The Homer Reader The Iliad & Odyssey · Greek and English

κλονέω

kloneo

drive tumultuously

Appears 20 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

κλονέω, mostly in pres.: fut. -ήσω Ar. Eq. 361:—Pass. also mostly in pres.: fut. κλονήσομαι Hp. Genit. 2: aor. part. κλονηθέν Id. Nat. Puer. 30: (κλόνος):—poet. Verb, used also in Ion. and late Prose, as Ph. (v. infr.), Aq. Ge. 45.24, al.: Hom. (only in Il.) A. drive tumultuously or in confusion, πρὸ ἕθεν κλονέοντα φάλαγγας Il. 5.96; ὥς τʼ ἠὲ βοῶν ἀγέλην ἢ πῶϋ μέγʼ οἰῶν θῆρε δύω κλονέωσι 15.324; of winds, νέφεα κλονέοντε πάροιθεν 23.213, cf. Hes. Op. 553; κλονέων ἄνεμος φλόγα εἰλυφάζει Il. 20.492; ὣς ἔφεπε κλονέων πεδίον 11.496, cf. 526; Ἕκτορα δʼ ἀσπερχὲς κλονέων ἔφεπʼ 22.188; χερὶ κλονέειν τινά, of a pugilist, Pi. I. 8(7).70; εὖτʼ ἐν πεδίῳ κλονέων μαίνοιτʼ Ἀχιλλεύς B. 12.118; dub. sens. in Sapph. Supp. 19.3: generally, harass, agitate, καί νιν οὐ θάλπος θεοῦ . . , οὐδὲ πνευμάτων οὐδὲν κλονεῖ S. Tr. 146; τόνδε . . ἆται κ. Id. OC 1244 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Eq. 361; πάθη κ. τὴν ψυχήν Ph. 1.589; in physical sense, βῆχες κ. τὸν θώρηκα Aret. CA 1.10:—Pass., to be agitated, Hp. ll.cc., Morb. 4.55. 2. abs., of the winds, rage, D.P. 464. II. Pass., rush wildly, ἵππους ἐχέμεν, μηδὲ κλονέεσθαι ὁμίλῳ Il. 4.302; to be driven in confusion, ὑπὸ Τυδεΐδῃ κλονέοντο φάλαγγες 5.93, cf. 11.148, 14.59, etc.; λαίλαπι κλονεύμενοι Semon. 1.15; ψάμαθοι κύμασιν ῥιπαῖς τʼ ἀνέμων κλονέονται Pi. P. 9.48; τὸ συμπόσιον ἐκλονεῖτο τῷ γέλωτι Luc. Asin. 47; κλονεῖσθαι τὴν γαστέρα Ael. NA 2.44. 2. abs., to be beaten by the waves, ἀκτὰ κυματοπλὴξ κλονεῖται S. OC 1241 (lyr.); παρὰ δʼ ἰχθύες ἐκλονέοντο beside the fishes tumbled, Hes. Sc. 317; of bees, swarm, βομβηδὸν κ. A.R. 2.133: metaph., κ. ἡ οἰκουμένη Ph. 1.298; to be shaken in credit, refuted, τὸ κεκλονημένον ῥῆμα Porph. Chr. 35.
‹ All lexicon entries