κεύθω
keutho
cover, hide
Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κεύθω, fut. κεύσω Od. 3.187: aor. 1 ἔκευσα (ἐπ-) 15.263: Ep. aor. κύθε [ῠ] 3.16, 4, redupl. subj. κεκύθω [ῠ] Od. 6.303: pf. κέκευθα Il. 22.118: plpf. ἐκεκεύθειν, κεκ-, Od. 9.348, Th. 505:— Pass., Il. 23.244, etc.: pf. κέκευται , part. κεκυθ<η>μένη 3. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. custos, OE. hýdan ‘hide’.):—A. poet. Verb, cover, hide, esp. of the grave, ὅπου κύθε γαῖα where earth covered him, Od. 3.16 (also in Pass., εἰς ὅ κεν αὐτὸς ἐγὼν Ἄϊδι κεύθωμαι, i.e. till I am in the grave, Il. 23.244); ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κ. Pr. 570 (lyr.), cf. Hec. 325; ὁπότʼ ἄν σε δόμοι κεκύθωσι, i.e. when thou hast entered the house, Od. 6.303, cf. OT 1229, Hec. 880: in pf., contain, ὅσα πτόλις ἥδε κέκευθε Il. 22.118; οἷόν τι ποτὸν . . νηῦς ἐκεκεύθει Od. 9.348; Ἀρχεδίκην ἥδε κέκευθε κόνις 111, cf. 95; εἴπερ τόδε κ. αὐτὸν τεῦχος, of a cinerary urn, El. 1120, cf. Ch. 687; ἂ κ. δέλτος ἐν πτυχαῖς IA 112:—Med., Epigr.Gr. 1081 (Ilium). 2. conceal, and in pf., keep concealed or hidden, δόλῳ δʼ ὅ γε δάκρυα κεῦθεν Od. 19.212; ὅς χʼ ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ Il. 9.313; μῆτιν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κέκευθε Od. 3.18, cf. 8.548, 24.474; οὐκέτι κεύθετε θυμῷ βρωτὺν οὐδὲ ποτῆτα no more can ye disguise your eating and drinking, 18.406; κ. φόνον 100.5; κ. [τι] ἔνδον καρδίας Ch. 102, cf. 739; σιγῇ κ. Tr. 989 (anap.); κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ Ph. 1214; μῦθος ὃν κεύθω Supp. 295; τί κεύθων . . σοφόν; Heracl. 879; κ. μῆνιν cherish anger, like πέσσειν χόλον, ib.762 (lyr.); πάντα δόλον κεύθοισα v.l.in 1.50. 3. c. dupl. acc., οὐδέ σε κεύσω [ταῦτα] nor will I keep them secret from thee, Od. 3.187, cf. Eratosth.l.c. II. in Trag. sts. intr., to be concealed, lie hidden, OT 968, Aj. 635 (lyr.): esp. in pf., Th. 588, Ant. 911, El. 868 (lyr.).
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