εὕω
heuo
singe
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εὕω, aor. 1 εὗσα (v. infr.), A. singe, esp. of singeing off the bristles of swine before they are cooked, εὗσέ τε μίστυλλέν τε καὶ ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειρεν Od. 14.75, cf. 426, 2.300; σύες εὑόμενοι τανύοντο διὰ φλογός Il. 9.468; so of the Cyclops, πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀϋτμή Od. 9.389: metaph., of a shrewish wife, ἄνδρα . . εὕει ἄτερ δαλοῦ Op. 705 (αὔει codd. ). (Sts. εὔω in codd., v.l. Il. 9.468 (cf. EM 401.24), Od. 2.300 (cf. EM 398.34), Hes.l.c.: but v. ἀφ-εύω, ἐφεύω; cf. Lat. uro fr. *eus-ō.)
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