ἐπιμαίομαι
epimaiomai
strive after, seek to obtain, aim at
Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιμαίομαι, Ep.fut.-μάσσομαι (also perh. in Fr. 55): aor.-εμασσάμην: —A. strive after, seek to obtain, aim at, mostly c. gen., σκοπέλου ἐπιμαίεο make for (i.e.steer for) the rock, Od. 12.220:metaph., ἐπιμαίεο νόστου strive after a return, 5.344; δώρων ἐπεμαίετο θυμός his mind was set upon presents, Il. 10.401; λουτρῶν 23.57; φυγῆς Timo 5.7: c. dat., to be set upon, A. 932.—Ep. word, dub. in l.c. II. c. acc., lay hold of, grasp, ξίφεος δʼ ἐπεμαίετο κώπην he clutched his sword-hilt, Od. 11.531; τῶν ὁπότʼ ἰθύσειε . . ἐπὶ χερσὶ μάσασθαι ib.591; χείρʼ (i.e. χειρί) ἐπιμασσάμενος having clutched [the sword] with my hand, 9.302, cf. 19.480; τὴν ἐπεμάσσατο χειρός took her by the hand, 3.106. 2. touch, handle, feel, ὀΐων ἐπεμαίετο νῶτα Od. 9.441; τὸν δʼ ἐπιμασσάμενος προσέφη . . Πολύφημος ib. 446; τὴν (sc. οὐλὴν γνῶ ῥʼ ἐπιμασσαμένη 19.468; ἐπὶ νῶτʼ ἐπεμαίετο Fr. 166; ἕλκος δʼ ἰητὴρ ἐπιμάσσεται ἠδʼ ἐπιθήσει φάρμαχʼ Il. 4.190; ὣς ἄρα μιν . . ῥάβδῳ ἐπεμάσσατʼ Ἀθήνη Od. 13.429, cf. 16.172; μάστιγι θοῶς ἐπεμαίετʼ ἄρʼ ἵππους she touched the horses sharply with the whip, Il. 5.748, etc.; κεφαλὰν ἐπεμάσσατο stroked, AP 7.730 (): metaph., πυρὸς δʼ ἐπεμαίετο τέχνην, Lat. artem tractavit, 108; νόῳ ἐ. ἕκαστα 3.816. III. later abs., of night, come slowly on, A. 121.
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