ἐπικραίνω

epikraino

bring to pass, accomplish

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1455
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2419
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3302
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8242
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15599
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16238

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπικραίνω, Ep. ἐπι-κραιαίνω, 3sg. fut. ἐπικρᾱνεῖ dub. in A. Ag. 1340 codd.(anap.): aor. 1 -έκρᾱνα, Ep. -έκρηνα, -εκρήηνα(v. infr.):—Med., 3pl. aor. 1 ἐπεκρήναντο Q.S. 14.297:—Α. bring to pass, accomplish, ἀρὴν πᾶσαν ἐπικρήνειε may he fulfil it, Il. 15.599; οὔ σφιν ἐπεκραίαινε he fulfilled it not for them,3.302, cf. 2.419 (v.l.-άαινε); νῦν μοι τόδʼ ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ grant me this prayer, fulfil it, 1.455, etc.; μῦθον ἐπεκρήηνε καρήατι by a nod, Call. Dian. 40; ἐ. τέλος A. Supp. 624; ἀληθῆ Id. Th. 887 (lyr.); γάμου πικρὰς τελευτάς Id. Ag. 744 (lyr.); ποινὰς θανάτων ib.1340 (anap.); χάριν ἀντʼ ἔργων ib.1546 (anap.), cf. S. Ph. 1468(anap.); τὸ δέον Archyt. ap. Iamb. Protr. 4:—Pass., χρυσῷ δʼ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράαντο were finished off with gold, Od. 4.132, cf. 616.

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