εὐνάω
eunao
lay
Appears 47 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εὐνάω, fut. -ήσω AP 10.12: aor. 1 εὔνησα Od. 4.440:—Pass., aor. 1 εὐνήθην v. infr., etc.: pf. εὔνημαι AP 7.397 (): (εὐνή):—A. poet. Verb, = εὐνάζω, rare in Trag.: 1. lay or place in ambush, ἑξείης δʼ εὔνησε [ἡμᾶς] Od. l.c. 2. lay asleep, lull to sleep, φρουρὸν ὄφιν 4.87: metaph., τῆς δʼ εὔνησε γόον Od. 4.758; κάματον, ἐλπίδας, χόλον, AP 10.12, 4.3b.41 (), D. 13.276:—Pass., make oneʼs couch, prob. in Aj. 604 (lyr.); lie asleep, esp. of death, εὐνήθης ὕπνον ὀφειλόμενον AP 7.78 ( Cyz.), cf. 397 (); πόλλʼ ἐν κακοῖσι θυμὸς εὐνηθεὶς ὁρᾷ Fr. 661; of a dog, to lie kennelled, OC 1571 (lyr.):— only in aor. Pass., of the winds, παύσασθαι δʼ ἐκέλευσε καὶ εὐνηθῆναι Od. 5.384; elsewh. of sexual intercourse, 10.296, al.; φιλότητι or ἐν φιλότητι εὐνηθέντε, Il. 3.441, 14.314, cf. 331, al.: c. dat. pers., to be bedded with . . , θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, γυνὴ θεῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, 2.821, 16.176; παρʼ ἀνδράσιν εὐνηθεῖσαι Th. 967. II. Med., stupefy with narcotics, CA 2.5.
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