ἐσσύμενος
essymenos
hurrying, eager, impetuous
Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐσσύμενος [ῠ], η, ον, Ep. and Lyr. part. Pass. of σεύω (in sense and accent pres., but redupl. as if pf.), A. hurrying, eager, impetuous, Il. 6.518, P. 4.135 ; eager, yearning for, c. gen., πολέμου, ὁδοῖο, Il. 24.404, Od. 4.733: also c. inf., πολεμίζειν, ἀλύξαι, Il. 11.717, Od. 4.416, cf. 15.73 ; ἐλαύνειν Fr. 107.5. II. Adv. ἐσσῠμένως furiously, eagerly, ἐμάχοντο, δόρπον ἕλοντο, Il. 15.698, Od. 14.347, cf. Fr. 166,APl. 16.43.
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