αὔω

auo-2

get a light, light a fire

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 11 1
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11461
Book 12 1
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12160
Book 13 2
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13441
13477
Book 17 1
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17493
Book 20 2
Chapter ?

2048
2051
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23327
Odyssey 1
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5490

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὔω (A), A. get a light, light a fire, ἵνα μή ποθεν ἄλλοθεν αὔοι Od. 5.490: —Med., take fire, Arat. 1035.—Only poet. (Cf. ἐναύω, etc.; from αὐσιω, cf. ONorse ausa ‘sprinkle’, Lat. haurio, haustum.)

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