βάζω

bazo

speak, say

Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 15
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3127
Book 4 3
Chapter ?

432
4206
4837
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8240
8408
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11464
11511
Book 14 3
Chapter ?

1486
14127
14157
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17461
Book 18 3
Chapter ?

18168
18332
18392
Iliad 5
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4355
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7238
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

958
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1492
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16207

Dictionary (LSJ)

βάζω, poet. Verb, used chiefly in pres. and impf.: aor. ἔβαξα Hsch.: pf. Pass. (v. infr.):—Α. speak, say, ἄρτια βάζειν Il. 14.92, al.; ἀνεμώλια β. Od. 4.837; πεπνυμένα βάζεις Il. 9.58; οἵτʼ εὖ μὲν βάζουσι κακῶς δʼ ὄπιθεν φρονέουσιν Od. 18.168; νήπια β. Pi. Fr. 157; ἐβληχημένα β. AP 7.636 (Crin.): c. dupl. acc., ταῦτά μʼ ἀγειρόμενοι θάμʼ ἐβάζετε Il. 16.207, cf. E. Hipp. 119; πολλὰ κακῶς β. ἑστίαν Ἀτρειδᾶν Id. Rh. 719 (lyr.); καθεύδουσιν μάτην ἄκραντα β. A. Ch. 882: c. dat. modi, χαλεποῖς βάζοντες ἔπεσσι address with sharp words, Hes. Op. 186; κακοῖσι β. πολλὰ Τυδέως βίαν A. Th. 571; ὑπέραυχα β. ἐπὶ πτόλει ib. 483; εἴ τι μὴ ψεῦδος ἡ παροιμίη βάζει Herod. 2.102; Διονύσῳ ὄργια βάζων IG 14.1642:—Pass., ἔπος . . βέβακται a word has been spoken, Od. 8.408. (Cf. βάξις, βάσκειν (for βάκ-σκειν) , ἀβακής.)

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