μαιμάω

maimao

to be very eager, quiver with eagerness

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

5661
5670
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

1375
1378
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15542
15742

Dictionary (LSJ)

μαιμάω (redupl., cf. *μάω), Ep. 3pl. μαιμώωσι, part. μαιμώων, -ώωσα, Hom. (v. infr.); Aeol. part. μαιμάεντι· ἐνεργῶς κινουμένῳ, Hsch.: Ep. aor. μαίμησα Il. 5.670:—A. Poet. Verb (Hom. only in Il.), to be very eager, quiver with eagerness, μαίμησε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ Il. l.c.; μαιμώωσι πόδες καὶ χεῖρες 13.75; περὶ δούρατι χεῖρες ἄαπτοι μαιμῶσιν ib.78; μαιμώων ἔφεπʼ ἔγχεϊ 15.742: metaph., of a spear, αἰχμὴ δὲ διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα 5.661, cf. 15.542; δεινὸν μαιμώοντα Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77: c. inf., λὶς μαιμώων χροὸς ἆσαι Theoc. 25.253, cf. Lyc. 529, etc.: not common in Trag., μαιμᾷ ὄφις the snake rages, A. Supp. 895 (lyr.): c. gen., χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνου eager for murder, S. Aj. 50 (unless φ. goes with ἐπέσχε) ; μαιμώωσαι ἐδητύος A.R. 2.269: in late Prose, μαιμῶσα ἐπιθυμία Ph. 1.305, cf. 1.391 (ap. POxy. 1173):—Pass., ἐς σίδηρον θύρσοι μαιμώοντο, prob. rushed into, were suddenly changed into, iron, D.P. 1156.

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