ἀτέμβω
atembo
maltreat
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀτέμβω [ᾰ], only pres., A. maltreat, οὐ καλὸν ἀτέμβειν . . ξείνους Τηλεμάχου Od. 20.294, 21.312; afflict, perplex, ἀτέμβει θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν 2.90:—Pass., c. gen., to be bereft or cheated of a thing, ἀτέμβονται νεότητος they have lost their youth, Il. 23.445; ἀτεμβόμενός γε σιδήρου ib.834; μή τίς οἱ ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης 11.705, cf. Od. 9.42. II. Med. like Act., 5.147, 173: c. dat., blame, be dissatisfied with, 2.56, 3.99: c. inf., ἀτεμβόμενος τοῖον στόλον ἀμφιπένεσθαι 2.1199.
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