ἐπιπροΐημι

epiproiemi

send forth

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 5
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Book 4 1
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494
Book 9 1
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9520
Book 17 1
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17708
Book 18 2
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1858
18439
Odyssey 1
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Book 15 1
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15299

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιπροΐημι, poet. Verb, A. send forth, τὸν μὲν νηυσὶν ἐπιπροέηκα . . Ἴλιον εἴσω on board ship to Ilium, Il. 18.58; but κεῖνον . . νηυσὶν ἐπιπροέηκα θοῇσιν, ἐλθεῖν . . to the ships, to go . . , 17.708; ἄνδρας δὲ λίσσεσθαι ἐπιπροέηκεν ἀρίστους sent them forth to supplicate, 9.520; Μενελάῳ ἐπιπροέμεν ταχὺν ἰόν (Ep. aor. 2 inf.) shoot an arrow at him, 4.94; νημερτέα βάξιν ἐ. A.R. 4.1185; φρῖκας Nic. Th. 778; πότμον Orac. ap. Luc. Alex. 27; λιγὺν οὖρον Orph. A. 361; τινὰ θαλάσσῃ into the sea, A.R. 4.1617, etc.; ῥέεθρον θαλάσσῃ, of a river, D.P. 49, cf. 794: hence, seemingly intr., νήσοισιν ἐπιπροέηκε (sc. νῆα) he made straight for them, Od. 15.299.

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