ἰδνόομαι

idnoomai

bend oneself, double oneself up

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
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2266
Book 12 1
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12205
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13618
Odyssey 2
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8375
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2285

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰδνόομαι, Pass., A. bend oneself, double oneself up, esp. for pain, ἰδνώθη Il. 2.266; ἰδνώθη δὲ πεσών 13.618; ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω, of a snake in the clutches of an eagle, 12.205; also, of one throwing up a ball perpendicularly, Od. 8.375, cf. APl. 16.97; of the womb, ἢν . . ἰδνωθῇ Hp. Mul. 1.2; ἰδνοῦται ib.10:—Act., ἰδνῶ only in Hdn.Gr.1.451.

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