ῥαίω

hraio

break, shiver, shatter

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 6 2
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6326
6326
Book 8 1
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8569
Book 9 1
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9459
Book 13 2
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13151
13177
Book 23 1
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23235
Iliad 1
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Book 16 1
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16339

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥαίω, poet. subj. ῥαίῃσι Od. 5.221: fut. ῥαίσω (διαρ-) 2.49; Ep. inf. ῥαισέμεναι (v.l. ῥαίσεσθαι) 8.569: aor. ἔρραισα, subj. ῥαίσῃ 23.235:— Pass., fut. (in med. form) ῥαίσομαι (διαρ-) Il. 24.355: aor. ἐρραίσθην 16.339:—A. break, shiver, shatter, ῥ. νῆα wreck a ship, Od. 8.569, 13.151, 23.235; ῥ. τινά cause one to suffer shipwreck, 5.221:—in Pass., ῥαιόμενος suffering shipwreck, 6.326; νηῦς ῥαισθεῖσα A.R. 2.1112; also φάσγανον ἐρραίσθη it was shivered, Il. 16.339; τῷ κέ οἵ ἐγκέφαλός γε διὰ σπέος . . ῥαίοιτο πρὸς οὔδεϊ his brain would be dashed on the ground throughout the cavern, Od. 9.459; so αἰὼν διʼ ὀστέων ἐρραίσθη the marrow spurted through the bones, Pi. Fr. 111. II. generally, destroy, A.R. 1.617:—Pass., to be broken down, crushed by suffering, ὅταν . . ῥαισθῇ A. Pr. 191, AP 7.529 (Theodorid.), etc. (anap.), cf. S. Tr. 268.

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