ἠμύω

emyo

bow down, sink

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 2 2
Chapter ?

2148
2373
Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4290
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8308
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19405

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠμύω, aor. ἤμυσα (v. infr.): pf. part. ἠμυκώς Sch.Nic. Th. 626; cf. ὑπ-εμνήμυκε:—Ep. Verb, A. bow down, sink, Hom., only in Il., ἑτέρωσʼ ἤμυσε κάρη πήληκι βαρυνθέν 8.308; ἤμυσε καρήατι, of a horse, 19.405; of a corn-field, ἐπί τʼ ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν 2.148: metaph., of cities, totter, fall, τῶ κε τάχʼ ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος ib.373; rare in Trag., χρόνῳ δʼ . . ἤμυσε στέγος S. Fr. 864; later, simply, fall, perish, οὔνομα δʼ οὐκ ἤμυσε Λεωνίδου AP 7.715 (Leon.). II. trans., cause to fall, ruin, πόλιν Musae. Fr. 22. (In Hom. ῠ in pres., ῡ in aor. 1; but ῡ in pres. κατ-ημύουσιν A.R. 3.1400, cf. Opp. H. 1.228, Nic. Al. 453; ῠ in aor., AP 9.262 (Phil.), but ῡ ib.7.715 (v. supr.); cf. ἀμύω, ἐπημύω.)

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