κραδαίνω

kradaino

swing

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13504
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16614
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17524

Dictionary (LSJ)

κραδαίνω, (v. κραδάω) A. swing, ἀπάνευθε πόνοιο νόου φρενὶ πάντα κραδαίνει Xenoph. 25; wave, brandish, ἔγχος E. HF 1003; λόφους Ar. Ach. 965; δόρυ Anacreont. 27 A 9; shake, χθόνα δʼ ἐκ πυθμένων . . πνεῦμα κραδαίνοι A. Pr. 1047 (anap.):—Pass., αἰχμὴ . . κραδαινομένη κατὰ γαίης quivering [after it fixes itself] in the ground, Il. 13.504, cf. Plb. 6.25.5, AP 6.97 (Antiphil.); [ἀκόντιον] ὡς μάλιστα -όμενον χρὴ ἐξικέσθαι Arr. Tact. 39.2, cf.41.2; of a bell, to be set in vibration, Phlp. in de An. 355.23, al.; σημεῖα -όμενα Procop. Pers. 2.10. 2. agitate, τὸ σῶμα, of epilepsy, Praxag.(?) ap.Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.76; of hiccough, Antyll. ap. Orib. 8.6.24; κ. πόλιν, of an earthquake, D.H. 16.6: metaph., agitate, τὴν Πελοπόννησον Plu. Alc. 15; τὴν Ἀσίαν Id. Ant. 37:—Pass., to be agitated, tremble, ἡ ὄψις (of fixed stars) . . κραδαίνεται Arist. Cael. 290a22, Thphr. Vert. 8: aor. ἐκραδάνθην Plu. Alex. 74, etc.

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