ἐπιθρῴσκω

epithrosko

leap, spring

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιθρῴσκω, A. leap upon, c. gen., νηὸς ἐπιθρῴσκων Il. 8.515, cf. E. Rh. 100: c. dat., leap (contemptuously) upon, τύμβῳ ἐπιθρῴσκων Μενελάου Il. 4.177. II. leap over a space, τόσσον ἐπιθρῴσκουσι so far do [the horses] spring at a bound, 5.772; μακρὰ ἐ. Hes. Sc. 438. 2. jut out, of a rock, Orph. A. 1266. III. rise, ὀμίχλη Musae. 113.
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