ὑσμίνη
hysmine
fight, battle, combat
Appears 48 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὑσμίνη [ῑ], ἡ, Ep. Noun, A. fight, battle, combat, κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑ. Il. 5.84, al.; κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑ. ib.200; ἐν σταδίῃ ὑ. 13.314; ἐν ὑ. δηϊοτῆτος 20.245; πρώτῃ ἐν ὑ. in the front of the fight, 15.340; ὑσμίνηνδε to the fight, 2.477; ὑσμίναν φέροντες 12.144:—in Il. 2.863, 8.56, we have a metaplast. Ep. dat. ὑσμῖνι as if from ὑσμίν or ὑσμίς. (Cf. Skt. yúdh fem. ‘battle’, yúdhyati ‘fight’.)
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