μηκάομαι
mekaomai
bleat
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μηκάομαι, pres. only late, Goth. 2.17, cf. PSp.59 B., Sch.Od. 9.124: poet. aor. part. μᾰκών (v. infr.): pf. part. μεμηκώς; fem. μεμᾰκυῖα: impf., formed from pf., ἐμέμηκον Od. 9.439:—A. bleat, of sheep, μυρίαι ἑστήκασιν . . , ἀζηχὲς μεμακυῖαι Il. 4.435; θήλειαι δʼ ἐμέμηκον ἀνήμελκτοι περὶ σηκούς Od. 9.439 (used by of goats only in the Subst. μηκάς); of a hunted fawn or hare, scream, shriek, ὁ δέ τε προθέῃσι μεμηκώς Il. 10.362: part. μακών only in the phrase, κὰδ δʼ ἔπεσʼ ἐν κονίῃσι μακών fell shrieking to earth, of a wounded horse, stag, or boar, 16.469, Od. 10.163, 19.454; of a man, 18.98.—Onomatopoeic word.
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