ἕννυμι
hennymi
put clothes on
Appears 77 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἕννυμι or ἑννύω (, cf. ἀμφι-, καθ-), Ion. εἵνυμι, εἱνύω (cf. ἐπι-, κατα-): fut. ἕσω (ἀμφι-) Od. 5.167, Ep. ἕσσω 16.79, etc.: Ep. aor. ἕσσα Il. 5.905 (the common form only in compd. ἀμφι-έσαιμι, ἀμφι-έσασα):—Med., ἕννῠμαι Od. 6.28: impf. ἕννῠτο 5.230: Ep. fut. ἑσσομαι (ἐπιϝ-, ἐφ-) N. 11.16, 1.691: aor. (ἀμφὶ) . . ἕσατο Il. 14.178, Ep. (ἐπὶ) . . ἕσσαντο ib.350: Ep. 3sg. (ἀμφὶ) . . ἑέσσατο 10.23, Od. 14.529:—Pass., pf. εἷμαι, εἷται, 19.72,11.191, but 2sg. ἕσσαι 24.250, 3sg. ἕσται (ἐπι-) Orac. ap. 1.47: plpf. 2sg. ἕσσο Il. 3.57, Od. 16.199, 3sg. ἕστο Il. 23.67, Ep. ἕεστο 12.464, 3dual ἕσθην 18.517,3pl. εἵατο ib.596; part. εἱμένος (v. infr.). (ves-, cf. Lat. vestis, Skt. váste ‘clothes himselfʼ: ϝεσ- in βέστον, γεστία, γέστρα (qq. vv.), cf. ϝῆμα Leg.Gort. 3.38.):—Α. put clothes on another, c. dupl. acc., κεῖνός σε χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε ἑσσει he will clothe thee in cloak and frock, Od. 15.338, cf. 16.79; χαρίεντα δὲ εἵματα ἕσσε Il. 5.905. II. Med. and Pass., c. acc. rei only, clothe oneself in, put on, wear, κακὰ δὲ χρ εἵματα εἷμαι Od. 23.115; χλαίνας εὖ εἱμένοι 15.331; freq. of armour, ἕσσαντο περὶ χροῒ νώροπα χαλκόν Il. 14.383, etc.; [ἀσπίδας] ἑσσάμενοι, of tall shields which covered the whole person, ib.372; [ξυστὰ] κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ shafts clad with brass at their point, 15.389; of any covering, wrap, shroud oneself in, χλαίνας . . καθύπερθεν ἕσασθαι, of bed-clothes, Od. 4.299; ἐπὶ δὲ νεφέλην ἕσσαντο Il. 14.350; ἠέρα ἑσσαμένω ib.282; εἱμένος ὤμοιιν νεφέλην 15.308: metaph., λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα thou hadst been clad in coat of stone, i.e. stoned, 3.57; τὸν ἀεὶ κατὰ γᾶς σκότον εἱμένος OC 1701; τρυχηρὰ περὶ τρυχηρὸν εἱμένην χρόα λακίσματʼ Tr. 496: metaph. also, φρεσὶν εἱμένος ἀλκήν Il. 20.381.—Twice in Trag., elsewh. in Compds., as always in Prose.
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