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ἰαίνω

iaino

heat

Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰαίνω, Ion. impf. -εσκον Q.S. 7.340: aor. ἴηνα Od. 8.426, Dor. ἴᾱνα Pi. O. 7.43:—Pass., aor. ἰάνθην Il. 23.598, etc. [ῐ, exc. in augm. tenses, in Hom.; but at the beginning of a verse ῑ without augm., Od. 22.59: ῑ freq. in later Poets, AP 12.95 (Mel.), Q.S. l.c., 4.402, 10.327, Orph. L. 268, etc.]:—A. heat, ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ πυρὶ χαλκὸν ἰήνατε Od. 8.426:—Pass., ἰαίνετο δʼ ὕδωρ 10.359. 2. melt, ἰαίνετο κηρός 12.175: metaph., θυμὸν ἰαίνειν melt the heart, Il. 24.119. b. relax by warmth, Hp. Mul. 1.69 (Pass.). 3. more freq. (cf. Plu. 2.947d) warm, cheer, κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἰαίνειν h.Cer. 435; θυμὸν ἰαίνειν τινί Od. 15.379, Pi. O. l.c., cf. Theoc. 7.29; καρδίαν Alcm. 36, Pi. P. 1.11; νόον ib.2.90:—more freq. in Pass., ἵνα . . σὺ φρεσὶ σῇσιν ἰανθῇς Il. 19.174; θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἰάνθη Od. 4.549; εἰς ὅ κε σὸν κῆρ ἰανθῇ 22.59; ἦτορ ἰανθέν Anacreont. 48.2: c. dat., σοὶ . . μετὰ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἰάνθη Il. 23.600, cf. 24.321, etc.; θυμὸν ἰάνθης Od. 23.47; χοροῖσι φρένα ἰανθείς B. 16.131; μέτωπον ἰάνθη her brow unfolded, Il. 15.103: c. dat. rei, take delight in, σφιν ἰαίνομαι εἰσορόωσα Od. 19.537; σφισι θυμὸς αἰὲν ἐϋφροσύνῃσιν ἰαίνεται 6.156; καρδίην ἰαίνεται Archil. 36; ἰανθεὶς ἀοιδαῖς Pi. O. 2.13; cf. εὐφροσύνη: later ἰαίνειν τινά τινι Man. 3.184. II. later,= ἰάομαι, heal, save, τινὰ ὀδυνάων Q.S. 10.327; ὑπὲκ κακοῦ ἰαίνονται Id. 4.402.—Ep. and Lyr. word; Trag. only Phryn.Trag. 1, ἰαίνεται· χολοῦται, πικραίνεται, παρὰ τὸν ἰόν (cf. Hsch.).
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