μίμνω
mimno
stay, wait
Appears 50 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μίμνω, ἔμιμνον, Poet. redupl. pres. and impf. of μένω; Ep. dat. pl. part. μιμνόντεσσι Il. 2.296; later Ep. impf. μίμνασκον L. 108:— A. stay, stand fast, in battle, Il. 13.713, 15.727, etc. 2. tarry, μετόπισθε μιμνέτω, ὥς κε κτλ. 6.69, etc. 3. of things, remain, σόα μ. Od. 13.364:—Med., κλέος . . μίμνεται ἀθάνατον Epigr.Gr. 265 (Crete). 4. of things, remain, be left for one, ἐμοὶ δὲ μ. σχισμός Ag. 1149, cf. 154 (lyr.). II. c. acc., await, esp. an enemyʼs attack, οὐδʼ ἄρα μιν μίμνον Il. 5.94, etc.; of time, ἠῶ δῖαν ἔμιμνεν 9.662, etc.; πλόον ὡραῖον Op. 630. 2. impers., μίμνει δὲ μίμνοντος ἐν θρόνῳ Διὸς παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα it awaits him to suffer, Ag. 1563 (lyr.).
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