διαίνω

diaino

wet, moisten

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1330
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21202
Book 22 2
Chapter ?

22495
22495

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαίνω, aor. ἐδίηνα, A. wet, moisten, ὑπερῴην δʼ οὐκ ἐδίηνε Il. 22.495; ὄμμα διῆναι Heliod.Med(?). ap. Stob. 4.36.8 (hex.); διαίνετο . . ἄξων Il. 13.30; οἴνῳ διαίνων ἔντερʼ Axionic. 8.3:—Med., διαίνεσθαι ὄσσε wet oneʼs eyes, A. Pers. 1064 (lyr.): and abs., weep, ib.258 (lyr.); δίαινε πῆμα. Ans. διαίνομαι weep for the woe—I weep, ib.1038 (lyr.), cf. Sch.ad loc., S. Fr. 210.35.—Rare in Prose, Arist. Mete. 387a28.

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