ἐξανύω
exanyo
accomplish, make effectual
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐξανύω, Att. ἐξανύτω [ῠ], fut. -ύσω [ῠ] (v. infr.), but Ep. fut. -ύω Il. 11.365: pf. inf. ἐξηνῡκέναι 16.14:—Α. accomplish, make effectual, Θέτιδος δʼ ἐξήνυσε βουλάς Il. 8.370; θεῶν θέσμιʼ ἐξήνυσε Aj. 712 (lyr.); ἔμελλες ἐξανύσειν κακὰν μοῖραν ib.926 (lyr., -ύσσειν cod. Med.); τί μοι ἐξανύσεις χρέος; OT 156 (lyr.); πάθεα Ion 1066 (lyr.); λειτουργίαν POxy. 904.8 (v A. D.):—Med., accomplish or finish for oneself, κακῶν μῆχος Andr. 536 (lyr.); τέκνοις τάφον Supp. 285 (dact.). 2. finish, dispatch, i. e. kill, ἦ θήν σʼ ἐξανύω (fut.) Il. 11.365; κενταυροπληθῆ πόλεμον HF 1273. b. conquer, ἔθνη Ill. 15. 3. of Time and Distance, bring to an end, finish, accomplish, βίοτον Tr. 1022 (dact.); ἁμέραν τάνδε Med. 649 (lyr.); δρόμον, ἴχνος, πόρον, Ph. 163 (lyr.), Tr. 232 (lyr.), IT 897 (anap.): abs. (like ἀνύω I.6). finish oneʼs way to a place, arrive at it, ἐς or ἐπὶ . ., 6.139,7.183: also c. acc. loci, ἐξανύσαι τὰν νεκρῶν πλάκα (Vauvill. for ἐκτανύσαι) OC 1562; πόλον ἐξανύσας Or. 1685 (anap.). 4. c. inf., manage to do, ἐ. κρατεῖν Hipp. 400. 5. Med., obtain, borrow, τι παρά τινος Ba. 131 (lyr.).
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