράμμασι Luc. Jud.Voc. 2; εἴς τινας Hdn. 1.1.1; ἀριθμεῖσθαι τῶν φιλτάτων as one of . . , E. Ba. 1318; μακάρων Theoc. 13.72. [-ῐθμ- Ar. V. 333, Com.Adesp. 21.28 D.]
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