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ἀτύζομαι

atyzomai

to be distraught from fear, bewildered

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτύζομαι, in Hom., Lyr., Trag. only pres. and aor. part. Pass.:— A. to be distraught from fear, bewildered, ἀτυζομένους ὑπὸ καπνοῦ Il. 8.183; ἀτυζομένω πεδίοιο fleeing bewildered oʼer the plain, Il. 6.38, cf. 18.7, Od. 11.606: abs., ἀτύζονται, ἀτυζόμενος, Pi. P. 1.13, O. 8.39, B. 12.116; to be distraught with grief, ἀτυζόμενος S. El. 148 (lyr.), E. Andr. 131, A.R. 4.39: c. acc., to be amazed at a thing, ὄψιν ἀτυχθείς Il. 6.468, cf. Tryph. 685: c. inf., ἀτυζομένην ἀπολέσθαι terrified even to death, Il. 22.474; ἀ. περὶ νύμφην to be distressed for . . . AP 7.528 (Theodorid.). II. in later Ep. Act. ἀτύζω, strike with terror or amazement, A.R. 1.465: aor. opt. ἀτύξαι Theoc. 1.56; ἠέρα παῦρον ἀτύζει draws short breaths, Nic. Al. 193 (vv.Il. ἀτίζει, ἀλύξει).—Ep. Verb, used by Trag. only in lyr.
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