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ἐχθαίρω

echthairo

hate, detest

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐχθαίρω, Dor. 3pl. -οντι Theoc. 24.29: impf. ἤχθαιρον E. Supp. 879: aor. 1 ἤχθηρα Il. 20.306, A. Pers. 772, etc.; Dor. ἤχθᾱρα Timocr. 1.4:—Med., Ep. aor. 1 ἐχθήρατο in act. sense, Nic. Al. 618, cf. ἀπεχθαίρω: —Pass., S. Aj. 458: fut. Med. ἐχθαροῦμαι in pass. sense, Id. Ant. 93: (ἔχθος):—A. hate, detest, ἵνʼ ἐχθήρειε γέροντα Il. 9.452, cf. Od. 4.692; ὄφρα σε Λιμὸς ἐχθαίρῃ, φιλέῃ δέ . . Δημήτηρ Hes. Op. 300 (cf. Cratin. 317); Θεμιστοκλῆʼ ἤχθαρε Λατώ Timocr.l.c., cf. Ion Trag. 44, parodied by Ar. Ra. 1425: c. acc. cogn., ἔχθος ἐχθήρας μέγα S. Ph. 59: with acc. pers. added, οὐδʼ αὖ τοσοῦτον ἔχθος ἐχθαίρω σε I do not bear thee so great hatred, Id. El. 1034:—Pass., to be hateful, θεοῖσι A. Supp. 754, cf. S. Aj. 458: abs., A. Ch. 241: fut. Med., ἐχθαρῇ μὲν ἐξ ἐμοῦ S. Ant. 93:—Med. in act. sense, Nic. Al. 618.—Poet. word, used by Hp. Ep. 17, Arist. EN 1126b24, 1180a22, and late Prose, Parth. 36.2, Str. 17.2.3, Ph. 2.543,555 (c. inf., ἅ τις παθεῖν ἐχθαίρει (v.l. ἐχθραίνῃ) Id. ap. Eus. PE 8.7), Plu. Rom. 17, D.C. 37.38, etc. (ἐχθραίνω is f.l. in E. Med. 555, etc.)
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