ἀσχαλάω

aschalao

to be distressed, grieved

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 2 2
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2293
2297
Book 22 1
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22412
Book 24 1
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24403
Odyssey 3
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Book 1 1
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1304
Book 19 2
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19159
19534

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσχαλάω, only pres. (exc. fut. -ήσω Thal. ap. D.L. 1.44), 3sg. ἀσχαλάᾳ Il. 2.293; 3pl. ἀσχαλόωσι 24.403; inf. ἀσχαλάαν 2.297; part. ἀσχαλόων 22.412; imper. ἀσχάλα Archil. 66.6; inf. ἀσχαλᾶν E. IA 920:—more freq. ἀσχάλλω, once in Hom. ἀσχάλλῃς Od. 2.193, cf. S. OT 937, E. Or. 785, and so always in Prose, X. Eq. 10.6, D. 21.125, Onos. 1.17, Eus.Mynd. 6: impf. ἤσχαλλον Hes. Fr. 76.3, Hdt. 3.152, 9.117; imper. ἄσχαλλε Thgn. 219: 3sg. fut. ἀσχᾰλεῖ (prob. for -αλᾷ) A. Pr. 764:—Α. to be distressed, grieved, abs., ἀσχαλάαν παρὰ νηυσί Il. 2.297, cf. 22.412, etc.: the cause of distress is added by Hom. either in part., μένων ἀσχαλάᾳ Il. 2.293, cf. Od. 1.304; ἥν κε (sc. θωὴν) τίνων ἀσχάλλῃς 2.193: or in gen., ἀσχαλάᾳ δὲ πάϊς βίοτον κατεδόντων is vexed because of . . , 19.159; κτήσιος ἀσχαλόων τήν οἱ κατέδουσιν Ἀχαιοί ib.534: later in dat., ἀ. τινί at a thing, Archil. l. c., A. Pr. 764, E. IA 920; ἐπὶ τῷ διδόναι δίκην ἀσχάλλειν D. l.c., cf. Ph. 2.521; πρός τι Longus 3.8: c. acc., θάνατον ἀ. πατρῷον E. Or. 785.

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