μυκάομαι

mykaomai

low, bellow

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 4
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Book 5 1
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5749
Book 8 1
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8393
Book 12 1
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12460
Book 20 1
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20260
Odyssey 1
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Book 10 1
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10413

Dictionary (LSJ)

μυκάομαι, fut. -ήσομαι AP 9.730 (Demetr. Bith.), Luc. Phal. 1.11: aor. ἐμῡκησάμην Ar. Nu. 292, Theoc. 16.37: used by Hom. once in pres. part., Od. 10.413, elsewh. in Ep. aor. μύκον [ῠ], Ep. pf. μέμῡκα (also in A. Supp. 352 (lyr.)): plpf. ἐμεμύκειν or μεμύκειν Od. 12.395: Ep. iterat. μύκεσκε only in EM 624.40:—A. prop. of oxen, low, bellow, ὁ δὲ μακρὰ μεμυκώς [ὁ ταῦρος] Il. 18.580; μεμυκὼς ἠΰτε ταῦρος 21.237; πόριες . . μυκώμεναι Od. 10.413, cf. A.l.c., E. Ba. 738; of a calf, Theoc.l.c.; of Heracles in agony, E. HF 870 (troch.: so comically, ἔβλεψεν δριμὺ κἀμυκᾶτο Ar. Ra. 562); οἷον μυκτὴρ μυκᾶται Id. V. 1488; μάτηρ κεφαλὰν μυκήσατο παιδὸς ἑλοῖσα Theoc. 26.20; ὥσπερ λέων μ. Apoc. 10.3. 2. of things, πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ Il. 5.749; μέγα δʼ ἀμφὶ πύλαι μύκον 12.460; of a shield, μέγα δʼ ἀμφὶ σάκος μύκε δουρὸς ἀκωκῇ rang, 20.260; of meat, ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσι μεμύκει bellowed upon the spits (a portent), Od. 12.395; μέμυκε δὲ γαῖα καὶ ὕλη Hes. Op. 508; βροντῆς μυκησαμένης Ar. Nu. 292; κόχλον ἑλὼν μυκήσατο κοῖλον Theoc. 22.75:—rare in Prose, Pl. R. 396b, 615e, Arist. Mete. 368a25.—An aor. Act., [τυμπάνου] βαρὺ μυκήσαντος AP 6.220.11 (Diosc.). (Onomatopoeic word.)

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