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ἐπόρνυμι

epornymi

stir up, arouse, excite

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπόρνυμι and ἐπορνύω, aor. 1 -ῶρσα, poet. Verb, A. stir up, arouse, excite, ὅς μοι ἐπῶρσε μένος who called up my might, Il. 20.93. 2. rouse and send against, ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναιην 5.765, cf. Od. 21.100, E. Cyc. 12 : c. inf., οἶον ἐπόρσειαν πολεμίζειν Ἕκτορι Il. 7.42 ; also of things, τὴν [ὀϊζύν] μοι ἐπῶρσε Ποσειδάων Od. 7.271 ; οἱ ἐπώρνυε μόρσιμον ἦμαρ Il. 15.613 ; ἥ σφιν ἐπῶρσʼ ἄνεμον Od. 5.109 ; τῇ τις θεὸς ὕπνον ἐπῶρσε sent sleep upon her, Od. 22.429, cf. Il. 12.252 (tm.); λαίλαπας Cerc. 5.9. II. Pass., ἐπόρνῠμαι, with pf. ἐπόρωρα, later 3sg. ἐπώρορε Pancr.Oxy. 1085.15 : 3sg.Ep.aor. 2 Pass. ἐπῶρτο:—rise against, fly upon one, c. dat., ἦ καὶ ἐπῶρτʼ Ἀχιλῆϊ Il. 21.324 : abs., ἐπὶ δʼ ὄρνυτο δῖος Ἐπειός 23.689, cf. 759, Euph. 23 : c. acc. cogn., τόνδʼ ἐπόρνυται στόλον A. Supp. 187 ; of things, c. inf., ὦρτο δʼ ἐπὶ..οὖρος ἀήμεναι Od. 3.176 ; ἐπὶ δίψος ὄρωρεν Nic. Th. 774.
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