κεραΐζω

keraizo

ravage, plunder

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 7
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2861
Book 5 1
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5557
Book 16 2
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16752
16830
Book 21 1
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21129
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2263
Book 24 1
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24245
Odyssey 1
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8516

Dictionary (LSJ)

κεραΐζω, Ep. impf. κεράϊζον Hom. (v. infr.): fut. inf. κεραϊξέμεν Il. 16.830: aor. ἐκεράϊσα Hdt. 2.115, -ϊξα Nonn. D. 23.21: (κείρω):— A. ravage, plunder, σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον Il. 5.557, cf. 16.752; πόλιν κεραϊξέμεν ἁμήν ib.830, cf. Od. 8.516, Parth. 21.1, etc.; τὸ τῶν Λυδῶν ἄστυ Hdt. 1.88; τὰ οἰκία τοῦ ξείνου Id. 2.115; οἰκίας J. BJ 6.8.5; τοὺς σωροὺς τῶν δραγμάτων Ael. NA 6.41:—Pass., θαλάμους κεραϊζομένους Il. 22.63; εὐνὰς θανάτοις κεραϊζομένας E. Alc. 886 (anap.). 2. of ships, sink, disable, Hdt. 8.91, cf. 86 (Pass.). 3. of living beings, slaughter, Τρῶας κεράϊζε καὶ ἄλλους Il. 2.861, cf. 21.129; θῆρας Pi. P. 9.21; οἱ [λέοντες] τὰς καμήλους ἐκεράϊζον Hdt. 7.125. II. carry off as plunder, [τὰ χρήματα] Id. 2.121.βʹ; τοὺς ἱκέτας ἐκ τοῦ νηοῦ Id. 1.159. III. exalt, uplift, opp. ἀμαλδύνω, dub. in Corn. ND 27.

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